The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-07
crook Was Grimy.

Crock Was Gr1uy.
Colonel Maroin P. Maus. who sue
eeeded Gen. Frederick Funston IN
command of the Department of Cali
fornia. viii have no more army trans
ports leave port with coal-dust on the
decks and showing other signs OF lack
of attention. Uncle Sam pays 70 have
the big troopships kept IN good order
and nobody in authority viii be ex-
eused for sending them to sea looking
like golfers or earunon freighters.
That 5 what Col Maus says, and he IS
at the head of things military in this
part of the country.
The immediate head Of the trans
port service here is Col. John B. Bel
linger. Depot Quarrermaster. He was
severely reprimanded by Col. Maus, ms
superior, for his management OF at
fairs pertaining To the transport Crook,
which left port on September 18th for
Honolulu, Guam and Manila. The
transport should have been coaled and
cleaned up preparatory to her depart
IRE some days before that date, but
Col. BelHnger. who has on more than
one occasion been accused by others IN
the service of shortsightedness and
lack of executive ability, believed he
was saving money when he refused to
allow men TO work overtime IN coallng
the ship.
The result of this management was
that a force of men had to work
throughout the night of the fourteenth
cleaning the Crook and getting her
ready TO sail at noon on the fifteenth.
The cost Of this work more than offset
time on a holiday for the coaling. The
confusion and annoyance caused by the
extraordinary hustling on the last
night and day of the vessel 3 stay in
port were also credited to Col. Bel
linger.
On the fourteenth Colonel Maus Wis
tied the transport dock and inspected
the Crook, scheduled to depart the
following day, and instead of finding
things spick and span, saw only CRIME
and eoal-dust and a mess of it gener-
ally. He lost no time in speaking TO
Colonel Bellinger about it, and he
spoke in no uncertain terms Other
men in the service were called to de-
partment headquarters to testify in the
ease, but Colonel Bellinger was found
to be alone in the matter There has
been more or less complaint about his
management of the transport service
ever since he succeeded Colonel c. A.
Devol as Depot Quartermaster here
several years ago. On more than
one occasion it was reported that Col.
onel Bellinger was TO be transferred to
some other duty, but he remained in
charge of the transports in spite of
all the rumors.-Examiner.
To Help seamen.
NEW YORK, Sept 20.-TraveIing
$4,000 miles for over 5000 hours, rep
resentatives from a dozen nations are
today bound for this city to plan or
ganized help for the sailor on every
sea of the globe. For the first time
in history an international conference
in the interest of millions of men who
live on the ocean has been called by
the American Seamen s Friend Society,
and from almost every country in the
world delegates are hurrying here to
be present at the gathering on October
4. America viii be represented by
authorities on the interests of seamen
from more than dozen of the so
ciety's branch stations in the leading
ports on both coasts.
To outline and propose remedies for
the problems with which the great IN.
ternational body Of seafarers is faced
on every shore of the world today is
the object of this unique congress. The
worldwide ways Of the crimp, the
boarding master, the shipping agent and
shipowner viii be discussed by men
who have made lifelong study
throughout the globe Of these vital
elements in the life of jack ashore.
The treatment of iackies in the navies
of the nations as well as the merchant
marine viii come up for consideration.
Efforts viii also be made to perfect the
organization by which the American
Seamen S Friend Society is aiming to
keep in touch with the shifting body
of sailors through their forty-fve sta
tions all over the world
From Great Britain. E. W Matthews,
secretary of the British and Foreign
Sailors Society of London, is on his
way to give the conference the benefit
Of his Investigations in a tour of the
globe which he has just completed. The
problems of the sailor man in Mediter-
ranean ports viii be reported by T. J.
Irving, who is bound for New York
from Naples, where he has for years
been an active worker for stranded
seamen. Chaplain Wollesen Of the So
ciety S. station at Copenhagen has ar
rived in this city and viii be followed
by other leading workers in the ports
of Germany, Holland and Sweden
From the Western hemisphere veter-
an workers for the American Seamen s
Friend Society from Montreal down to
Buenos Ayres are already embarked on
their long journey to the American con-
ference. Tucker, who has succeeded "a
long Line Of stricken workers at the
branch IN Rio de Janiero, which for
seventy-four years the society has bat
tied to maintain against the ravages
OF yellow fever, is TO report on condi-
lions surrounding jack ashore IN South
America today. Another experienced
worker IN Argentina has begun the
long voyage from Buenos Ayres. Re
ports viii also be received from the
other South American stations Of the
society at Valparaiso, Montevideo and
Rosario.
New Orleans. Gloucester. Seattle.
Norfolk, Galveston, Newport News,
Pensacola, Boston. Charleston. VIII
mington and Portland, Ore. viii send
TeTrpSPFf.tix-as n fall +I,;s $1,000, :, e