The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
INSTRUCTIVE CTUDEC
By Y/NOIEDAfaE,lN AND
><SSK1EN

mends the laying IN OF immense guam
titles OF stores, perishable and other
wise. Certain Of these, as for instance,
frozen beef ard mutton, can be -eplen-
!shed at Manila, but in the case of
many articles the return voyage must
also be provided for.
Fifty thousand pounds Of fresh beef,
1 5000 pounds OF fresh pork, ton Of
veal and mutton and $500 pounds of
miscellaneous fresh fish are among
the food items loaded at San Fran
cisco. Twenty thousand pounds of
mess pork will be baked with 5000
pounds OF beans for consumption be-
fore tho return voyage Is completed.
Thrse thousand pounds Of bacon, 1000
pounds o. corned beef and $500
pounds OF -ice are among the smaller
; Items OF s:aplea. iForty-fve thousand
pounds OF potatoes and 10000 pounds
ot onions form the fresh vegetable
part Of the soldiers rations. Three
/ quarters OF a ton OF tea is carried on
board and the coffee weighs more than
three tons. Seventy-fve thousand
pounds ot sugar, 1900 sacks of flour,
1000 pounds OF cabbage and $500 cans
Of tomatoes complete the list Of ar
tlcles from which the food Of the
larger messes Is prepared.
For the saloon and ships officers
messes some finer stores are laid in.
OF these the following may be men
toned: Eighteen hundred dozen eggs,
20G9 pounds CT butter, 1900 pounds
Of sausage. $500 pounds OF poultry.
COO pounds of game, 200 boxes OF ap-
pies, two barrels Of cranberries, 500
cans of each kind OF fruit and vege-
table. 5000 pounds each of carrots
and tUrnips, 1000 pounds of sweet po-
tatoes, 500 pounds Of pumpkins and
200 punches of celery. One hundred
gallons Of fresh milk and thirty gal
Ions of cream, carried frozen in ten
cisco and Manila.
To care for this large amount Of
perishable stores four large cold
storage rooms are kept in constant
operation. The meats of all kinds and
fish are kept solidly frozen. The po-
tatoes and onions are kept at a tenn
perature of rs degrees, other fresh
vegetables at SO degrees, and fruit at
40 degrees. Once day the cold
storage rooms are opened and a days
supply, as called for by the stewards
requisitions is taken out. Though each
transport has an ice machine, $500
tons Of ice are loaded before sailing,
and ice is manufactured only when
that supply is exhausted.
The voyage to Manila is long one,
lasting from twenty-five to thirty days,
and il would prove more tedious than
it does if employment of some kind
were not provided for the soldiers. AS
far as possible the same routine is
followed on board ship as in garrison.
The usual roll-calls, beginning with
reveille, are held, twice each day the
men are put through gymnastic exer-
cises on deck and athletic sports are
encouraged. The regular sessions of
the post school, for young officers
are held morning and afternoon. Each
afternoon, when the weather is fine,
and every morning a thorough in
spection of the troops, the sleeping
quarters and messes is made by the
commanding officer and the quarter
master Of the ship.
The most interesting ceremony of the
day occurs at sunset. The troops are
drawn up in line more or less steady,
depending upon the roughness of the
seattle band plays the "Star-Spangled
Banner" and, while all officers and
men not in ranks stand uncovered and
facing aft toward the flagstaff, a detail
from the guard slowly lowers the flag
and slows it away until it shall again
be given to the breeze at the dawn Of
new day.
Life on board ship for the cabin pas
sengers is largely one of Incidence.
Days are spent lounging on deck read
ing or conversing, and they slip gently
by with nothing to mark one from it's
predecessor or successor, the daily bull
letin showing each successive day the
ship about three hundred miles farther
along on the voyage until finally she
drops, anchor in Manila Bay and the
troops are taken ashore to begin new
life under trOpic sun and surrounded
by new conditions.