Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-09

SiC,anS, lawyers, iinanCicrS. b2nE
clerks. engineers and real estate mer
/ rom Oregon AMI aShngtOn-cO aieG
snip yesterday Afternoon. and Chaplain
( J. Richard Olson. clad in white Off
. GERS cap and a suit CT blue dIngaree5
worked with them
! Chapiains On battlesh:Ps usually
not participate in such FESTIVITIES d.,
( cOal!ng ship. but Chaplain O.Son who
in private lie, is a minister Cf Port
land, Oregon, elected himself one @
: the BOYS and cas-; his lot with tn
! others in. l'l:ng the VcSi'l's empty
bunkerS. Chaplain Olson declares
/ that he had the time of his l.fa during
the trip to Hon )Iu.u. aHi the-cb,
/ hangs tale.
Whitehead officers, roaming tn;
decks OF the Milwaukee yesterday, for
the double purpose OF receiving Wis
itors and getting a coat of tan %
sunbuln smiled as they related III.
FRANKS played BY tho milit;am anG
the regulars" during the voyage from
Seattle. Like a band of schOoboys
set free from their lessons. these mil.
;
Wiled the hours away with dUtie
above AMI mischief aboard. Net 81
Chaplain Olson, the officers say. He
kept pretty much to his cabin, porinc-
over his books, and awaiting the early
editions of the wireless newspaper
On the third day out, in the late
afternoon, the chaplain was awaken
ed from his reveries by a knock or
his door.
1--WE will pass a mail buoy late the
evening. sir" stated the orderly whcI
stood outside, "and you will havej
about two hours to write letters
home"
"A mail buoy" inquired the chap
lain. I'm afraid | dent quite un
derstand.
ooh, yes sir" answered the order
see. sir, this mail buoy is anchorcl
IN the middle of the ocean. When we
pass il, we put our mail in sack and
the sack is hung on the buoy Then,
when the next steamer from Honolulu
IN comes by. it picks up the sack and
takes it to the coast"
quite a novel idea" Guoth the
chaDlain. THAT is much better thani
waiting until we arrive il Honolulu
| have lot of letters to write, and
you may call for them in an hour and
a half"
The orderly turned to leave, but
came back again.
Zone thing more. sir. 1t is naces-
sary that you mark all your letters
Sailors Mail in order that it may be
in the nostOffice. Il
How about stamps?" inquired the
chaplain. adjusting a new. pen in a
holder. do these letters require
more POSTAGE" ..
mo, sir" replied the unblushing
orderly. "The wireless operator iot5
down the amount of postage required
fer your letters and the postage is
sent by wireless to the nearest post
office You pay the wireless opera.
tor. sir"
For two hours the chaplain toiIed
with pen and paper. and at the end
Of that time he had stack of letters
which would astonish country post
raster. mere were ietLSTS 10 ITlen ISL
and relatives, business letters and
1iary letters. They were all marked
Sailors Mail" and the faithful ord
arly locked them over and pronounce
I'd them in good condition for mailing.
= OF course it was all joke, but the
chaplain did not catch on until he
finally was told. and then he laughed
as much as the rest of the militia
men did. ..'.
81 have only to regret" he told an
officer later, that lost two perfect
y good hours during which time
might have read several chapters in
4 book which was handed me before
We sailed"
That was the chaplain's initiation
nto a life of the bounding wave, and
he proved his good fellowship by dis
;arding his uniform, donning oVerallsl
md jumper, and helping to coal ship
With the rest.
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