The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-07
is ON THE NEWPORT BOUND FOR
MANILA.
Equipped and Maintained by John Ja-
cob Astor-Who Officers and Men
Are.

cob Astor-Who Officers and Men
Are.
The famous Astor battery, equipped
and maintained by John Jacob Astor,
for service to the government of the
United States, is on the transport
Newport. 1t consists of ninetyeight
men and three officers. The battery
has six 3.2 IIotchliss rapid fire pieces
of the latest improved pattern. Each
gun is about four feet long, and, be-
ing especially designed for the SER
vice, are easily portable on the backs
of mules. The guns are of steel, en-
ameled i'm bronze tint.
The uniform of the battery consists
of Norfolk jacket, with belt, pocl-
cts on the outside, red artillery fac
ings and brass buttons. and trousers
made in the ordinary riding breeches
style, only with less fullness above
the knee. From the knee down the
trousers button tightly about the leg
with pearl buttons.
The material is of heavy Irish linen
with a coffee color. 1t is almost as
light in weight as alpaca, and water
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with oil. An ordinary light weight
uniform costs from $3 to 1915. Those
with which the multi-millionaire has
provided his battery costs $3.50 each.
Besides the linen blouse and breech-
es the command wears the pith he'll
NETS, leggings closely matching the
breeches in color, deep gauntlet buck
skin gloves. belts to which the revol-
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carries his saber, the scabbard of
which hangs from the belt on the left
side.
THEIR PERSONNEL.
The personnel of the battery is. of
course, a matter of more than ordi-
nary interest. The men were selected
with the greatest care. AS Mr.. AS
tor spent over 100000 in fitting out
the battery and will spend several
times that amount i'm keeping it in
the field, it can hardly be supposed
that the case would be otherwise.
Captain Peyton c. March was grad
uated from the Military Academy in
1888. He was recently a first leuten-
ant in Battery |, Fifth Artillery, New
York. Captain March is well known
in New York society. He is an cX-
pert horseman and strict discipline
rian. The other officers are First Lieu
tenant Clarence c. Williams. n grad
uate of West Point: Second Lieuten-
ant Benjamin f. Koehler, a graduate
of West Point; First Sergeant e.
Holmes, who has seen hard service
with the Queens Guards in India,
and with Uncle Sans troops on the
Western plains; Second Sergeant d.
Crimmins, soldier; Third Sergeant
j. w. Beachman, a Cornell college
man: Sergeant f. p Williamson. a
physician; Sergeant r. II. Stillman.
Il prominent college man and Il foot
ball player; Sergeant i. X. Young, a
western soldier and a grandson of
Brigham Young; Corporal w. f. Hills,
prominent New York young man:
Corporal II. Van Horn. college gradu-
| ate; Corporal W. ID. Baker, of the Ba-
ker Chocolate company, whose father
is millionaire; Corporal II. b. Wal
ler, a clerk; Corporal II. A. Burbank,
| from the regular army; Corporal *.
| Ferguson, who halls from Montreal;
Bugler j. A. Barrett, son of an officer
who is now invading Cuba; Bugler
| Fred Bicllleshaupt, from the First bat
terry in Brooklyn.
IN THE RANKS.
The men in the ranks are as fol-
| lows:
First Sergeant d. Cri-
Minis, soldier, who spent thirteen
years in India; r.. A. Burbank, college
man and football player; A. l.. Cor
don, from the Canadian artillery, who
went to Washington, and secured spe-
| 1ia ,iSs. 10 ini hn Agt, l,nf
terry, being a married man; George
Conway, eX-special policeman; W. d.
| Welch, eX-policeman; J. Kearins, a
clerk; F. j. Sunderlin, college boy and
son of furniture manufacturer; c.
c. Callan, superintendent of pos
tai department; John Dixon. late of
the British army; n. C. Robbins, late
of Cornell University; Harry Burdck
of the United States cavalry. whose
parents are well off; Francis II. Stew
art, actor; Harry f. Butler, salesman
whose father is a wealthy merchant;
A. w. Ireland, law student; j. Swint-
eel son of a Clergyman and naval ap-
prentice; Lloyd Thompson, salesman
Second Detachment-Serg Sill.
man, of the United States army; Cor.
poral Ferguson, of the Canadian ar.
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Garms, insurance; Thomas Holland. q
bOokkeeper; William Blend, clerk fol
the Adams Express Company; DAME
Pryibil, lawyer; James Wood, Texas
Ranger; Fred Dahl. agent for the Kin
ley Manufacturing Company in Chi
cago; f. Taylor, from the Third bat
terry, n. G. n. Y, and son of a rich ia
Their; w. \. Fishbaugh, who was Will
Jameson i'm the Transvaal raid; G
Bolster, lawyer; NJ. Franklin, scout o
the United States army; Edward Shu
ster, college man; j. Blair.
COLLEGE MEN.
Third Detachment-Ge George +. LyoI
of Columbia College; j. Van Pelt, o
Tufts College; j. w. Beachman, eX
captain of the Cornell football team
c. j. Baker of Cornell football team
Frank j. Hutchinson, of Princeton
College; f. Seymour, of the Universi
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