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TUN M0RN1NU A8lItlAN. TUKSUA., UCTOlUCIt W9. FrV) i ii i i i i i -4QO Commercial HOW OUR TROOPS CROSS THE SEA A Correspondent Has Been Investi gating This Subject. UNCLE SAM'S TRANSPORTS Frank G. Carpenter Declares the " American System a Marvel to Christendom. Frank C. Carpenter. Uncle Sam'i transport! How shall I describe them! They are the won der of Europe, France la making cop ies of them for her army, and the iliinyli ate- Investigating their modern! irnon.v mems f.r the comfort of the! soldier. TIi- cr-atlon of the system' la a marvel to Christendom. Two years ago we had not a ship of the kind. Since tlv.-n about 250,000 soldiers have been carried to and from the West! -11.- .ii,l the Philippines and the Uni ted States, and this has. been done1 without the loss of a single life by the carelessness of officials or defective arrangements. Today an army greater than that which Xenophon led on his famous retreat to the sea is steaming a ri the Pacific, and long before Christmas ail the new regiments will have passed through Manila on their way to the fHd of action. During the past summer I have had a chance to see something of the freight and passenger ships which Uncle Sam owns. I have traveled on the bet steamship lines ot the world, but I have yet to find ships better equipped and better managed. I went t Por ito Riro on the Mcpherson thence with a thousand soldiers on the Mississippi to Cuba, and came back to the United States on the same vessel. I have been uron many of the other transport now on the Atlantic and Pacific, and as a fleet I doubt wheth there Is any thlntr Iik it In Europe. Our transport fleet consists of sixty four vessels of all classes. It has eighteen large ship, some of which burn 100 tons of coal a day and carry ttH soldiers at one ime. Such are the Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Meade, and such also the Logan and Thomas. Each of these ships is so long that it would fill a city street fifty feet wide from block to block, it has three or four great decks or stories, which are divided up into compart Men's Clothing nnvm You wouUl not think it possible, but it is so. We can soil you a black clay worsUnl suit, lincnl with the best of material w know of we use no other for $10. These suits are made with round or square corners. Ask for lot 7172. Then we have some fancy worsted suits also with round or square corners, for $9.75. These are made as well us our factory knows how to make clothes, and if you can't pot fitted in these, no ready-made clothing will fit you. Ask for lot 66!)"). Here is a particularly attractive line, the material is elegant and the workman ship superior in every way. They are cheviot suits of winter weight and we ask only $s.o0. Ak for lot 90.1 i The foregoing is not the only line of cheviots we carry. Ask for lot 711) and see what they are. You will be pleased with them as they are nice enough for anybody to wear. We have marked the price on these $10.50 just for a surprise. ments, rooms and quarters, making It a city Itself. When It starts out It hr.s enough souls aboard It to people a lar.ee t wn. It has something like two thousand men: or as many men as you would lnd In a city of 10.MO pop-' ulntion. the rest being made up of wo-; men and children. It has to carry, this crowd over from 7.000 to 1200 miles j of water, as to whether It goes from ' San Francisco or New York to Manila, ! and It must feed and keep them com fortable during a voyage of from thlr-ty-sw to forty-two days. It will be readily seen that this task is no slight! or.?, and that It Is exceedingly Import-! ant that the ship be properly ar-j ranged. j THE MODERN TRANSPORT. Th's has bee the study of Quarter master Oneral Ludlngton and his force, and especially of Colonel Charles Bird, at the head of the transport di vision at Washington; Colnel F. H. Junes, general superintendent of the army transport service, Ne-w York, and Colonel O. F. Long of the same ser vice in San Francisco. It Is through the efforts of these men chiefly that the modem transport has been evolv ed, a ship which Is peculiar to the '"nlt'd States army, and which sur prises in itfl comforts anything of Its kind in th world. I wish I could take vou on some of the ships which are nnv carrying the soldiers to the Phil ippines. They are enormous vessels. Iiiiilt of steH. as high as six-story ho-ises and containing as many rooms us a big summer hotel. They are heat ed by steam and lighted by electricity. They have great kitchens, with a corps ot cooks, scullions and waiters. Each has a bakery vhere all the bread used on board Is baked. Every one has a cold storage plant and refrigerator, which keeps the meat fresh and keeps green vegetables and ripe fruits throughout the voyage, and each has condensing machines which distil pure water from that of the sea, and gives he men fresh water throughout the voyage. rfOITJiER LTFE ON A TRANSPORT. No effort Is spared for the comfort of the soldier. Each man has his own' bunk, consisting of a canvas mattress,' or sheet fastened to gas pipes, and so etretrhoo that it is as comfortable asi a spring bed. Th-se bunks are put up! In three tiers, one above another, and1 are so arranged that they can be taken d.wn during the day ami the canves' washed or aired, while the space can' bi uel for exercise. There