Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-29
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 Saw Queen Lirs Palace.
 We saw the palace of the former Queen LII.
 On another of these islands there is a real volcano with live crater and molten lava, but it takes a day to get there from here, so we had to miss that.
 Saturday afternoon for the second time we made our departure with an- other crowd saying goodbye.
 Whenever a ship leaves Honolulu everybody buys big ropes made of flowers, roses, chrySanth hemumS, etc., hangs them around their necks. So most everyone had these chains of ev- cry color of sweet smelling flowers hung on them. As the ship slips out you throw them overheard to the friends you leave behind. It Is SUD- the last one over before sunset So now we are on our way for 12 days till Guam is reached.
 Pleasant Companions.
 There is a fine crowd on board. My captain is good natured and good all round. So many people got off at Hon. olulu that they moved us from the wireless tower into regular staterooms. French and l are in one and Johnson is in another with somebody else. I am satisfied with that, as Johnson is little important. I think maybe be- cause he is a West Point graduate and thinks he is so experienced. He was very hurt in Honolulu because I would not change a tour I had as officer of the deck on Friday morning with his on Friday afternoon.
 While in port we have tours of four hours each as officer of the deck in rotation, during which we had to stay on board and check the troops coming off and on.
 Lost a Day.
 We crossed the 180 degree meridian two nights ago, thereby losing the 18th of August, as at the 180 degree merid- ian going west you skip day. So we jumped from Wednesday to Friday. Going east it stays the same day for two days when crossing.
 Every two or three days there is a dance on board at night, and we have fine Filipino orchestra that plays. Two days out of Honolulu one of the girls, daughter of Colonel Shanks, had birthday party with a cake, etc, and last night another girl had one with a dance, etc. We have a lively crowd which certainly keeps things moving.
 Enclosed are some pictures of the crowd taken on board the transport. Three of them got off at Honolulu and new girl got on there, Miss Lilah Mcdonald. She received at the boat 23 punches of roses, etc, and 10 boxes of candy.
 Already NicEcnamed.
 The meal service is keeping up as good as ever, with every imaginable thing to eat. I have acquired the nickname Brigham, being named after the famous Brigham Young of many wives. Aug. 29th Sunday here)-Yes- terday afternoon at p. m. we left Guam. On Thursday morning we first sighted land, the island of Pota, which is one of this group of Ladrone or Mariana islands. Pota belonged to Germany before the war started, but Japan seized it and is keeping it in spite of the protests of the United came to Guam, which is an island about 40 miles long, with 12,000 natives living on it. All these islands are the tops of one volcanic upheaval and are surrounded by coral reefs. This is the real tropics here. We came into a flarbor and anchored about two miles away from a couple of little towns called Pitt and Sumay. The island rose all around in cliffs about 100 feet high, these completely covered with dense jungle and palm trees.
 Visit from Medical Inspector.
 We were boarded by medical officer and that night a big party of us went ashore at Pitt by launch (there are no wharves or landing places for big ships). From Pitt we went by auto mobile to Argana, five miles distant. which is the capital of this island, and attended a dance there by the gover- nor general, navy and marine officers. The next day we took a daylight trip over the same road.
 It seemed all unreal, the scene was