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SOLDIERS CROWD BIG TRANSPORT■Troopship Will Carry Twelfth*] Infantry and Part of the Twelfth Cavalry ’ :H E a rrn y t ra ns po r twharf was the onlybusy part of the water front yesterday. Government employes usually are fortunate In escaping- Adam’s burden on holiday*, but as the transport Thomas most sail at noon today. the necessary preparations had to be made and dock officials and longshore-I men celebrated Inde-”T#ndenc# day hard at their accustomed,'-la bor.The Thomas is taking to the Phllip-•pfnes about 1.200 soldiers and 200 cabin ^passengers. The soldiers, the entire ^Twelfth infantry and two Troops of *The Twelfth cavalry, arrived early yes-frerdgy morning and took up their qusr-on board the troopship. The men. Wxeep* those on guard duty, were given «']:berty and spent the day sight seeing, *1: i returned to the ship for their raeals.The Thomas holds the record both■ways between here and Manila., and on this voyage Captain Lynam expects to frakf better time than ever before. The troopship has just come off the dry dock • nd the engines and boilers were never behaving better than they are at this ‘•time. If no unusual weather is experienced. it is expected that the J Thomas will be bark here at least five | Mays ahead of schedule time. I
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San Francisco call
San Francisco, California, US
Tue, Jul 06, 1909
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