Is one deck for eating and exercising. The ireals are s-rwl upon swinging tables which are let down from the celling and drawn up between meals. In fact, not an Inch of room Is wasted, and the men have ample space for drill and play. Each ship hag a reading room, which contains an organ and other musical Instruments and which Is sup-' piled with books and papers, and es pecially with song books for use In re-. Young Men's Clothing We are selling twice as much young men's clothing this year as we did a year ago. This must mean that what we sold last year suited , lot of young men, and they have been telling their friends almut it Yes, and it means that our stock this year is just new and nobby enough to catch them anyway. Ask to See Some of These Sitig'.v-breated sack suits, brown mixed cheviot, strong or faint plaid as you choose. Xmble-hrousted sack suit, brown her ringbone cheviot. Single-breasted s:iek suit, fashionable collar, donl.lo-t. rented vest. (5 ray and red mixed, making a broken plaid. .Nnle-iiiYa-ted sjiek suit, with double-bivn-41 vet of gray Scotch plaid cheviot. SiiigIe-Woatcd sack Mlit, with double breasted vest; gray cheviot with ovcrplaid of green. Single-lire i.stcl sack suit, line check worsted. Some of these are pretty gay, some are quiet just like young men. , Street, llgioui services. The reading matter and music are nK furnished by the g vei nm-.-nt, how.'vor, but are a gift of the ladles of the Army and Navy League of the United States. In the new transport Logan the reading room is walled with glass. DISCIPLINE. Soldiers on a trip like that to Manila are under as strict discipline almost as on shore. Each company la In charge of Its ofllo-rs, and everything moves like clock work. The hours for exercise are prescribed. The men are regularly Inspected by the surgeon. They have to go to bed and get up at a given time, and almoet every hour of the day has Its duty. At 6 a. m. reveille Is sounded, at 6:30 breakfast, at 7:15 the sick call, at 8 guard mount ing, at 10 Inspection, and at 12 dinner. At 4 p. m. there Is another alck call, at thirty minutes after uunset Inspec tion, at 5 p. m. supper, at 8:45 call to quarters, and at 9 p. m. taps, when lights are out and all are supposed to be In bed. The ventilation of the men's quarters Is an interesting feature. They sleep in many cases below the water line, and hp It was planned to turn freight steamers Into troop ships It was a question as to how the men could live In such quarters. Yankee Invention, however, provided a system of ventila tion which Is entirely successful. By moans of steam fans, coolers and wa tr pipes, regurters, ettc, air of Just the right temperature of heat and cold Is sent at will through -every part of the ship. This Is also the case with the ships transporting animals, of which I write further on. HOW THE OFFICERS LIVE. In addition to the quarters for the common soldiers there are on each of the steamers cabins for the officers and a special table at which they eat, pay ing an amount per day which Just about equals the cost of the food con sumes. The cabins and other rooms of this part of the ship are as com fortable and as well equipped as those of a large ocean steamer and the table Is as good as man could wish. Here, for Instance, is a sample dinner bill of fare on the McPherson. It Is one which I saved during my trip: Soups. Oysters. Ulce. Tomato. Fish Baked blue with wine sauce. Entrees. Salmi duck and olives. Shrimp patties. Calveshead en tortue. Boiled. Corned beef and string beans. Roast. Ribs of beef. Veal with dressing Vegetables . Mashed and nweet potatoes. Parsnips. Egg plant. Salad. Lobster. Olives. Desert. Tapioca pudding, wine sauce. Apple' and blueberry pies. Wine Jel ly, Assorted cakes. , Fruit. , Oranges. Orape. Pears. Figs. Nuts. Prunes. CreeUers and c heave. Coffee and tea. I p...- ,..,. i. hi... .1.1. i. .... . . lilium .m7 .IIIB HUB HP II I'1 W rents, or 11.50 per day. I an) not sure, but I think the meals on the ships to the Philippines cost only II a day. The common soldiers are well fed, al though of course they do not have such a variety as that above described. NO LACK OF FOOD HERE. In order to show that there Is no lack of food I have taken from a re cent report sent to the commissary general the amount of various article which the transport Sherman had on board when starting out, with 161 offi cers and 1.800 men, on a recent trip to Manila: Fresh bef. 41.078 pounds; bacon, , non pounds; veal. 90 pounds; flour. :63.f)0O pounds: hardtack, 40,000 pounds: baking powder, 3.398 pounds; rice J 000 pounds; potatoes, 41,000 pounds; mutton, 1.600 pounds; beans, 13.000 pounds; sugar. 28,000 pounds; butter, 1.000 pounds; loaf sugar, 2.000 pounds; chewing tobacco, 8.000 pounds; smok ing tobacco, lfl.OOr) pounds: toilet soap, M.OOO 'pounds: cigarettes, 25.000 pack ages; tooth brushes, 2,000; combs, 2, 000; matches, 22.000 boxes; towels. 4.