| Show 1 4 off 1 13 I of-f UNCLE SAMS TRANSPORTS tl W 1 I ot All About the Dig Ships Which arc Taking Our Troops to the I t Philippines I 4 I J S 1 1 1 What tits Modarn Transport la The Ulo of tile Soldiers Upon A I I Hoapllnla mid Refitting rtoonia Look ot film Supplies nit V A Sample Dill ot Tare Ship for Horsea and Mul lOn lO-n I What Transports Co tTho Origin ot the System a I Copyrighted 1199 by Frank d Carpenter Car-penter I 0 I I Uncle sani transport I How ahall I tJ1 I describe Iheml They are ihw wonder ot f Hurope Fear In Making < topic of m I I them for her army and tile IlrllUh r 1 4 are Inveetlgailna their modern Improve t L mrnte for the comfort of the soldier The creation 01 Our system is It Marvel i r to Christendom Two year ago we had 1 j j I not a ahli > ot the kind Since then I I I I I I about ISO ono wliller hav been carried I to und from the West Indlea and the I j 4 Itilllpplne I I I and the United Btale And thin has boon done without the left 1 of It I Ii B single life by the carele rie a of oHl I I I clal nr defecilio arrangements Today I t 1 un anny greater than that which I I Xenoi lion lei on hla famous retreat to oij the eea to I attaining across the 1acinc t 1 C4 4 and lone before Chrletmae nil UK new I l reglmenta will have pawed through I f A 10P I ManlU on their way to the Held I ot action I lio ac-tion a I UNCLC HAM AS A Bllll OWNl1I I 1 During the Point mummer I have hadn rhance lu voce aomethlrur of the freight < yco n shot which Unol Ham iI i t zmohliat hare traveled on the boat I i ateamehlp line ot the world but I 14 Santa yet to find hips better e < ulIoo1 1 I and better managed I went lo Purim I nico on the Mcllieraon Pal < 1 d thence j I with thousand aoldlem on Iho Mlnala cI atipl tu Cuba and came buck ti the United Slalom on tho Mme nest I I hat been upon many of the other I transports now on the Atlantic and Iu 11 to cine and aa a Ant I doubt whether her Is I anything lib It In Europe ilh Our Iraneport fleet consists of ality r 1 j four lenael of all clareM It hu eighteen large ahlMi name of whkh y Imrn 100 ton of rool a day and carry 1 I r i eighteen hundred aoldlrra at me time I Such are the Urant Hherman Sheridan and Sonata and el < > Ih Iootr an and Thom Bach of Ihtw < hll I lu lone that It would nil a City street M I fret wldi from block lo block It haa threo or four great dvelmi l or alorln which are dlvldvd up Into rampart I w nienta room and Quartern making II I Jf 1 L a very city In Iteelf When It otarla out It haa enough eoula aboard It to I lieopl a large lawn It has eonwthlne 1 1 like 1000 men or as many Poem an i you I J voullnndlnncllyofloooo puIMlon l the orient booms made up of women and children It haa lu carry title crowd over from 7000 to IIKM mile of water t ae to whether It Coast from Hun Freak clacu I or New York to Manllt 1 < < and It 11 must feed and keep them comfortable I during a Voau ot thirl ell or forty I Iwo da It will bo readily Men that f this task to I no alight one and that II I to I ocndlngly Important that the ahlp a To be properly arranged ol 1JIK MOIiitN TRANHrOHT I I This ham been the study ot quarter I frontier I General Ludlngton and hu force and especially ot Colonel ChI I Bird at the head of the transport dl lalon nt Washington Colonel r 11 i Jones general superintendent of the army I o r ar-my transport rvlce 1 New York and f I Colonel 1 O P lane of the am < a rvlce J nol II In Ban ITanclnco I It Ilk I through the 1 effort of thestomen chiefly that the I 1 I midern transport ilan been evolved a ship which la I peculiar to the United Stages army and which aunxieacii In Its comfort anything of If kind In tho i MIL J world I with I could take you on wornin of the ehlpK which are now carrying car-rying the Mildlrre lu the Ihlllpplnea Thr are enormous veele built of steel its high ae a elialory house oral containing as many rooms O a told I summer hole They ore healed by learn and lighted by eleclrklly They have great kllclen with a Carl 1 > of rooks