The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-01-17

was published in the New York Sun
in its issue OF October 70. No doubt
ii will be read with interest by Army
people in general.
June Il. at wharf. Manila on board
United States army transport Logan
1 What a thrilling spectacle is the de-
parture of a troopship for the home
/ landi And how ones being fills with
military ardor to see the troops come
aboard-to note the martial swish of
skirts. the waving of hat trimmings,
the ominous rumble of baby carriages,
as the legions come up in solid front!
! An occasional soldier mars, what
otherwise would be a perfect military
picture. at beholding which I am so
filed with enthusiasm that lose sight
OF the fact that I am a mere bachelor
lieutenant. and will probably sleep in
coal bunker. But when the band
strikes with crash into the inspir-
1 ing strains of "Baby's Boats a Sill
very Star-Sail. Baby Sail" 1 am in
transport, (And aboard one, for my
sins)
Sailed at p. m. for the quarantine
station at Mariveles.
June Is, at wharf, Mariveles.-The
enlisted mems belongings are spread
about the wharf, preparatory TO be-
ing steamed, and the children ramble
about selecting playthings from them,
in which they exercise a rare discrim-
nation.
AT 1880 p. m. we put-to-sea- Weather
is fair, but there is no lack of squalls.
am assigned to a stateroom on the
saloon deck which I share with Capt.
P, Lieut.. c., an interesting and
sprightly family of cockroaches and
numerous herds Of Mark Twain's
chamois. The room has two berths
and a settee, which last is about four
by eighteen inches. I being the junior
draw it.
The tortures of Procrustes's bed were
child's play by comparison with those
of this damnable settee; but I am
comforted by the knowledge that each
baby has two berths on the promen-
ade deck, one in which to howl-it
never sleeps-and the other for stow
ins away its toys. Ea
June Il, at sea.-we are bound for
Shanghai. China, with thousand tons
of flour for the famine sufferers-and
Would that the ChiI csc
were cannibals with particular fond
ness for babies!
The kids of about eight have in
vented a most absorbing game called
foot in the face" played by a large
and small boy. The large boy catches
and throws the small one, kicks him
vigorously in the lineaments, and
then attemps to beat an outraged
mother TO the ladder leading to the
deck below. If he does, he wins.
The popular game for the younger
kids is cutting paper dollies out Of
the pages of ones magazines.
June IS, at seattle following terms
are en- regle on shipboard, or rather,
IN transportboard: Boat" (Anglice,
ship. upstairs downstairs, "the
basement" windows (ports), 'in
'ront," behind" "banisters" (rails). !,
1t is easy to understand why Han
iibal and Napoleon, Notwithstanding
ranscendent military genius, met with
defeat. The one placed his I
Glance in war elephants, trained bat. /
alions and galloping stations; the
ther pinned his faith to seasoned =
eterans and consummate strategy. OF
that avail are these in an army? 4
All depends upon a preponderance of
Tomen and children. As the tactical s
'orks Should say. other things being I
quail, that army will be victorious h
hich has the greater number of these h
lainstays. What soldier faces the v
rim, open mouthed inkpot or hears 50
lie roar Of the roller top desk with g
ich intrepidfty as the military bene-
ok with a large cluster of Give Il
ranches? To one interested in his So
the moral is obvious.
One bachelor aboard announced his la
solve to adopt two children before
5 next voyage to the Philippines, W
hich will insure him an extra state
om
Another declared his intention Of
arrying in spite of the fact that the in
re is as bad as disease. Unfortu-
tely for him, he was overheard, and ar
court-martial sentenced him to for be
t the privileges of the smoking
I'm. wi
-une 1s.-Arrived at WI Sung, the ca
It of Shanghai. alto a. m. otl
III the ships boats were lowered and gil
re engaged the entire day IN taking {
les, children and nursemaids for an I'll
ing ashore, while bachelor officers cal
soldiers looked on glowering When in