- 000; pahs of shoestrings, 4.000; barrels of pork, 07, and bolognn flnusnge, 247 pounds. It must be rememliered that many of the above articles are kept on the ship to bo sold to the men, and that only ordinary food Is frc, The supply of these and other things, however, Is larg' enough to fill a wholesale grocery store. Th" pofkln away of the goods on the steamer Is a matter of Importance. Everything has Its place, and accord ing to law everything must be so well In Its place that the quartermaster or the) man In charge can put his finger on.lt In the dark. ' The hold Is divided up Into six compartments, four of whlrh are taken up by ambulance wagons, ammunition, etc. In another field ranges are stored, and In another the quartermaster's supplies are found. SHIPS FOR HORSES AND MULES. One of the most serious matters In the transportation of an army Is the carrying of the animals. The question of water and food on the voyage across the Pacific Is an Important one, and the transport division has now eleven ships which are fitted up as cattle transports. These ships sail from flan Frat:clsoo, Seattle and Tacoma for the Philippines and will carry 4,000 horses p.nd mules to Manila before Christmas. Th"y have already transported thou sands of cavalry. They are especial ly fitted up for the purpose with ven tilators, so that the horses away down In the bowels of the ship have plenty of air. They have hospitals for the sli:k, In which the animals have beds of straw and places where they can be taken about for moderate exijrclse. Each ehip has condensers, which make Boys' Clothing mm Somoltody's small Imy is going to 1 a mightily satisfied with himself when his mamma gets him one of those new cae coats thai have just come. We don't make any money to speak of on these, hut we have to do something to stop some people from buying cotton. Now, whether he is three or fourteen years of ge, he shall have one for f-J.tt.Y Pon't believe it? Well come in and se, and ask for lot '.VXV2. Just another word about the Uiys Io you want your little fellow to look real swell? If so, we have a line of hoys' blue sergo double-brea-ted .suits, ages from 7 to 1-1, that are p sltively beautiful. These suits, in eluding an extra pair of pants, we are going to v! this week for $!.(!. V won't tell you how we can afford it for the story would he too long for our space. Ask particularly fr lot 17 Kt If the above-price is too high, ask for lot 17 1! These me suits of a giay mix ture, including an extra pair of pants, for f 1 7". They are drcsy and are sure to de light the proud little wearer. iKm't fail to examine them. six gallons of water a day for each animal carried, so as to not disturb the tanks kept full for emergencies. Koch ship carries 2,200 tons of hy, 1,70 tons of oats, or In all 3,900 ton of for . and also 400.000 f.t of lumber. It carries a veterinary urgn and sta blemen. THE HOSPITALS. One part of the main deck Is m aside for the hosplta". This Is at the stern of the ship well separated from the other arts. It has city beds and Is sur rounded by the rooms of the surgeon and the hospital stewards. It Is well (Continued on Page 8even.) It is sad and iiIssd pointing fur a father 10 rear ton, spend nstd earned monry for hit edurntion, otk to inure him M advantsgi huh ttart in life, and build raa :lrs in the air about the boy's futjre. onlv lo have him killed off In the early yean of manhood by the dread disriue con sumption. Until recent yrars consumption waa con sidered an incurable disease. Now it in known to tens of thoiinuiids that Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery oner 1)8 per cent, of all casea if taken in the enrly tagi-s of the disease. It also curea bron chitis, laryngitis, throat and naaal trouble and nil allied !icaseaof the air pashngri It is the best blood maker and flrh bullilrr the beat general tonic and nerve reatora live. It gives i keen edge to the appe tite, corrects the impaired digestion, pro motes the flow of digestive juices, facili tates the production of chyle in the lower tomach. or Intestines, invigorates the liver and purifies and enriches the blood. It tears down old and inert tissues and builds up new, firm, muscular tissuea of health. It strengthens the heart's action, promotes the circulation of the blood to every part of the body and deepens the breathing, thus supplying the blood with vitalizing oxygen. Thousands have testified to lis merits. The dealer who offera something else as "just aa good " is diahnneat. "I never waa rery strong and then I had U r.rippe." writi-a Mfaa Grade O. Smith, of 480 nth tit.. Holem. Orrijoii. " I had a emiuh and felt tired ull the time. I took three IxittlM of Dr. I'ierrr's Wivwrite Prescription and two of ' Oolilen Mi-dirul Uiaeiivery ' and two vlnla of ' PleiiMint Pellets,' I have belter health now than (or ninny years." Twenty one one cent stamps cover the mailin-r of n paper-covered cony of Doctoi Pierre's Common Sense Medical Adviser. Cloth-bound, (I stamps. Send to Dr. R. V Pierce, Jliifiulo, N. Y. Fortune can take away riches but not courage. President King, Farmer' Bank, tirooklyn, Mich., has used DeWltf Llttlo Early Riser In hi family for years, flays they are the best. Thee famous little pills cure constipation, bllllousness and all liver and bowel trouble. Sold by Cha. Roger. Overcoats ViWiVW Our assortment is a mirprise, Port landers would come down to price and pur chase these. LOT 7;H). Men's covert cloth over coutu $!.&(), Stylish nud astonishingly low prica LOT 8010. Men's blue beaver over coats, $!.()(). If you say you can duplicate these for the money anywhere ebe, it would bo a statement hard to believe. Astoria, For many years science baa studied liquors. Result th whole world uses whiskey. 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