eculllon and waltera Back has a bakery where all the bread used on board h bjked Uvery on has a cold elorwo plant and refrigerator which know Ihe meal fresh and glvea green vegetable and ripe fruit Ihrvughout Ihe vuyage and each beA Conditioning machlnre which dlallll pure water from that of the Pea and git the men fresh water 1 throughout thor voyage 0BOLDIllIt BOLDIIilt LIFC ON A TRANSPORT No effort In I apatvj for tilt comfort of the aoldlera Uach man has file own bunk consisting of a canvas inttr or aheet faatenwl la gas looped I and aa atrelched that III Is I aa cumfortab as a prime U l TheM bunk are put up In three Her me above anotli and am ai arranged that they can ba taken down during Ih day arul the canvas washed or alt while the apace can be umnl for exercla 1 There It l one deck for eating and I eierclalng The Meal are cried upon avvlnglng table which are let down from the cclllnir and 1 drawn up between levels 1 In fact n1 All Inch of room to I waated and the men have ample am-ple Place for drill and play Huh Ship lion a reading mom which con Ulna anon an-on and other uulilcal instrument and which II I supplied I wllh book and paper and Mpedally wllh tone book for use In retlxkMl aervloaa Tle readIng read-Ing mailer and mule are not furnished by the rwornment however but are a gift of the ladles 1 of the Army and Navy league vf Ihe tallied Slogan In IIIe new transport loOp the reading room la I wallrd with starts Tllll HOSPITAL On lart ot the main deck Is I Pat oxide for the hospital This Is I at the len of tile ahlp well eeiwaled facing lt other part II haa city bade and la aor rounded by the vitiation of lilt Burgeon and l tits hospital stewards II Is I WIWI I lighted and equipped with all madern Pittance Jiuli ship carried Its own our eon and them tam trained nureea with miiM of the vessels IlATlHSn ACCOMMODATIONS HTC The hoepllala have their own bathroom rourns and 1 there Are numerous 14th room of dirfren kind for Ih use of men The iroi ernmeiU regulations pro I vithe thai th men inuat lithe Thy am Will I > leil without arm tvvlo a day and at this lime every Individual must alum that lion winds fac and feet are waahoi mail I hli hair numbed The greatest oar hu bcxm taken aa tu the lavatories They art of tho moat modern style and everything to I kept scrupulously Clean During my journey on thit Mclhron I went over tile fn rapt iamlrHd every pan of It spending aomo lime In Ibir hold and In place which I on olrwr rhlp have offorisive I amella Thar wen much Ing of the kind on the Mcllieraan Pverv bit of It wu Ilk a Patch kitchen kitch-en fhl deck was kept aa ecaured that you could Me very grain of the wool of the Moor and vick could have vision our meal upon the deck without aolllntf Iho food 118fIPLINI Soldiers ore A trip like that In Mnll o-re under as Porto I discipline aim st as nah > re IAchPIvPYisIn0I II turn Its t-urn r aid u I thm m Ilk du l kllk The hare i t r kcriiit h-are prcfu ribed Tr no n I auly InUrt1 by the urg It fh tiny 10 Not UP aud 110 10 bad at 16 glVlu tulle lmlt and alinoal every hour of the day haa Its duly I Al I a m reveille la aound f al < W hrenkfaat al 715 the tank call At I guardmuumlng at lu Inepecllon I ani at II dinner Al 4 p m there is another Irk call at thirty minute after sunset inspection at a p m supper at 641 call lo quartera and r I mI > m tap when llghia am out an1 all are auppoee4 lo be I In bed The ventllallon of the mena quarters la an lnlretlng feature They strip 1 In many cases below the water line and when It was planned to turn freight Steamers Into troop ships It wall a que lion aa lu how in men could live In look h quarter Yankee Invention how ever provided a system of ventilation which la I entirely successful lly meana of learn fan cooler and water I Ipe rrgletcr etc air ot just lh o right peralur of heal or roll U I item al will through every part of the ahlp a I Thl I on I alao 1 tile Case wllh Iho ahlp tIng t-Ing animals of which I write further OT HOW Till OmCUIlB Lt