The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-08
OFF 70 THE WAR NOV GEN. KINGS NEW PLAY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOYS
WHO HAVE GONE.
Interesting Personal Facts of the
Men and Incidents of Their Three
Days Stay With Us.

Men and Incidents of Their Three
Days Stay With Us.
Captain Fred Keye of Company b. |
Captain George Auld of Company Is |
and Private T.. ID. Glen of Company \. |
Dakota, are veterans of the Civil war !
Dion has a son aboard. \ son of Cap !
tain Auld is first sergeant of Compa-
ny X.
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Lieutenant j. II. johnson. comman-
ding Company c, Dakota, is deputy
treasurer of Walsh county, North Da-
kota. His commission to be captain
of his company is now on its way out
from Washington.
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Lieutenant II. G. Proctor of Com
pany II, Dakota, is clerk of the court
of Stutsman county, in his native
state.
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Second Lieutenant NJ. A. Hildreth
of Company b, Dakota. is a celebrat-
ed criminal lawyer. He will be re-
membered as conducting the defense
in the famous Kent murder case about
three years ago.
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Major Frank White of the Dakota
regiment is a state senator. He ser,-
ed two terms in the lower house of
North Dakota.
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Frank D. Millet, the noted artist. is
on the Newport. He will do literary
aud mt ,,-,rly In Manila for III, 10,
don Times.
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General Merritt's order yesterday
afternoon for the Para and Ohio to
sail as soon as they could be gotten
under way was changed later. and the
leave of the men on those vessels was
extended to 10 o'clock last night. The
result was that over 1000 soldiers
were ashore most of the evening. Fort
street was jammed with them. Harris,
the Y. NJ. c. \. and other places We're
crowded. The shower about $3.50
drove many aboard ship. though most
of them spent every minute allotted
up town.
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Seven thousand letters have been
sent from the Y. VI. c. A. to the For
eign Office for mailing. They were
written by the men of the present eX-
petition. In the baths at the Asso-
citation fifty dozen towels have been
used.
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Six runaway sailors from the trans
port Ohio were arrested last night,
and returned to their vessel.
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Sergeant Elvin entertained a large
number of officers and men of the eX-
petition at the Kakaako range yester-
day, giving them ammunition and as
sisting their target practive in every
way possible.
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About two dozen members of the
Astor battery were registered at the
Hawaiian hotel last night. Captain
| March was among the number.
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Visiting soldiers had hard time
| finding a place to go last evening.
/ They were very anxious for a band
| concert.
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Major Frame, Dakota, is a promi-
nent lawyer.
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Captain AUDI of Company X, Dako-
ia, was register of deeds of Stark
county, North Dakota.
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Lieutenants Newcomer and Nc
Lean of Company \, Dakota, are
printers. Captain Moffet of the same
company is an editor.
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Mr.. Millett, representingRthe Lon
! dan Times, and Mr. Peters, represent
ing the Century Magazine, are guests
| of General Merritt on the Newport.
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FIRST Sergeant Short of Company
D, Dakota, is owner of the Devils
Lake News.
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There are a little over 500 men on
the Newport The Astor battery
numbers 1902. and the two batteries
of the Third Artillery number 400
men.
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Daniel Pryibill of the Astor Battery
enjoys the nickname of "Happy Dan"
He is said to be the richest man in
the party. and carries $4,000 in his
pockets all the time for pin money.
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Corporal Ferguson and Private
Hutchinson of the Astor battery aro
comedy team that is the life of the
ship.
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/ Colonel Jones of the Idaho batta-
/ lions says he will give Roosevelt cards
and spades and beat him for rough
riders. Then he has a contingent of
equally hard men from the Occur
| d'Alene mines.
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The Third United States artillery.
which is on the Newport, was l.. l..
! LaPierre's company in the late war.
! In vain did the local G. A. r. veteran
! search among the men for an old
comrade. He found several men who
remembered the old warriors, how
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