St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-21
FAREWELL TO SAMOA.
Departure Of American Sur
vivors Of the Apia Dis
aSter.
Admiral Kimberly and a Part
of His Force Re-
main.
Quarters We're Cramped; Pro-
visions Uncomfortably
Short.
the United States in High
Favor With King Ma
taafa.

Ap1A. Samoa, May 1.-The ship
wrecked officers and crews OF the
United States men-of-war Trenton and
Vandalia leave here on the steamer
Rockton to-day for Mare Island navy
yard. Owing toreports which had been
received here recently, it was thought
that the Oceanic steamship Marlpcsa
would stop at Ap;a last Sunday, April
2S, and take 800 of the men to San Fran
cisco. Preparations were made for the
Mariposa's arrival. ard the men were
selected to be sent away in the steamer.
The steamer Lubbock arrived here from
sydney on Sunday and reported that
Lieut.. J. C. Wilson, who was
sent to Auckland and Sydney to
charter a steamer, had engaged the
2.UOO-ton steamer Rockton, belonging to
the Australian United Steam NavIga-
tion company. The Mariposa did not
call at Apia at all, but passed the
islands at Tutuila. The mail schooner
which went to Tutuila to connect with
the MaripoSa, had not returned here at
the time the Rockton sailed for Amer
lea, and it was not known whether she
had connected with the Mariposa or not.
The Mariposa was fully expected here,
and most of the mail for America was
held to await her arrival. This mail was
afterward placed aboard the RocktOn.
The Rockton arrived here from Sydney
April 30, and when she was first sighted
ontside of the harbor the Trenton and
Vandalia sailors, who have been living
in barracks on shore since the storm,
greeted her with loud cheering. Lieut..
Wilson, who arrived on the Rockton.
reported that he had found the
greatest difficulty in charterlDg a
vessel. He had fitted the YES
sci out with berths, mattresses and
blankets fer the accommodation OF $50
men, and had also taken in a sufficient
quantity of cGal and provisions. Ad-
miral Kimberly decided to send away
every man that the steamer could take.
The work Of
LOADING THE MEN
and baggage on the ROckton commenced
the next day. All the survivors of the
Vandalia, including 8 officers and 142
men, and II officers and 800 men from
the Trenton. were sent aboard. Besides
the admiral and his staff, 10 officers and
IS men remain here. The Trenton Off
GERS who left on the Rockton were Capt.
II. II. Farauhar, who is in command OF
the returning naval forces: Lieuts. E.
n. C. Brown, l.. l.. Reamey and
B. o. Scott, Assistant Surgeon S.
S. White. Past Assistant Engineers S. III.
Main and r. W. Gait. Assistant
Engineer G. Fl. Matthews, Chaplain A.
A. McAllister, Boatswain John Nc
Laughiin. Carpenter r. G. Fernald and
sailmaker S. Fl. Boutwell,. The Tren-
ton officers who remain here are: Rear
Admiral LA. Kimberly; Lieutenants 81.
.Rittenhouse and G. A. Merriam, of the
admiral's staff; Lieutenant Commander
III. W. Lyon, LieEtenantS S. l.. Graham
and w. II. Allen; medical inspector, G.
II. White; fleet surgeon. past assistant
surgeon. E. Nortlet: pay Inspector, A.
J. Clark; captain OF marines, Il. w.
Huntington; pay clerk. J. Brady; acting
Tresselt, Ensign j. j. Flondin and
Chief Engineer A. j. Kiersted,
of the Trenton. have been trans
ferred to the Nipslc. The surviving Off
GERS of the Vandalia, who left on the
Rockton, are Lieuts. ]. w. Carlin and
j. C. Wilson; Lieuts. Gunior grade) A.
Z. Culver ard F. r. Heath; Ensign j.
II. Gibbons, Surgeon H. P. Harvey,
Chief Engineer A. S. Green and Past
Assistant Engineer H. Webster. The
Rockton was anchored in the bay about
quarter of mile from sqore, and the
men were commanded to go aboard in
small boats about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The Trenton's band was
first to go aboard. and as the boat left
the dock, the band played national
air, and 500 sailors ashore united IN
A GREAT CHORUS.
Every boat was cheered heartily as it
pushed Off from shore. The boats had
,,oc, oIoca fo tbo xuraoEc of tho rTron
ton and Vandalia. All of the men and
baggage were aboard before evening.
but few final arrangements were not
completed and the Rockton was not to
sail until the following morning. Nearly
the whole population of Apia was on
the beach when the steamer left her
moorings and steamed out to sea and
for a few minutes loud cheers were
heard in every direction. The crews of
the men-of-war Nipsic and Rapid and
hundreds of people On the beach cheered
the departing steamer, and the Trenton
and Vandalia men on the decks of the
Rockton returned the cheers with will.
The seventy-fve men who remain here
are in charge of Lieutenant Commander
Lyon. 1t is supposed they will either
be sent home in the course of another
month OF be transferred to other Ameri-
The departure of the shipwrecked sail
ors is greeted with feeling of relief, as
Apia is not large enough to accommo-
date such number of men without
great confusion resulting ,and it has been
feared that serious illness might break
out in the town owing to the crowded
quarters Of the men.
Admiral Kimberly received letter
from Mataafa few days arter he had
issued his proclamation advising the
natives to give up war, in which Ma
taafa expressed his pleasure at the proc
lamation, at the kindness of the United
States government, and said all desire
for further war with their countrymen
is ended. He declares the war to be at
an end, because he desires Samoa
should find state of prosperity. and
also desires to have Admiral Kimberly
act as arbitrator between the two fac
tions and let all work to the same pur-
pose.
Will Pay 1t Anyhow.
LONDON. Nav 21-The manager of