The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-02-07

cnsuply as we could, and three car
Lea Us Of suppl IS and comforts
Fight here | v ant TO give a discrip-
ton OF our living car--the Russian
box car is about nine feet by thirty
and this car had four small windows
in it, two on each side which were put
in by an old Belgian who let me use
the car for my trip and which he had
been living in, he by the way, l dis
covered to be a member of the Mas
onic Lodge and whom l intend to
learn more about as soon as / get
the chance. We got a couple Of car
penters and had our iron hunks built
into one end of the car, two on each
side, put a round iron stove in the
center of the car, took a couple of
oil stoves (and had to hold the pans
while the car was going to keep them
from landing on the floor, as a box
car does ride like a Pullman sleeper)
a couple of stools and a table and
were off. l might say that we had the
car painted and the paint was not
even dry when We got back, SO we
lined the walls of the car around the
hunks with old blankets which served
for more than the purpose intended,
as they helped to keep out the wind.
We arrived at Habarovsk at mid
night Saturday the 5th and the next
morning | went up and called on Col
onel Styer who is in command Of the
9th Infantry and was received roy
ally by him and his Adjutant and al
so assured of their hearty support in
assisting me to distribute our sup
plies. So the next morning at nine
o'clock the army wagons arrived and
all of our things were hauled away
by two o'clock in the afternoon. We
stayed in Habarovsk until the next
noon and enjoyed a sightseeing trip in
a sleigh drowsky through the main
streets of the town down to the bluff
overlooking the junction of the Amur
and Ussuri rivers, which was certain
ly a wonderful sight as they were
frozen over for the winter.
1t ranged from 20 TO % below zero
in Habarovsk while we were there,
but it was a very dry cold and not a
breath of wind and simply wonderful
weather not at all like Vladivostok
as there is a cold biting wind blow
ing here most all of the time, and
eve since yesterday we have been
having a blizzard. | have a big rein
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he left, so manage to keep very com
.fortably warm, in fact the only parts
of my body that do get cold are my
feet, which l managed to keep warm
at Habarovsk by wearing rubber
overshoes, my hands, nose and ears,
but we are able to purchase fur caps
and u mittens from the army so the
cold question is pretty we'll solved.
In foot I noNrNn fn1f bottom - .,vv IsFa
than | have since l have been here,
We all have colds though and l be
lieve that they will stay with us all
winter. Nothing serious but annoy
ing.
We left Habarovsk Tuesday at two
p. NJ. wired ahead to all the detach-
ments along the line to kindly make
arrangements to receive our supplies,
and delivered them without a hitch
arriving back here in V~ladivostok
Thursday night at eleven o'clock.
We mel some fine fellows and made
a lot of good friends and | believe we
will get results from this trip.
Taking it all in all the trip was a
grand success and / plan to make the
same kind of a trip once a month or
else send someone else as my work
is piling up so rapidly that l don't
see how l a do it all.
l am in need of personnel and want
two men and a stenographer and l
believe l a keep them all busy. A
Ford car has been ordered for my
work and they are assembling a ford
truck for me at the shop, which ought
TO be out in a few days. This will en-
able me to put a little more personal
touch to things.