" Not a Junket! "

What was once the German ship Prince Eitel Friedrich, and is now the transport U. S. Grant, sailed out of New York Harbor for Porto Rico, the Panama Canal, San Francisco and Honolulu. Aboard were 19 Army officers and 980 troops destined for various posts. In addition, the passengers included Secretary of War Weeks, Mrs. Weeks and 27 Senators and Representatives, most of them with their wives, a few with their children. Each of the civilians will pay $2 a day for his food, just as Army officers do aboard transports. Otherwise, the trip will be free.

When the Grant reaches San Francisco, the Secretary and most of his party will transfer to the transport Cambria and go on to Alaska.

"A lot of those on this trip are members of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Appropriations Committee. We want them to get first-hand knowledge of the army and what it is doing. We have enough supplies and troops on board to justify the voyage and its expense, even if there were no Senators or Representatives on the ship," said Mr. Weeks. " For heaven's sake, don't call this a junket! A junket is a trip where the people's money is spent unnecessarily."