2 . 
Supplies for Taraoa Expedition. 
— » One Mec fI oal and & xirg lcnl oKesTordored to bo m readinoss at" Camp Vicars. 
Weight, 100 pounds. 
Dr. Patterson will Have a medical and a surgical ohest (2). Weight, 200 pounda 
Shipped on the U. S, A. T. Borneo '• 
4 Medical chests 
400 pounds 
1 Box Surgical dressings 
100 
it 
2 Boxes First Aid Packets 
160 
ft 
ft Box Liquors 
70 
ft 
1 Gold Medal Cot 
30 
n 
Total 
760 
n 
1 Box of lanterns 
40 
vt 
1 Bundle (Hospital tent fly) 
20 
it 
1 axq 
5 
it 
1 Water can and buokets 
60 
it 
1 Box 
26 
tt 
Grand Total 900 poundB. 
March 31, 1904. at Mataling Falls we stopped for lunch. At the sawmill. Lieuten¬ 
ant Donalds?n gave us hot ooffee, sandwiches, and pickles. 
At Vicars general Wood's ooramand was net by Major Bullard and Lieuten¬ 
ant Merry and the command, consisting of 3 companies of infantry, 1 mountain 
Battery, and wagon and pack mule trains, turned out for review. Lieu¬ 
tenant Moss took me in and oared for me most hospitably. We found it vary 
cold at Vicars' 
April 1, 1904. While shooting birds, I came across Mr. Ireland of the Chicago 
University, who accompanied General Wood on this expedition. Mr. Ireland 
