Evening star., 1923-04-28
WEEKS AND PARTY
i SAIL FOR PACIFIC
Uses Transport for Trip to
Save Expense to Tax
payers.
SO CIVILIANS ON VOYAGE
Secretary and Congress Members
Pay So Day for
Expenses.
30 CIVILIANS ON VOYAGE

NEW YORK, April 9S.--1he ora
says. with Army officers occupying
what were second-class cabins, 10
make room for the Secretary OF war
senators, representatives their wives
children and relatives, the United
States Army transport l. 5. Grant,
formerly the Prince Eitel Friedrich.
left the Army base in south Brook
lyn at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
on the first leg of her voyage to the
Philippines.
The Ship will stop at Porto Rico.
Panama, Los Angeles. san Francisco
and Hawaii. Each civilian pays 81
a day for meals. the same as Army
officers pay on transports. and every
thing else is free. Yet it isn't Il jun
ket. Secretary Weeks says so.
When seen by reporter just be-
fore the ship sailed the Secretary
said:
For heavens sake don't call this Il
3unket \ junket is Il trip where the
peoples money is spent unneces-
hre members of the committee on
military affairs and the appropriation
committees. We want them to get
first hand Knowledge of the Army
and what it is doing. We have
enough supplies aud troops on board
even if there were no senators or
representatives on the ship
Take Families Along.
In addition to Secretary and Mrs.
Weeks, the party included five SEN
atorS. four accompanied by their
wives and one by his niece, and
twenty representatives. three of whom
81
tiveS, fifteen were accompanied by
their wives and another by his dauSh-
ter. There also was the daughter ol
n senator. the wife and daughter or
a representative, a confidential clerk
and two private secretaries.
There were nineteen Army officers
on the transport. $50 soldiers of the
Goth Battalion. Coast Artillery. who
are going to the Philippines. and
about so casual troops destined for
various Army posts.
Secretary Weeks. all the senator's
and eighteen of the representatives
will leave the ship at SAN Francisco
and go to Alaska on the transport
Cambria. The other two r.preSen-
Hawaii Mrs. Albert Johnson and her
daughter OF Washington. also viii
go to Hawaii. Representative john
son was to have left with them yes
terday, but is expected TO JOIN the
ship in San Francisco. Others boxed
for the voyage. but who failed to
arrive. we're REPRESENTATIVE Charles
F. Curry and his son of Callfornia.
Young of North Dakota and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. James NJ NORM
of Pennsylvania.
Shin Is Renovated.
The transport was fitted out Tor
her voyage in two days. Almost the
entire vessel was painted ana the
second-class quarters were tErred
hplnw
and equipped with additional bathlnS
facilities.
The senators and representatives
who sailed are: Senator and Mrs.
Francis +. Warren of wyoming,
Senator and Mrs. y. A. Jones ot New
Mexico, Senator and Mrs. William j..
Mckinley of Illinois and the senator
niece. Senator and Mrs. j. T. is"binson
"f Arkansas and Senator and Mrs. r. r
Ladd of Moth Dakota.
The three representa- ativcs who
travelled alone are: Gordon Lee of
Georgia. John +. Raker Of California
and Earl c. Michener of Michigan.
Those accompanied by their wives
were: Burton l.. French Of Idaho
William Il. Wood of Indiana. Louis G.
tramton of Michigan, Martin b.
Madden of Illinois. Percy L. Quin of
Mississippi. Harry T. Hull of Iowa.
Harry w. Wurzbach of Texas, Charles
L. Tndefhill of Massachusetts, c. B.
Timberlake of Colorado, +. y. Zihl-
man of Maryland. John +. Miller of
Washington, Charles l.. Ahernethy of
North Carolina and William Jarrett
of Honolulu.
Representative Elliott w. Sproul of
Illinois was accompanied by his
daughter and Representatives d. K.
Anthony of Kansas was accompanied
by his Wife and daught"r. Mrs.
charles +. George, daughter of
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas,
also WAS on board.