The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-25
AS SEEN BY ROBINSON
COMPANY C,S CAPTAIN WRITES OF
HAWAIPs CAPITAL
Honolulu and Its People Discussed
EntertaininEIy in a Chatty Let
ter From One Of the Officers of
the Crack Minnesota Regiment
En- Route to the Philippines
Were Royalty Greeted There.

The following letter has been re-
ceived from Capt. Robinson, of Com
pany c, Thirteenth Minnesota, at Hon.
olulu:
Honolulu. Hawaii. July swell; here
we are, land again, nd think 1t
was the most welcome sight l have seen LOT
many days, for 1 was thoroughly tired OF
ocean travel.
This is the garden spot of the world for
sure Everything is beautiful in the way of
natives, for they are certainly anything but
beautiful. They look more like Indians than
negroes, and are tall and straight. The
women,some Of them-ars rather goo! goodlfG Lock
wearing a light Mother Hubbard. The
Americans here dress very much as you do
for warm weather: Most of the men wear
suits of white duck or crash.
The climate here is the soft, warm weather
of the tropics the temperature varying not
more than ten degrees winter or summer.
hot, and very hot at that in st. Paul.
We reached the wharf at els this morn
ing. I was up at $50 and got my first
sight of land since last Monday week. We
got up, and then steamed into the harbor.
The entrance to the hal'bor is only 100 feet
wide, so we had to be. pretty careful about
getting in, coral reefs were on both sides
CT US. When got within about SEQ feet
Of shore tug took hold Of us and towed 'us
to the wharf. Just before the tug reached
ming out and called for nicke,s 1t was fun
to see them dive for them, and they would
get every one that was thrown into ~, the he
swim just like ducks and were around the
boat for about half an hour.
After breakfast several OF us took a wax
the Speaker of the house, I will meet
President Doe tomorrow.
I am invited out this afternoon to drive
around the town by one of the army Of
hut 7 inly 7 &C
1 have to drill my company at o'clock.
l haven't a single sick man in my COM
pany, and every one Of them is feeling fine
today. 1 am feeling very well, and l don't
me at all, for I feel good and strong. We are
only 140 mics from the equator now, and will
get only little nearer than this.
July 81 never saw such foliage in my life
as is here in Honolulu and almost every
tree bears flowers. There is one tree here
called the Pride of India It has .s bright red
hardly the leaves. Then there are the
palm trees, forty or fifty feet high and more;
date trees; cocoanut trees. all bearing their
fruit now. and 1 tell you. for US Eastern
people, the sight is magnificent. / would
like to live here. The climate is delightful
and the people are as nice as they can be-
Nothing is too good for q soldier of the
United States here. and they seem to be
more anxious for our success than even we
are.
Honolulu is without doubt the prettiest
town that l have ever seen during my short
career, although 1 think that st. Paul would
look prettier to me just now The city lies
on a very pretty harbor, formed by coral
reefs, and is backed by a high range Of
hills, one of which is an extinct volcano
the crater being plainly visible from the
harbor. The hills are all very green lex
cepting this volcano), and many of them
extend up into the clouds, so you see that
they are really mountains.
The people here are thoroughly American
and the only flag you can see flying is the
Stars and Stripes and they are everywhere
You see more United States flags here in
this little town than you do in st. Paul.
The Monadnock just fired a salute of
eleven guns for Gen. Macarthur, who has
just arrived on the steamer Indiana. He
is in command Of our expedition, and left
Frisco the same time we did, so you see we
beat him in here twenty-four hours. The
Ohio got in about three hours behind u.s. and
the Morgan City, the fourth boat of our
fleet, is not in yet, but she has been sighted
and will probably be in in about an hour and