The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-18

The Military Commission In whose
hands is the fate of the insurgent
leaders held its first session yesterday
morning in the council room of the
Executive Building.
The personnel of the Commission is
as follows:
1. Colonel William Austin Whit
ing, First Regiment, n. G. n.
2. Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Fisher,
First Regiment, N. g. II.
8. Captain G. w. Ziegler, Company
F, n. G. n.
4. Captain J. NJ. Camara, Jr., Com
pany G, n. G.. n.
5. Captain J. w. Pratt, Adjutant,
N. G. 81.
6. Captain w. c. Wilder, Jr., Com.
pany D, N. g. n.
2. First Lieutenant J. w. Jones.
Company D, n. g. H..
8. Captain William A. Kinney,
Aide.de-Camp on General Staff, who
will act in the capacity of Judge Ad-
vocate.
AS early as O'Clock officers of the
military and such citizens as were al
lowed to attend the proceedings began
| to gather about the Executive Build
| ing. AS the time set for the conven-
| ing of the court approached the men
constituting the Commission assem-
bled in the foreign Office to discuss the
methods of procedure.
In the hallway below and about the
front entrance of the building officers
| and citizens walked to and fro or gath
| cred in small knots. Joe Marsden
was there with his stories and as is
ever the case had group of inter
ested listeners about him. Among
those noticed about the place were
Henry Waterhouse, Antoine Rosa,
Paul Neumann, Professor Hosmer, J.
A, Martin, General Hartwell, Cecil
Brown, Professor Scott, J. A. Magoon
and United States Consul General
Mills. Ministers Willis and Hawes
came in about 10 o'clock and engaged
in a short conversation with Attor-
Iney. General Smith and other officers
of the Cabinet.
A number of men under the direc-
ton of r. J. Greene were busy put
j ting the council chamber in order.
The members of the Military Com
mission were seated at table di-
rectly in front of the rostrum. To the
right of the rostrum are the seats for
the prisoners and on the left the for
eign representatives and Cabinet Min
| listers. The seats for spectators are
| arranged as usual at the back of the
room. The press was kindly remem-
bered by q table at the right Of the
Commission and near the prisoners.
il About 10 80 o'clock matters began
to assume q business-like air. A de-
tail of regulars were placed on guard
within the chamber. 1t was few
minutes after IL o'clock that the de-
tail of regulars under Lieutenant
Coyne marched up the front steps
forming 8 hollow square enclosing the
thirteeI prisoners, who march in coll
umn of tTos headed by Wilcox and
James Lane. Following these men
were BertelmanD, Seward, Walker,
Gulick, Rickard, w. l.. Lane, Bow
: Ter, Widemann, Greig, Marshall and
Nowlein. Wilcox was dressed in a
light gray suit, white shirt with
white lawn tie. His left hand was
bound in q handkerchief as result oi
the scratches received in the noun
tains. Wilcox looks straight a1 70 1ne
front with only an occasional
glance to either side when he is
walking along the street: His
favorite attitude when standing is
with his right elbow resting. on the
left hand and slowly stroking his
chin with the right. He appears OBJ
livious OF all that is going on about
him and as one in deep thought,
never offering 70 speak unless spoken
to. Occasionally he gives deep drawn
sigh as if realizing his serious posi-.
ton. Lane was calm aud erect and
appears to take in every thing. ma
jor'' Stewards face was entirely
, expressionless. He plods along
} paying little attention to any
thing Or any body. Tom Walker used
his handkerchief freely, nervously
wiping his hands. Mr.. Gulick with
his faded cape overcoat looks like
, | retired veteran.
On the arrival at the Executive
Building, the prisoners were marched
down stairs to the barracks hallway
> Here one of the corpOrals went about
= with dippers and a can of water: Ber
telmann was the only man who die
not care to drink, the others draining
their cups to the last drop.
= At 1l:3O the Commission, Ministers
reporters and spectators were all seatet
in the Council-room, and an oppres-
sive quiet reigned as the prisoner