The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-04-19

sleep it will be because your stomach
or your conscience are not Just right.
Jan. 20. Weather still hue but get
ting very hot. Sighted land on the
starboard side at 3 p. m. An island
of the Ladrone group. We passed
about 10 miles to the south of it at s.
p. m. and at this writing, 9;30, we
are skirting the northern coast of an
island the name of which / have not
learned but think it is Guam. 1t
appears to be of large size.
Jan. 21 My surmis. proved to be
correct At about 10 p. NJ. last night
we lay to and fred three rockets, the
signal OF our arrival but did not go.n
until this morning. | WAS up early to
see what the place looked like. What
1 saw was like most coast lines, bluffs
rugged and broken here and there by
a stretch of sandy beach. The land is
covered with the usual tropical
growth. | cannot tell you much about
Guam except that which has been told
me. for we were not permitted
ashore, as there is no do"k, the har-
Dor being very shallow. We dropped
anchor about two miles from shore
and proceeded to unload so tons of
quartermsster's supplies, first trans
fenng them to lighters of shallow
draft and thence to the shore, the
labor being performed by small copper
cOlored natives. The city of AgaDa,
the capital IF the island, is situated
inland a distance of seven miles and
cannot be seen from the bay. Only
few houses can be seen near the
beach. The town is garrisoned by
$50 L. s. marines. who occupy a very
pleasant looKlng set of barracks on a
hill near the beach. | enjoyed a
plunge n the bay this morning. The
idea seemed to strike about fifty of the
command simultaneously, as there
was a general scramble over the rail
to see who could be first in. We were
enjoying ourselves to the greatest ex
tent when we were ordered back on
board by the officer of the day, who
said that the bay was full of sharks.
At 3 80, the freight having been un-
loaded, we hoisted anchor aud put to
sea. We are now on the home-stretch.
Only a few more days and we will
be on terra frma" once more.
Jan. 3d. Nothing of interest to-day.
verybody is getting tired as the nov
city OF the voyage has worn off and
one needs change, for instance it
would be pleasant If one could get
off and walk for awhile.
Jan "a. We are still forging ahead.
Twenty four days out of San Francis
co and two days yet before we reach
our destination. This certainly is a
big pond. "
Jan. 25. Oh but the sun beats
down on US tiercely today. Why don t we
go below, you ask. Well, because if we
did we would almost suffocate for want
of air, tor there is very little of it CIR
culatIng between decks We have plen
ty of canvas and could put it up as
awnings, but the commanding officer
will not permit it, as he says 1t is. best
to get used to the heat now rather
than wait until we get ashore. l
agree with him on that but some OF
the lads don t see IL that way. How
ever they refrain from making sug
gestions.
Jan. 26. Plenty of land in sight to-
day. We entered Bernardino strait at
about a. m. Luzon is on our star
board side and during the day we
have passed on our port side first
Samar, Masbate, the Ransblan group
and Mindoro. The water is smooth as
glass. The land on either side shows