The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-11-19
AMONG TIE NAVY MEN
THE BENNINGTON TO HAVE :
NEW PAYMASTER.
\ Double Wedding to Occur shortly
Baltimore's Officers Entertain-Dif-
ferenceS Between Officials.

The Mohican will soon be put into
commission.
Admiral and Mrs. Miller will be
comfortably domicied in the Maxwell
home on the Plains next week.
Dame Rumor has it that the Off
GERS on the flagship Baltimore will
give a dance on board shortly.
Work on the Pensacola is progress
ing slowly. Her permanent home for
the future will be lying off Goat Is
land.
The United States has dispatched
the Bear from Seattle and the Trash
er from Mare Island with food for
the relief of the whalers ice bound in
the Behring sea.
The United States cruisers Detroit
and Alert have been ordered to Mare
Island from Guatemala. Now that
the Guatemalan revolution is ended
there is no need of the presence of
these two ships at that port.
Lieutenant Kellogg. on the flagship
Baltimore. and Miss Ethel Pomeroy.
of San Francisco. and Lieutenant Guy
Brown and Miss Jennie McCrum. of
san Francisco. viii be married nj the
same time in San Francisco next Jan
uary.
The Monterey has come out of the
stone dry dock at Mare Island thor
oughly repaired. The Monterey and
Monadnock will take their departure
from Mare Island this week. One
goes down the Coast and the other TO
Portland.
Lawrence Heap will arrive on the
Gaelic today from the China station.
to relieve paymaster Mohun of the
Bennington. paymaster Mohun and
Secretary Addison will remain unat-
tached until December, when they
will sail for San Francisco to report
for duty.
Not much of a force is now work
ing on the Charleston, but the number
it is thought will be increased soon,
for the department is anxious that
this vessel be placed in commission
again as soon as it is possible to do
so. The scarcity of money is Il condi~
ton that is much to be regretted and
is giving the department any amount
of trouble.
\ good story appears m the latest
number of the San Francisco Wav".
which gives an alleged interview oe-
| tween Admiral Miller and Pat Ne
| Guinnis. lahorer in the Mare Island
navy yard. Smoking is strictly pro-
| hibited in the navy yard, and the Adj
miral discovered Pat smoking on one
| of his first rounds of the yard. The
| Wave publishes conversation which
| is quite amusing. and SAYS that Pat
saved his Job through his Irish Wit.
All this week the subject of the M
w personnel is being considered by
the special board appointed by Secrr-
tary of the Navy Long. At present
the board constitutes six line Offices
and four engineers, and already OBJ
iections have been raised against the
membership. it being asserted that rs
! the board is for the purpose of per
fecting remedial action for both line
and engineers the latter corps should
have equal representation with the
! former. "Fighting Bob Evans is the
man most feared by the engineers. He
is outspoken, they declare. against
the engineers, and has upon many oc-
casions showed that he was not
! friendly to Legislation tending to pro-
mote their interests. Captain SanD-
| son is known to be a strong line adj
vocate. Captain Crowninshield is be-
| lieved to be without prejudice, while
! Commander Hemphill is said to be
rather outspoken in his opinions. The
/ navy generally regards the appoint
ment of Mr., Roosevelt to the board
with favor and depends upon him 10
smooth over any friction which may
| develop.