The San Francisco call., 1905-03-17
TrooPShip in Port
After Stormy
Passage.
Brings gsArtillerymen
From the Phil
iPpines.

Thomas, Captain Lyman, arrived early
yesterday morning from the Philip
pines and opened for port officials one
Of the busiest days they have hus-
ued through for long time The Thorn
as came into port looking. as usual,
Ike q newly commissioned yacht and
The cleanliness was not all outside, for
Major Devol, in his tour Of inspection.
from bridge TO blges, found the troop
ship in the same spotless condition she
vas when she started for the Philip
pines.
Captain Lyman says that during the
run across the Pacific the Thomas went
through some OF the heaviest gales and
squalls he ever saw at sea rGr days
an time ali matches were battened
down and The troops were compelled
to use storm gangways in passing from
deck 10 deck During the heaviest
weather oil was used and with such
success that although the waves rolled
t-h hardly a splash Of water reached
The transports decks.
The Thomas brought from the Phil
irpiues the Seventeenth. Eighteenth
ard Ninth batteries OF artillery. The
S=veuteenth. commanded by Captain
G e. Gatley, has been in Mindanao for
r-.o years This battery was with Cap
lar Pershing in most of his punitive
=hre6itions and later with General
ta-n in fifteen engagements without
-ing a man.
CAPTAIN SMITHS CLEVER WORK.
The Eighteenth Captain D. J. Rum
hrcgh, has been stationed in the prov
ire If J0lo and also has seen much
service. The Seventeenth and Eigh-
tenth batteries did not land here.
Their destination is Portland and they
were transferred in the stream TO the
0~H NIB laf+
columbia River late in the afternoon.
The work Of transferring the artil-
lerymen and their impedimenta in mid
stream was made possible by a most
unusual maneUver, skillfully managed
hy Captain Ike Smith, master of the
army tug Slocum. The Thomas an
chored of the transport dock AS soon
as her mud hook had secured a good
grip on the bottom, Smith, with the
SOcum. tied alongside the Buford,
brought the Buford from the wharf and
laid her gently alongside the Thomas
There was a stiff breeze blowing. a
strong tide running and the bay was
rougher than usual.
So cleXerly was the Buford handled
that not even the paint on either trans
port was scratched. When the trans
ports were lashed together the addi-
tional strain on the Thomas anchor
chain caused the mud hook to drag,
but after a glide Of a hundred feet or
so the anchors teeth took a good grip
Of the bottom and the two big troop
ships came 10 a full stop. This prob
ably is the first time that two great
ocean liners were brought alongside
each other in midstream and it was
done yesterday to the accompaniment
Cf q baby sOutheaster and in the rip
pie Of q racing tide. And Ike Smith,
who did il all. is no bigger than a Jap
snese general
TWO ARMY WIDOWS.
There were two army widows among
the passengers who came home on the
Thomas and in the troopship's hold
were two collins containing the remains
Of two gallant officers who died for
the flag. They were Mrs. J. A O'Neill.
the widow Of DR.. O'Neill, and Mrs S.
K Hayt. whose husband, lieutenant
in the Philippine Scouts, was cut down
by 2 Filipino bullet few weeks after
their marriage. They have brought
home their dead TO bury in American
soil.
r. H McCullogh, a former pay clerk
in the navy and a passenger on the
Thomas was garbed in fearful and
wonderful array OF uniforms. Upon
his head he wore the cap of navy
warrant officer. Around his shoulders
futtered the yellow lined cape of
cavalry captain. A pair Of khaki rid
ing hreeches tightly encased his lower
limbs, and resting on black patent
leather shoes he wore a pair Of yellow
pigskin spat puttees. he had come
home. he said, TO find an American
tailor
John FuendeI. a private in the Ninth
Battery died during the homeward
trip, victim Of lung trouble.
The Thomas brought the following
passengers:
Bert Ashurst, Mrs Emily Bowers. Mrs. K
n II
daughter. Mrs. E. Bennett and two children
Pred 3. Buckley, G. l. Briggs, J. K. Butkie-
D. H Currie, Or. r. X Cole, Miss n. Crow
Ger. Mrs D. ". Croft; J. e, Crenshaw. Lieu
Miss Grace Dwyre, A c. Dunlap. Mrs J. Nj
Edgar and three children, Thomas c. Eskridge
G. G. Galley. Mrs. c. E. Grossenbaker and
child. Mrs. N. D: Gale. Mrs. J. Il. Goddard,
Mrs. 6. X Hayt Mrs. c. D. Ham and child,
+. O. Holcombe A. J. Hawkins, o. Hancock,
Mrs z. Hollenberry and child, Rev. George
A. Irwin; Captain and Mrs z. n. Jones. child
and nephew: Mrs. c. o. Jennings c. B.
Kitchen, M and Mrs Newton kimball, Mrs
Thomas =. Law and child. Master c. K.
Leeper. +. =. Lane, d. c. Lund; r. H. Nc
cuilogh, navy pay clerk; Mr. and Mrs. F. s.
charles Miller. Mrs. NJ. b. Nickerson. Mrs
Nicholas and two sons A $ Northup, Mrs
and daughter, Lieutenant W A. Pickering;
Mrs. J. T. Powers. mother and child; /. Pos
ner. Glenn ". Parks, Dr. ana Mrs A. P.
Preston and child, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Per-
kins and three children, Captain and Mrs. D.
J. umbough and three children Lieutenant
and Mrs r. W. Reynolds and three children,
Mrs Ritter Z. @. Redline, Manuel E. Roe.
TTedoro TSobrero Lieutenant r II Sutherland
T NJ. Stack. A. J. Stone. Mrs. r. W. Soper,
Mr.. J. C Thompson, Mrs. J. T ThaTp ana two
hiIdren, Mrs. 9. W Van Deusen. Major George
NJ Wells Major and Mrs p. Q. Wood, Lieu
tensnt n c Williams. Lieutenant William II.
williams 6. B. Williams, Mrs. Samuel Will
It's L. c. WatrOus L. W. WoTen, Lieuten-
ami z. H. Yule, Leandro zaro.
From HOnolulu-Lieutenant Wesley W. X.
Hamilton Mrs W F. creary. Miss creary,
Mrs James Hull; r. d. HizhtoNers wife and
child. Mrs. O. r. Logan
Enlisted men, United States army, 5S3; lis
charged soldiers and civilians. 125; prisoners,
%: enlisted. United States navy and marine
corps. II.
China Arrives From the Orient.
The Pacific Mail ConDanys liner China.
Captain Friele, arrived yesterday afternoon
from the Far East OF her ninety cabin pas
senRers, forty-niBe We're from Honolulu. From
Honolulu she also brought 230 japanese She
had board 2500 tons Of cargo which includ-
ed 672 boxes OF opium and 1900 bales Of raw
han