The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-13
DIARY Of A M|SOCYN|ST
ON THE TRANSPORT LOGAN
Trials and TribuIations From Turbulent In
fantry" on Voyage From Manila via
Honolulu to San Francisco.

asbore speut the night at hotel ana
xa1lowed in the unwonted luxury of
a real bed five feet by two. Also ~es-
caped innocent prattle and the patter
of little feet at a. M, nothing more |
noisy occurring than a knife fight be-
tween five Chinese servants of the
hotel just outside my door, which dis
turbed me not at all.
June 2O.-Spent the day in Shanghai
Chinese babies are reti-
cent to the point of taciturnity.
June 21.-Likewise.
June 22.--sailed at p. m. for Maya
saki, Japan. Everybody sleeping to
recuperate from Shanghai sightseeing
and Shanghai whisky.
June 23-Came to anchor in the har-
Dor of. Nagasaki at p. m. japanese
quarantine officials discovered serious
epidemic of teething aboard and viii
not let us land until tomorrow.
June 24.-Went ashore and spent day
in Nagasaki. japanese grapevine tele-
graph is busy sending out to surround
ing country the message, American
army transport in harbor. Drop what
you are doing and come help skin
EN-
June 25.-They do.
June 26.-sailed for Honolulu. We
lost nineteen children. fourteen ladies
and one offieer-he is on leave and in
tends either to take a liner or swim
across-at Nagasaki, but gained TWEEN
ty-four children and nine ladies. This
necessitates a Encouragement of state
rooms. A bachelor. if he is still fortu-
nate, is still allowed to retain one-third
of a two by four stateroom intended
for two persons.
Ergo, on principle analogous to the
one that 1t takes nine tailors to make
a man, he is one-third of two men or
two-thirds of one man; quod erat.
Al married officer with, say, family
of five, draws six berths; therefore ne
is six men, judged by rule of the table
of army ALLOWANCES Every OCASNASAA
approves heartily of this.
/ 1t is rumored that at the coming ses-
sion of Congress, legislation will be
urged looking to the application of the
rule to pay. quarters. the mileage,
table. etc. What would become of the
government, and incidentally of us
+ bachelors, if in such case, many army
officers inclined to the Mormon persua-
sion, I shudder to think.
! June 27.-At sea. Damn.
June 2S.-At sea. Sea very rough
so rough that the children are unable
to build castles of the deck chairs and
one can obtain a seat by waiting until
one of the ladies becomes seasick and
gives it up-her chair, 1 mean.
Steward sees his chance to get even
and serves such delicacies as canned
shrimp with clotted cream, boiled pork
in olive oil, anchovies with maple
syrup, larded cabbage, sauce perique
+ Spardeck is awash and ship rolls
cOnSldera Oily. On1OTtulldLe Seapeaiii -
the ship is besieged by women-''WhS
do you let the boat rock like this?
'sWhy don't you stop this wind?" You
don't know your business" and so on
That officer declares he will quit thf
transport service if he has to go Il
sea before the mast in windjammel
June 29.-At sea. Sea smooth. FRS
|, officer of the ship allowed a sea Z
! be shipped yesterday, which wet tn
: TOW room in the hold On hearing tina
, he was to be hailed before the court
: maternal he committed suicide by eat
/ ing a ships pie.
E June 30.-At sea. Sea so smooth tina
children are again able to play wit
f the standard compass and anus
/ themselves by badgering the quarter
2 master on watch because he doesn'
. turn the wheel often enough to sui
e them.
e July AT sea.
5 July AT sea Amid the shri
h buzz of conversation on the promenad
= deck an acute ear may distinguish
e Lead a heart" Mrs. - has
s stateroom offording a better view
the flying fish than mine, and 1 ran
IS her" ''Ffnessed the queen. we woul
e have gotten the odd 'Ittsy bits
;, wittsy." 'wah-hah-hah. yaah-aah!
: "Georgeous piece of lace insertion
Naughty. naughty, papa pank'
If Court-maternal sat again today fl
le trial of Lieut.. on the followir
l. serious charges:
ID 1. Looking as if he were congrat'
r lating himself on being unmarried.
lg 2. Allowing his men to get in Il
way of a perambulator while al dri
lie s. Being an infantryman-
4. Coming from Kansas.
ID 5. Insisting on smoking in the smo1
lg ing room.
IN He was found guilty on all coun