The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-13

There was a big Fourth of July eel
ebratiOn at sea aboard the transport
City of Newport.
In the Aston battery are fifteen law
yers, the most prominent being
Happy" Dan PrybaI.
Maj. Bean of the First Minnesota
has been sheriff Of st. Paul. He is the
drill master Of the Regiment and has
had company d in a number of COM
petitions
Soon after the Ohio left San Fran
cisco the inexperienced fremen played
out and volunteers from the Boys in
Blue had to so into the stoke rooms
and work
Several of the Minnesota men
brought letters of introduc ion to Ar
chitect Traphaegen and George Wash
ington Smith, both of whom are from
their State
The last thing the City OF Para and
Ohio passengers saw Of the United
States was a heliOgraph message from
Round Top in these words Goodbye
and God Bless You
The Government band gave Star
Spangled Banner" at the Hawaiian
hotel last evening. This was ap-
plauded and given three cheers All
the American soldiers present uncov-
cred.
Capt Wrighter, Wyoming, was a
real estate dealer and insurance agent
at Sheridan. In the Cheyenne colony
here Capt. Wrlghter found a couple
of old friends of his brothers, who is
a stockman.
The St. Paul Commercial Club gave
the Minnesota regiment the National
colors and the ladies Of the WOman's
Relief Corps, @. A. R., presented the
State flag with the gopher at the top
of the pole.
Sergt flaming and Private Madden
of the Third artillery, J. battery, form
erly of San Francisco and Boston,
called on their friend, Mr. J. Bear
valid, Honolulu, formerly Of San Fran
cisco, and were shown the town and
royalty treated.
Sergt. O'Connor, Of Battery G, is a
man who has had the experience OF
mounting the heavy guns at the Pre-
sidiO and man who can handle heavy
ordnance to a greater advantage than
any man in the United States army.
Private Geo. Evans, of a Wyoming
company, was in his last year at Berk-
eley when he enlisted. His friend Sur
geOn Morrison, reluctantly passed
him, though Evans is an excellent
specime4i II physical manhood.
Col. c. McC. Reeve, Of the Mime
sofa Regiment, is milling and bank
ing factor. He has been with the mil
itia of his state many years The wife
Of the colonel is with HIM on this
trip. Mrs. Reeve IS a society leader
at her home.
Lieut. Falk, adjutant Of the Mime
sofa Regiment, is the crack shot of
his command at regulation shooting
and wears a number Of medals. He
shot a practice score of A at KakaakO
yesterday with a strange gun. He is
a harness manufacturer.
Mai. FOOte has very extensive stock,
mining and real estate interests in
Western Wyoming. He IS a pioneer
of that State and has long been prom
inent in its business, political and
social circles. He is a Knight Templar
and has held several important Gov
eminent and State positions under Re-
publican administrations. Maj. FOOte
is a capable officer and IS well liked
by the whole battalion.
T P. Quinlan, of Battery H. Third
L. S. Artillery, is a graduate Of the
University of Michigan Law School,
and was a class mate Of the late
Charles L. Carter. Private Quinlan
was for several years Secretary Of the
L. S. Coast Survey. For the past five
months he has been attached to Bat
terry H This battery was the first
called out by General Merritt and has
some marksmen of national reputation.
One of these is Sergt. BjOrsen. who
has a playful habit of hitting a TWEEN |
ty-fOOt target with a fifteen-inch gun
at a distance of eight miles.