The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-24
TODAY WITH THE TROOPS NEW WEST AND OLD EAST
COLORADO AND PENNSYLVANIA
MEET HERE.
Barrack Room Ballads in Prose from
Mess Room and Cabin-Brief Biog-
raphies and Personal Mention.

The United States marines on
board the China are in command of
Captain c. L. Hooper, who has been
for long time at the head of the
Bureau of Construction and Repairs,
Revenue Cutter Service, in San Fran
cisco. He goes to take command Of
the revenue cutter. now the dispatch
boat McCulloch. He has a splendid
record both for courage, daring and
ability. He conducted Il rescue party
for ice bound whalers to the northern
seas several years ago.
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There is report among the troops
on the China that the Monterey has
orders to call at the Carolnes. capture
the Spanish gunboat Quiros and the
garrison. take the Islands and leave
a detachment of regulars there. Moth
ing official is known about this mat
ter.
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Most of the Utah men of the troops
recognized W. \. Kinney on the street
this morning. They knew him i'm
Salt Lake City. This afternoon Mr..
Kinney has hung on his door next to
the Bank of Hawaii, Il United States
shield bearing the words Utah head
quarters This means that the hus-
ky Salt Lakers will find Lawyer Kin
ney's office open to them at all hours
and will receive cordial welcome
there.
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The Colorado troops have met a
large number of old friends in Homo
lulu and feel quite at home. Many of
the newspaper men of the city and
several in business here are from the
! Centennial State, or have lived there.
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Major j. ". Jones will be compar-
ing notes with an Idaho officer when
the battalion from that state arrives
here. The commander of that con-
tingent is Lieutenant Colonel j. w.
Jones.
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Robert McDermott, the mascot of
the Pennsylvania regiment. is only II
and is small for his age. The soldiers
of the Tenth call him "BoOts," and he
sports the title on the sleeve of his
blouse above the crossed flags. He
travels in full regimentals. with hav-
ersack and canteen. McDermott is
practically stowaway in the expedi-
ton, not being enlisted.
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The Colorado regiment has a negro
boots" He comes from Denver and
is live smart boy. 1t is said that he
can shine more shoes in an hour than
any man aboard ship
The guns of the Utah artillery are
3.2. They are rified pieces of the lat
est model. Though small they can be
fired rapidly and are capable of great
execution. The battery is equipped
with all necessary tentage and camp
fitting.
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The China will take mail for Ma
Mia. Postage rates are the same as
to the United States. Letters to go
by the China should be so marked
and delivered today
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Major Clayton Parkhill, who was
appointed chief surgeon of the sec
ond Manila expedition and then with
drawn to go to Chicamauga, is rated
as the most prominent medical man in
Colorado. He is the idol of the Col
orado regiment, of which he was the
chief surgeon until his promotion. DR..
Parkhill was born in Pennsylvania
thirty-eight years ago. He graduated
from the jefferson Medical College,
and served term in the Philadelphia
General Hospital. In 1885 he moved
to Denver. When he Joined the vol
unteers to war he was professor of
surgery in the Gross Medical Col
lege of Denver, surgeon of the Ara
pahoe County Hospital, surgeon of
/ st. Luke's Hospital and secretary of
the surgery section of the American
Medical Association. Besides lie had
a large and lucrative practice
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John f. Bass, the well known war
correspondent and artist, is going to
Manila on the China. He represents
Harper's Weekly, through which me-
dunn his pictures have become famil.
lar. He was through the Greek-Tur.
kish war, and when the present wal
broke out he was travelling in South.
ern France.
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Wallace Wideman, who goes to Ma
MIA on the China as secretary to
Captain Hooper, the new commander
of the U. S. S. McCulloch, is one OF
the younger successful newspaper
writers of San Francisco. He is not
of age yet, but has already shown dis
tinct ability as a playwright He has
contributed innumerable sketches
skits, pantomines and vaudeville spe-
cialties for local entertainments in
San Francisco, and has written plays
all of which have been presented. One
of them is now having very success
full run in Denver and the circuit of
which that is the center
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The Colorado and Utah men and the
United States regulars who took in
the long tramp to Waikiki yesterday
were not tagged by the walk. They
are certainly a brawney, determined