Cleveland County herald., 1921-01-06
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here the crew received generous shore leave, as they did everywhere else throughout the voyage, enabling them to visit many cities and localities rare iy seen by seamen.
 More cargo was discharged at Kobe. the next Japanese port of call, where the ship stayed eight days. After pass ing through Tsugara Straits in foggy weather the ship came safely to V1ad- vostok, arriving April 22.
 Here the President Grant took on board 5.437 troops and sailed for Trieste, ploughing through fog aud rain to Hongkong. where stop was made for coal and supplies. Singapore was reached May 12. and al CT skirt ing Sumatra and entering the Indian ocean the President Grant stopped at Colombo on the island of Ceylon. A stay of five days was made here.
 There was fine weather and glassy seas on the trip across the Indian ocean, but in the Red sea the tempera- ture-rose to 102 degrees and the uni- form of the day in the fire room was one pair of light sandals.
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 At 10:25 a. m. on June 1, the ship entered the Suez Canal and reached Port Said on the Mediterranean sea the next day. While in this part of the globe members of the crew had an opportunity to try out the camel as means of Iocomoti0n. In Cey- lon they had tried elephants, and in China rickshaWs. and at Venice. which they visited after the ship reached Trieste, they tried gondolas. The ar rival at Trieste was on June 12, more than four months after the start of the voyage
 At Trieste orders were waiting for another shipment of Czech soldiers so after twelve days in port, the trans port steamed on the back trail. At Port Said she caught the United States army transport Crook, just sail. ing for Trieste. and hastily transferred to her five stowaways who had crept on board at the Adriatic port.
 Colombo was reached July 16. after passing through southwest monsoons and heavy seas In the Indian ocean. On July 2l, after five days at Colom- bo for repairs to be made and SUD- plies taken on. the ship steamed east ward, and five days later anchored on very dark night at the entrance to the narrow and crooked Singapore straits. Next morning the ship pro. ceeded toward Manila, hugging the coasts of Borneo and Palawan to avoid typhoOns. Manila was reached August 1, with the crew all very busy painting and cleaning the ship in preparation for her next load Of pas sengers. On August the ship steam. ed for Karatsu, Japan, for coal. but next day halted at the entrance to Subig Bay to land six stowaways who had seereted themselves on board under the decidedly mistaken impression that they would he rapidly transported to the United States.
 Rescue Japanese Fishermen.
 A few days later the President Grant sighted a motor launch Of about 80 feet in length drifting helplessly over the Pacific swells with a signal of distress hoisted. The transport hove to and lowered a boat. The men on the boat were Japanese fish ermen, who said their fuel had given out and they had drifted for five days. They were given enough gas to take them back to Nippon and the Presi dent Grant proceeded, reaching Karat su August 10. After five days of coaling the transport steamed toward Vladivostok, reaching the Russian port for the second time on August IS.
 There 5,S74 troops under command of Gen. St. Cecek, were embarked and the President Grant headed into the rough seas and southwest monsoons of the Sea of Japan and the China sea. Hongkong was reached September and Singapore six days later through much rough weather. Ceylon was touched once more and the Indian ocean, Red sea and Suez canal passed without mis- UdQ. " HSn OlN odlo NttS lttiNANbs October 6, the canal authorities or dered the ship moored in the African basin, against the protests of both Captain Chambers and the American consular agent. When the tide fell the big ship went aground aft. Cap tain Chambers ordered cCaiing stopped and water tanks pumped out. The ship was pulled ahead by it's anchors into deeper water. Fortunately the bottom of the basin was soft and the ship apparently suffered no dam- age.
 After two days at Port Said the ship left for Trieste, reaching that port October 13. This second voy- age with troops was made novel by the presence on board of eco Russian women, wives of the Czecho-Slovak soldiers, and number of babies. Three babies died on board and two were born
 Home Again at Last.
 4 terrific storm arose while the transport was moored to dock at V.;oc+a ond far fhron days the shin