li In addition to tilt quarters for Ih common aolllera then are on mch of the aleamer cabins fur Hie ofllcen an1 1 A rpHlal lable at which they rat pay lnj an amount per day which just about eiiala 1 the Come of llw fool omiumed The Cabins and other room of thbt part of the ship are aa comfortable and aa well equipped aa thnom of a lent I ocean steamer and the table la I aa Cool at man could wish Here for instance In I a earn pie dinner bill o faro on the Mclheriun It la I one which I MVr4 during my trip Soup Oreter III Tomato I Fish Baked blue wllh wine sauce Nritron Hlml 01 duck and oily IIhlmp pattles CIhNd on tartan 1Ilod Corned beet and 1 airing begins Itonal Itlba of beef Veal wllh dreaalng egelable Meshed and sent Itatoes Stoned Arsnllo I me plant Sao Ia Lobster Olives Dessert Tapioca pudding inar sauce Apple end blueberry plea Wine Jelly Aa totted take Fruits Oralizics Ornn Peace NUll Profits Cracker and cheeaa Coffee and tea For Mason like this w each stay M tits or UO poor day I am not aura but I think the metals on the ships lo the 1hlllpi I Ine coat only a dollar a day at r l Th common Idlers are well I fod although al-though of course they do not have match a variety ua that above described NO LACK OF FOOD lllIUi In order to show that there la I no lack cI fool I have taken from a recent report re-port aenl tu the commlaaary general the amount of various articles which the imitation Hherman had on boanl when starting out wllh 111 omcer ant 1 100 men on a recent trip to Manna Fresh beef 41 Oil pounds bacon 1000 pounds Veal l 9f t inmnda Hour SCI 000 pounds hardtack 40000 pound baking iwwder 9 J9 pound rice 1 IIOoO IKjunda iwtaloe II two pounds mutton mut-ton L600 M > und iMNina Italia pounds tiger n 00 pound butler 1 fwO vomits loaf I augar 1 000 pound chaw Ing tobaccu > ouo t ouund smoking lo bacco 10 WO iiuunda toilet aoap KOCO Iiounda cisaret too I 000 package tooth bruahea HMO combs 20410 i matchia 10000 boxea tuvvela 4000 pairs of ohm alrlnita I 40 0 barrel of pork 97 and bologna sausage IT poumla l It mum t be remembered that many ot the above article are kept on the ship to I ba old III the nn and that onlY ordinary food Is I It The uply of I tile n1 other things however In I large though 10 nil a holl grocery start Par Instance In addition lo the above the boron had about 1000 pound ot onlona 400 pounds of coffee Xilsiont i ouo pound of all 4000 cans or apples J1J send of apricots Man pound of chose and bo1 2000 tons 01 delalflad I homo II hd 110 nn ul lobstrm alI al-I cans of m4ohrumis log cans of cove f r ovoterm 141 cans at green peas 83S on no 01 preerrveu i ineappiei ooJ wn cuna 01 I gKi 3 damson pluna andtOM pounda ot irunaa carried I a U 000 cins of in Mon 1 coo bolt of sardines long cans of currant cur-rant Jelly looo bottles of Urn Juke 1000 jar of pickle do 3000 cans ot cranberry sauce It had aplcea of all kinds thousands ot cigar ot all make and everything to delight palate It rarrle1 fresh chickens wild ducks par trldgta and squabs It had Ml 01 tells I 100 sweet breada 0 kegs ot pickled p1sal feet 200 can of fresh oysters and 1000 cam of soft shell clam It carried 10tar wine and liquor among which were Tl dozen bottle of claret 7J dun whit wine 4S dozen bottle of brandy and It dozen ot rum II had aapumgua < beana aourkraut aplnaih Drum string onto sprouts maccaronl I 3a apaiihi ill and 10 bottles of clam broth It luid 100 Yeast abkome 11000 bottlr ot gtimpr ale 1 and 41 bottlea of Taboo sauce It carried 40 Ion of Ico and all aorla of Clothing moat In demand among the soldier The packing away of the goods on the stammer Is it matter 01 iijjwa 1trythine has its low II Ito l I-to Iw kcorwithiner count b Its i lace thai Die quart rm r In charge ran foot file fing1 it tin o dark Ihe hull la I dlviai I UI n n mlnmn Iou ot will h of taild up by ambulance Illo112 SIMIOUnitst air In anulbtr CJ cans s siont and In another the quarpreasaw supplies are found HIIUH FOR IIOIISr1 AND MUM One ot the moet serious n alien