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

commission W0TA among. the troops III
actual service.
The platform scales at the Y. N. c.
\. are in constant use. The Boys
want 10 know how much avoirdup0is
they contributed 10 Father Neptune on
the trip down.
The brief twilight here is puzzle 10
many of the soldier visitors. Back in
the plains country just now the sun
sets late and the twilight lasts till
nearly o'clock.
Hauhane, the bo's'n, was so ela-9d
over seeing his picture in the Adver-
tisec that he took a glass OF water.
His debility may be for years and IL
rtay be forever.
DR.. ". z. Grossman. who has made
arrangements up town for the Idaho
field day program this afternoon,
found that II would not be practicable
TO have foot bah.
Capt W. D. Stephenson, chaplain for
the Idaho boys, was at one time
| cowboy He is Methodist. The chap
! lain is one Of the most popular men
on the Morgan City.
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The soldiers hope they viii not have
| a wash day while in port. At sea they
! drag the sOiled clothing over the stern
| or side for a time and then haul in
and hang il up 10 dry.
Companies Of the expedition still
| have read TO them daily instructions
on health and care of themselves gen
| 4
| is fOllOwed-abOard ship.
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J. NJ. Wumot Of the MinnesOtas is
writing back to some of the newspa-
| pers of his home and has promised
to send some correspondence to the
Advertiser from Manila
Lieut. Jas. Graham, quartermaster
of the Idaho command, says that eat
ing while at sea is just like throwing
money overheard. Graham prefers
a prairie schooner TO a steamship.
SeS
Lieut. Steunenberg Of Company A Of
the Idaho Artillery, is a brother of the
| present Governor of the State. The
lieutenant has been in Hawaii before.
He was a member of the crew OF the
Boston here in 1898.
Col. J. w. Jones of the Idaho force
was editor Of the BIackfoot News and
proposes to shoot as he wrote. The
Colonel was a federal Office holder,
being a land office receiver. He is a
veteran Of the Civil War.
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1t is estimated that fully 1000 Wis
itOrs have called at the Y. NJ. c. A.
rooms from this contingent. Up to 10
D. m. last night 966 of the Boys had
registered on the hall register.
Private Tom Cuff, with the Idahos
was at one time member of the Royal
Light Artillery. called the Queens
Guard He says that Americans and
Brftishers are all the same to him
Cuff is of course a superb sold er.
of I could just hear a coyote howl,
said Capt. Wrighter of the Wyoming
at the Officers Club last night 81
would be entirely at home" Col
Fisher ordered Maj. Mccarthy to sims
a song. Then Wrighter felt entirely
at home.
Umpire Chance, who is a doctor mar
with the Minnesota party, was hit hare
+ with thrown ball yesterday and al
his boys advised him from the granC
stand to take a pill. They said tina
was what he told them to do when the.
n were hurt.
The Chinese pie men continue to dt
(. good business at the water from
amongst the soldier boys despite tn
F warnings of the surgeons. Yesterda!
d soldier had his teeth stuck in
Chinese pie and had to have assist
e ance to discOnnect.
Private Lewis, a regular who enlist
ed in Texas, was the cnum at hOm
5, Of Alvin Hawkins, the young attOr
e ney who died at the residence of j. Z
Stacker here last year. Lewis hunte
ont the grave of his friend In N.zuan-
: cemetery and placed flowers upon II
)
n The Fourth was appropriately ceIe
brated by the Idaho boys on the Nor
gan City There were songs by tn
n GIee Club and selections by the banC
IL Some of the men gave recitatiOns
e Orations were made by Lieuts. IOr
and TschUdy. In the evening Their
was a display of fireworks.
n The Minnesota boys boast a Yer
5 fine Mandolin Club in addition TO thei
crack band. Concerts are given ever
evening by the Mandolin Club and tn
o recitals have come very popular. TIL
> members of the Club are: MandC
l. ins-Montgomery, Smith. McCarth!
1IcKenney. Guitars-POmerOy, Law
renee and Kimbau
TT Lieut. Frank R. Keefer is the chic
= surgeon of the expedition now in pOr
He is on the Ohio. DR.. and Mrs. Da
entertained the surgeon at dinner las
! evening. DR.. Keefer has been in tn
% regular army Of the United States sine
,e he graduated some ten years ago. Hi
p father was also an officer of the arm
most of his later life.
) Several hundred Of the men Of n