The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
Elmer Alameda Ar
rives From Homo
lulu With Large
Number of Pas
.sengerS on Board

The navy transport Solace, crowded
with blueiackets and marines from
the ships of the Asiatic station and
flying a homeward-bound pennant, arr
rived yesterday from Manila several
hours after she had made wireless an
nouncement of her approach. The
wireless apparatus on the Solace was
installed at Manila. 1t was sent to the
Orient for the use OF the Asiatic squad
ron and was installed on board the
Rainbow 1t was not a success and
the Rainbow landed the gear at the
Cavite navy yard, where 1T was turned
over to the Solace, Electrician T.. A.
Scott soon had the wireless telegraph
in commission and ever since has oper-
ated 1t with more or less success.
The Solace was talking to the oper-
ator at Honolulu $50 miles on the
other side of the island port. It was
a Solace monologue, however, until the
transport was within fifty miles of
Honolulu. With the apparatus on the
Solace IL is more satisfactory to send
than to receive. The transport can
send about 200 miles, but all wireless
talk more than about seventy miles
distant falls on deaf ears as far as the
Solace's sound wave trap is concerned.
After leaving Honolulu the Solace
wireless machine refused to work and
there was no back talk after leaving
the island port. In the dark of early
yesterday morning the Solace sent
forth dots and dashes for the benefit
OF any wireless receiver that happened
to be within reach. When the Solace
was within sixty-five miles of the
heads she established wireless commu-
nication with Goat Island, and from
then until the transport reached the
kept busy sending and receiving mes
sages.
Commander ]. H. Bull in charge of
the Solace, notified his wife at the Oc-
cidental Hotel of his approach and
asked her to come off with the Gus
tom-house officers when they boarded
the transport. Other officers sent pri-
vate messages and Commander Bull
made a report of the voyage to Mare
Island incidentally Dennis O'Brien,
who operates the wireless for the Mar
conf Company at ALP Crossley build
ing, was in on all the conversation, the
Solace, like the Ohio, having served as
an alarm clock to rouse him from his
slumbers and take in the talk which
was astir on the morning atmosphere.
The Solace met the army transport
in mid-Pacific and the army transport
of the service supplied their naval
brothers with the latest mainland cur
rent literature The navy transports S
voyage was uneventful. Fine weather
was encountered all the way across the
Pacific and the quarantine officers
found all .-ou board in good health.
The Solace left Cavite February 5, ar
rived at Guam February 10 and sailed
the following day. She reached Homo
lulu at a. m. and sailed again at 10
p. m, February 81. She arrived off
the lightship yesterday morning at IL 80
o'clock
The Solace brought 134 bluejackets
from the Asiatic squadron, thirteen
sick and twenty-four prisoners. OF
marines from the Far East she brought
fifteen enlisted men, fourteen sick and
five prisoners. Many of the bluejack-
cts were from the Monadnock, and it
was the time-expired men from the
Monadnock in whose honor and at
whose expense the long, ribbon-like
homeward- bound pennant was flying
from the transports masthead.
The Solace brought passengers as
follows:
Lieutenant A. F. H. Yates Warrant Ma
chinists R. c. Van Ness W James, c. w.
Jackson. C. C. Holland, C.. ]. Collins, Surgeon
J. f. Legs Acting Warrant Machnist F. o.
Wells, H. Warren Smith. S. Maxwell-Myers,
r. w. H. Shultz. H. B. FarwelI, A. G. Nc
Neill. V. b. Martinez. J. J. Dodd, F. G.
GUNNER. Thomas Wallace, Frank Nelson
Robert Warner Miss A A. Stevens. Mrs. ].
T. Otterson. Mrs. J. NJ. Costello and child,
Mrs H Warren Smith Mrs. l.. 3 Purcell,
West, Miss c. A Davidson, Mrs. H. b. Far
well, Mrs. H. E Middleton and two children.