Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-13
Bisbee Boy Is
Keen Observer
In His Travels

Henry Peterson. BlSbee boy. who is
serving in thu United States navy on
the cruiser Pittsburg. believes in keep
ing his brother and relatives informed
as TO his whereabouts and OF the in
teresting parts of the world he visits.
AT the present time he is cruising.
somewhere in South American waters.
He is attached TO the band
The censorship being raised from
his ship. Peterson has written to his
brother. and the letter. which is an
exception in its descriptions. is Of
fered herewith:
L. S. S. Pittsburg.
November IS. 1917.
Ny Dear Brother and All:
The censorship has been opened for
US up TO October II. so l can tell YOU
what | have done and where l have
been up TO that time.
We left Colon the s9th of May. and
following the coast of northern South
America we crossed the equator June
10 On this day We had a big time.
as all those who had crossed tee
equator before initiated those who had
not They were dressed as Neptune
and his staff Of doctors. barber. police
man. a Judge. her majesty, a very
pretty queen. and the baby" who was
ship. dressed as a baby. The officers
a big. fat negro. called Hippo" on the
were tried first by the court and they
were fined or made to kiss the baby.
or both. With the money they collect
ed We had a big Neptune party in Rio
de Janeiro. which l viii tell You about
later. The members Of the crew were
first given a pill by the doctor, then
given a haircut and a shave by the
barber" and were then sat on a
bench which was tipped backwards.
and they were dropped off into a
tank Of water. where they were given
a good ducking. The pill was made
Of white lead. flour. red pepper and
lots OF other junk. so il was certainly
good eating. Il certainly was fun
watching them get initiated. We did
not have to go through il. as we had
TO play all the time
certainly was lucky TO get TO cross
the equator as soon as l did. for some
have been in the service two or three
cruises Ceight or twelve years. and
have never had q chance to cross.
Bahia First Stop
Our first stop after we left Colon
was Bahia. Brazil. q Today cruise
from Colon We Just stopped there
two DAYS. and | made one liberty
there. l did not think much OF the
place. but il was different from any
other city l have seen before. as it is
an old Spanish town. the first founded
in South America. and has several old
buildings built in the sixteenth cen
fury and several beautiful parks
Rio the Beautiful
From Bahia we went to Rio de
Janeiro. This is the prettieSt sea
port l have ever seen. and il is said
to be the prettiest city in the world
outside OF Paris. The beautiful part
OF il is the mountains that lie al the
entrance to the harbor and close upon
the city. They are very young. as
they are solid granite. with no growth
upon them. and are of volcanic origin.
The harbor is dotted with small isl
ands, and it is certainly beautiful
made two trips to the SUBMITS of two
of the peaks, one by cable car 10 the
top of one called the Sugar Loaf. and
the other to the top of one by cog
wheel car called COrcovada. From
the top OF each got a wonderful view
of the city and harbor; one of the
preIUiest views l have ever seen and
one OF the preItiest one could get any
place in the world. believe When
went to the top of Corcovada il was