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

! siciaHs. lawyers. finauciera. bant
clerks, engineers and real estate mcr
/ rom Oregon AMI Wash.nCt0n -c0aIed
ship yesterday Afternoon. AMI Chaplain
II j. Richard Olson. clad in white Off
i Gers cap and suit OF blue dIngaree8
/ worked with them.
i Ckapains Gu battlcsh.p, usually d
net participants in slCh fcstivi les as
Coaling ship, but Chaplain Olson who
in private lite, is minister Ct Pot
land, Oregon, elected himself "une g.
I the boys" and cast his lot with tht
! others in filling the vessels empty
bunkCcs Chaplain Olson declares
that he had the time Of lis life duriug
the trip to Hen J!ulu. and thereby
/ hangs tale.
! Whitehead officers, roam s the
decks OF the Milwaukee yesterday, for
the double purpose OF receiving Wis
| itCrs and getting a coat OF tan-1r
sunbUn-smiled as they related the
pranks played by the miii;amCn ana
the regulars" during the voyage from
Seattle. Like a band Of sChOo,boys
set free from their lessons, those mill
! t:amen who possessed good sca-legs
wiled the hours away with dutie2
above and mischief aboard. Net so
Chaplain Olson, the officers say. He
kept pretty much to his cabin poTine
over his books, and awaiting the early
editions Of the wireless newspaper
On the third day ont, in the late
afternoon. the chaplain was awaken
ed from his reveries by a knock OF
his door.
I'VE will pass a mai! buoy late this
evening, sir stated the orderly whoI
stood outside, and you VIII haveI
about two hours to write letters
home"
"A mail buoy" inquired the chap
lain. I'm afraid l don't quite uni
derstand."
ooh, yes sir" answered the order
ly. "A usual custom at sea. sir You
see. sir, this mail buoy is anchore1
IN the middle of the ocean. When wei
BASS it. we put our mail in sack and
the sack is hung on the buoy. Then, |
when the next steamer from HOnoIu.r
In comes by. it picks up the sack AMI
takes it to the coast"
quite a novel idea" quoth the
chanlain. THAT is Tuch better than
waiting until We arrive in Honolulu,
I 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 nnces-
sary that you mark all your letters
Sailors Mail in order that it may be
distinguished in the Hostoffice"
How about stamps?" inquired the
chaplain, adjusting a new pen in a
holder. DO these letters required
more postage?" -" n
"No, sir" replied the unblushing
"The wireless operator jots
down the amount of postage required
for your letters and the postage is
sent by wireless to the nearest post
office. You pay the wireless opera.i
tor. sir"
For two hours the chaplain toiled
with pen and paper, and at the end
Of that time he had a stack of letters
which would ast0nish country post
and relatives, business letters and
diary letters. They were all marked
Sailors Mail" and the faithful ord
erly locked them over and pronoupc-
ed them in good condition for mailing.
or 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
" good hours during which time l
might have read several chapters in
4 book which was handed me before
we sailed"
That was the chaplain's initiation
INTO a life of the bounding wave, and
ne proved his good fellowship by dis
earding his uniform. DOMINIC overallS
and jumper, and helping to coal ship
with the rest.