Arizona republican., 1917-05-26
PK0EN|X bOY'S NEWEST WORLD
 ON THE PAC|F| IL

Otis Cline one of the Phoenix boys who lately joined the navy has just written home to his mother from Somewhere OF the Pacific He says: T hardly know where to begin this letter. There are SC many interesting things to tell especially interesting to one who like myself is from Ari- zona. A year ago 1 never dreamed that 1 would be sailing or the Pacific in the service of Uncle Sam When T get back l will be able to tell about as much of the world from experience as any lad o,f 2i.
 ''To make this little narration more interesting l must begin at the be- ginning of our trip. At the sound of eight bells 12 o'clock the boat slow " left the dock bearing q very preci- ous lead Uncle San's patriotic boys. As we moved out into the bay there WAS q band on the dock playing fami- liar airs. What made it so sad was that so many mothers and kin folks were there to see their loved ones off But Gs l gazed into those tear-stained eyes knoN' that they were not she'd ding tears fol me. l could not Eelp thinking of you so far away. I was rather glad that you were not there.
 Well, after we passed ont of the Golden Gate I felt fine as 1 watched the old ship ride the waves. About the middle of the evening I had my first experience of sea sickness. 1 never felt 90 bad in all my life. It was the worst feeling ! ever had or ever ex- pect 10 nave. I never ate anything un- :il the second day at noon. After I got over this [, felt like jolly sailor. We passed out of sight of land the first day and stayed out Of sight of it fCr week. We landed in Honolulu Bay on Monday night. Next morning wien 1 woke up 1 was surprised to see how calm the water was. It made low murmuring sound as it slapped the sides of the Titan ship. I could see Honolulu and the mountains in the background with their green foliage
 Before We reached Honolulu we passed only one ship and it must have heen the L. S. army transport Thom- as on her way pach to the states. | saw my first school of whales 1 think there is always school follow ing the ship. l also saw many flying fish. They are about tie size of q small trout. They rise out of the wa ter, fly about hundred yards and go under again. As I am writing 1 can see them in the water
 Well I guess you had Tuesday March 20 but we didn't have any. We skipped that day when We passed the 1soth meridian. We went to sleep on Monday night and woke up on Wed nesday morning On Friday night We passed one of the U. s. possessions, the Wake Island. it's aoout four or five miles in length.
 Al! we do is eat, sleep and be merry. We lounge about the deck and play high fly I sure am discouraged about the 'ch"W. (food) we get. It is so coarse ard unwholesome that can hardly stard to eat it. But after we get on Q naval vessel we will have fine food. You see this is regular army transport and is run by the army regulations There are soldiers. sailorc and marlres aboard the ship ahout S0e in all. About 3Co got off at Honolulu.
 ''lt takes four weeks to make this ,rir from San Francisco to Cavite. 5000 miles: enc week to Honolulu, t"o weeks to Guam and one to Ma Hila. While at Honolulu I took a trip to the famous Waikiki Beach, the finest surf lathing resort in the world While l was in bathing in the surf riding the waves with q surf board saved tae life of one of my ship mates. lie was riding a wave and it carried him farther from the land. He get q mouthful of the salty water and was about to strangle when l rescued him. That's one time when l came in handy in this world.
 climbed cocoanrt tree ana picked some nuts more for the say sc than anything else. ] saw many fields of pine apples. I passed through Chinatown; # sure is a mess. All the streets in Honolulu are narrow and crooked
 am on fire drill detail I have d life boat to help launch. We had fire drlli yesterday evening. We have to drill eVerYdaV''