The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-05-30

pany "a" auxiliary, Capt. Zeigler,
has made very creditable improve
ment in drill, and the men are behav-
ing very well.
Capt, Good reports 90 men in Com
pany "E,n and recommends nine for
discharge at the end of the month.
White duck has been issued to this
company and the men are having il
made up at their own expense.
There are required for Company 'E''
81 pairs of shoes; many of the men
are nearly barefooted, and 1 would
recommend that the sum of S167.50
be appropriated for this object.
would also recommend that the fol-
lowing amounts be appropriated, viz;
For 1000 cannon primers...........S60 90
For sundry extra parts for repair
of Springfield rifies................, IS 90
A salute of twenty-one guns was
fired yesterday at noon from the shore
battery in honor of Queen Victoria's
birthday.
Respectfully, ETC.,
JNo. II. SoPER,
Colonel Commanding n. G.. H.
On motion of Mr.. Waterhouse, the
report, after some discussion, was re-
ferred to the military committee.
Mr.. Bolte said the amount asked for
was small he would move the sum be
appropriated without reference to
committee.
Mr.. Morgan said he objected very
decidedly to this course; he instanced
where abuses had been started already
in furnishing military supplies, and
although the amount had been small
he thought the principal was correct
that all reports calling for appropria-
lions should be referred.
Mr.. Emmeluth agreed with the last
speaker that all those matters should
be referred for the sake of consist
ency, if nothing else.
President Dole stated that the mat
ter referred to by members regarding
the purchase of shoes for the barracks
had been dropped. He had since
learned that one thing which had
caused the shoes furnished to wear
out so soon, was owing to the wear
and tear caused by the black volcanic
sand forming the barracks walks and
door plots where the drilling mostly
took place. The black sand en-
tered the seams of the shoes and soon
cut the leather through.
President Dole said he wished to
call attention to the status of the
treaty which had been partially con-
sidered in special session and had
been deferred. He had not as yet
had time to prepare his report which
was to deal with the unfinished por-
ton of the treaty. The part already
determined upon was plain and clear
and needed no further discussion, but
he thought that portion referring to
public lands might be looked up for
further discussion. He was sorry the
Encouragement was not present. He
was suffering from rheumatism and
was confined to his room.
Mr.. Damon thought it was quite
necessary for the Encouragement to
be present when such an important
matter regarding the treaty, as the
public lands question was up for dis
cussion. There was another matter
he wished to call attention to; that
was the silver question. There are
now 100000 in Hawaiian silver in
here What will become
of it when annexation takes place.
Many people had already inquired of
him whether Hawaiian silver would
be legal tender then, or go out of cir
culation. Some arrangement should
be made to meet the inevitable shrink
age which would take place when an
nexation came. Something should
be done, and perhaps it would be well
to mention the matter in the new
treaty. The intrinsic value was the
same as United States silver currency.
President Dole thought the matter
should be mentioned in the treaty in
some form.
Mr.. Waterhouse stated that there
were some matters he wished to bring
up i'll executive session, and therefore
moved that the doors be closed.
The councils went into executive
session at 2:45 PM.