Show THE ARMY TRANSPORT PACIFIC SQUADRON IS A FOR HANDLING till THE GOVERN MUSTS TROOPS TU private steamship companies said to be unequal to tile I 1 abik ut of I 1 branbo porting holdeer bollier bobb I 1 altic tic cusi cuba lb Orca br eater tur along the pacific coast tho the briny transport survive in ili operation with the 1 and intermediate points Is not regarded finor faor companies covet tho the bust busl ll 11 ailsa ss vilich is 1 now being done by tile dozen and 11 amk vessels waking ill up the transport fleet during tin the last oscal year oar the short dan sherman Suc nuan thomas logon logan anil and dix carried carrai d to honolulu attain nul and lin cintilla tilla P ai totis tons of freight bosq pounds of Util teI states mail and ami in united states money besides lio sides P considerable ati amount lount of philippine posos coined in ili tile san francisco mint and in ili january jannary ZOO 1006 the schedule was doubled that is instead of one salling sailing a month there tire now two to the army prefers to to do its own fret lit tin and passenger Kor business on 0 for the following reasons primarily private companies securing cont contracts rilet A eat could not furnish the ser vice fcc desi desired without specialty specially constructed ted an cx capelle pelle which though demonstrated absolutely noces sary by I 1 experience they would not undertake owing to the uncertainty of at tile alip lc le secondly the he present service lq Is found more economical the lie cost of operation last year amounted to 7 ja loss less than the lowest estimate rire pre anted f liy by any of the private con corns bidding for tile business busine gs lastly tile exigencies of the service which thich might at iny any domand the rapid transportation of if large of troops and would necessitate the holding la ili reserve of it a considerable number of vessels essola es sols nil an impossibility to a private steamship company which Is forced by competition to operate with strictest economy COMBINED COMFORT AND CAPACITY in explanation of the first of these theae reasons the average transport 1 a type of marine construction peculiarly individual 11 ll while exteriorly it has nil all the lie appointments of a modern ocean going steamer it differs essentially in its interior arrangement the transportation por tation of large nuin berf berr of troops across in an ocean distance of miles the lie greater part of thlu mileage lying within tile tropics demands tho the best possible atlin and sanata sanitation the sleeping accommodations accommodation for sold soldiers lers n anre ro boewe between oil looks decks a and nd the entire spare space allott all olt il for this purpose Is ofte from end to ond metal berths lit in tiers of one above tho the other make the place resemble rose niblo a giant honeycomb liliie shower baths reading and recreation rooms anre provided and a regularly equipped hospital with isolation wards Is in charge ot at a surgeon surf fion and drawn dran front from the anny mederal nips at ps and the hospital corps these qu quarterma artera aro are J uj bp IE BW 11 lili 11 fBI A 1 rehi TRANSPORT THOMAS ABOUT TO ah SAIL FOR ORIENT ahll DIX LOADING ANIMALS not nich mich as are provided provi dod for moor ngo passengers on thy the Pa Alle ind and it if eboli vessels so equipped evere pro owned and operated ly by a private line that line it ho be low long lit in getting rid of thorn them should the army nim bo be suddenly recalled front from the alio II Island ands 1 tile army transport must carry a battery of rapid fire runs guns lu in her bows some thing for which liitle pr ariato lri avato ato steamship companies coro lieve ory ly little use uie the secant second advanced fly tho the adherents adlert ants of the prent system boods no bennim en t the third and last contention la Is lest best supported liy fly a report inneo on january I 1 it I 1 of ahn year conr by 1 the gen oral cral taff of the flip army arm to tile senate Com committed on marino Mr irine in which it was stated that to embark a division would require ton ten ton ships and nine ton with tile he strength of the regular anny two divisions could bo be made ready to pm bark in fifteen lays days assuming this ratio it would require to strike the first quick blow ot of a force forca corresponding to lo our inn ilat out military establish the entire on tho the atlantic and wore than the entire tonnage of the it Is doubtful if any private line would care to hohl ellou enough ii shies in reserve to trans trani bort avio tw 0 divisions on a fortnight notice the quartermaster Cie general gave ita it ni its ills opinion that lu in view of tho the futile efforts of the quartermasters nin department to obtain suitable transports front the merchant marine in bisoi for tho the transportation of the truly army to cuba and of the tha further fuel filet tunit dilill w withdrawn front from regular reRi ilar line qc arvice the transports can call not ho he advantageously disposed of ov owing inc to their peculiar in perlor construction it would he be who policy to retain n sulu suil clent lelent number of bonts its as part of tho equipment of the army to bo be economically cared for or tind and kept in such condition na ia to be prompt ly li aval available lable for any emergency which alch may arise requiring the transportation or of troops on the ocean since the whisper of trouble in the orient two first blits have been held field it anchor in It atilla bay and until januar nry all ail tho the freighters of tile transport service were cio out or of active service with UK the exception of the alie dix PACIFIC FLEET A MODEL tho the army tins his built up lip its fleet after long lone and trying experience and it Is generally conceded that the ill anre models of their und representatives of foreign governments have sc n aced for and received copies of the flea t ions the transportation of live stock has hag boon been fruitful of disasters the first consignment of ingles shipped to aann lla wits a source of great anxiety every precaution was and fl nally ill flip filial precaution of belly banding the animals caused the loss lois of nil but ono who became known in na as the hundred thousand dol 1117 1 anck tho nil all died of till alip un accustomed accustom pd exercise of swinging on their stomachs |