I Ihe tranapurlallon of an army u it carrying tit ihe animals The clucroir of water and fund on tile vqosko wine Ihe Iaclflc la I an Important iae toll Ihe transport dlvllon tins fait a to lairs which are fitted up an itk lranporl Thee million aall iten in tranrUio Heallle and Tae nna f < tie Ihlllwln and III Carry 40vithw and mule tn Manila before tnrtii They have already iranaiorled to aanda of cavalry They aro eipxi noted up for the purp lan with I fal I alora ao thai the nor f a away don I Ihe bowel 1 of the hip have ph if air TSZhrJWiai 14 for Ih L iJrh Thor rh im in who oft tie Imals vellill form I lend places ho floor in te be atiouttiormoderatonsrlocr has randenoors hlrh mk 01 jc > oa 01 A later a day for oh nlm it smog Out as i to not illaturb tow lank kn M foremorgenrin Eoch hp amct tons of hay t IM ln of jli or la A Zoom Ion of fura H and I au 410 go one of lumtter ll earn a f It erlnary surgeon and alalil mm itirtTTiNa Till HIIIIK Tho Work 01 trIIIlIIloor u4 Wool attaintra Into troop Phips In I D 641 Ik Ittakusarreatolvolitaftlaitrol tornt 1al 01 county Th trnet Warct or Ct a numb re t lite price paid I toy V t I wine b Inn as high a fti hijA l to town hundro4j li nil dollars ro n makudIlt or of a h 01 Ih mrl Irk is h rs r101 morc than on n04 and r tVIlvo 1 thoueand d0lari TIt wok t aflting Is vcry trovr Ih beet Jmrr of in e M On Ihoeen tu watt h the w rk n It 10 agar the trambimift system AmI9 0100 who n v mad a NJIalty t till Ila vision of fit Quarwrinastord 11 Meat as waj John At vars n 31 was connected with Ihe quartmilaln onto In Han Jun Porto U Knolls U 1 now qt 1 liiladell up mtlmll I I the cnulpmcnt I t the li n > will 1 < the commanding quart mr 4 01 the Thunion on her voY4 I 111or and from there after studying in needa cf Ilia trunpport acrvl ON tie VII r JtIN VW4 Islands will com bock to the llaljj States via dan Francisco hla Idol So Ing to xl n radical knowledge fl 9P erylhlng Connected wllh the nt Tilt oinniv OF Tim TllANIOJ > HYBT1M The trainsiort oyaltm VAN tfOstd W our war Witt 14puln Whent hh 3110 Was blown up Uncle Ham saw in W4 of II and Aladdin like he l kt toil old lamp I and rubbed If l > Ana 1 genii of An erlcan I brains and Aniterwealt captml llaed It before him I Tot A It lite limp In local was Cok 1 CW j Illrd head of 1r1 tram p art dlvUlo I 9 Woanlnglon who under quart rat III dcneral Ludlngton aent It t19 I 0 ahlpo to nera of this Country and Mr I the veel which afttrvvrrd be j Iraruiiorla U Wag v ry dim I ulJJ r ahlpa The navy had 1 laken aIn r a-In alghl und ok rovel ha I la li t 019 wherever blhT 0 on ltt I IIi I avalUbl wore frelnhtcra and IWC to goo untied at ol Ii r taking WOOO141 iTwa land Cuba first rear thought l1aVAftIL that not th tb3t taP 1 would I bo the center of war I tat 9 Weight oj to b nn y Tlio list Journey waa eight I hours and even for thin time question I Of Water we vclo 111f0ill bIft Hogsheads and win casks We fly the hairldrots unit harr at fr6 tank steamer purtdP it Paid I clu aivainy aloof It Padt lt And Is I W000 gollons was rprIttered 0 r4019111001 scows which carried 11n coudrtermante candeminjor 1i Then machines a Upon 0 polm ir were of put I Ili Aeo to I IPIO r r tie b trunufarred I to anI dl I a I I b t i toil tinged had to < to I III u take care of 11 I or A a toad of tO V at I in I lily I Visa I I I 1 f o 6O J novel vre Cant II limit u b an at it c 1 10 no no1o t louught C an at I r a at r t I a thiIr placem mere imurped at the II mI It ADA thourti favor Aas Clogged tial1111110 toy the Im qualimatl11113 Cuba latloram at Savanumb dillfiftion pulh arrolige AP41 j ere made as to muster4 1111 hat Is army WA M yfJ crr n1 uItho at the yellow fever Itaou Into the country and Jftfttmkl 1 I r Ylt t I W Old or owitilf trial th to ko J rn to I 14 I ffi dipinisKA I The I th work of one quart 0t t rnent during the war 0I I n I 01 t 11111raketing as I an r quite as lots M nold i 11tonjo I on Ih lag t be Written CAIJETJI lg 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