The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-05
No More Boys in Blue Bound for
Manila.
LATE ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON
Arizona Passengers to Remain
son Site Battalion.

| No more troops viii come to the ISL
ands This came as instructions to Cen
eraI Merriam by the Scandal The regi-
ments now at San Francisco will likely
| soon be mustered out Brigadier-GeneraI
King is ordered to remain with his forces
here until further notice. He viii leave
| the Arizona and take rooms in town.
Large tents Will take the places of the
small ones now on Kapiolani Park track.
| All of the New Workers and the En-
gineers are now at Camp Mckinley. The
Arizonas troops occupy the race track.
| There is no complaint about the camps
Except the dust. The heavy army wagons
| have powdered the roads and clouds of
dust are constantly SWEEPING over the
quarters.
| The matter of short rations has been
traced up to the general commissary. y
board of officers, appointed to investigate,
had arrived at that point Saturday after
noon. Their report is yet to come.
The men at the park We're in a better
humOr Saturday night than in many days.
Most of them were paid off. The others
will receive their money today. All the
boys off had a square meal in town and
an extra good time Saturday night.
Colonel Barbers report on a location for
a permanent barracks has been forward
ed by General Merriam to Washington.
1t is a statement of the conditions sur
rounding the several tracts surveyed, with
a tacit recommendation of Kahauiki.
The question of the occupation of n. G.
H. quarters by United States troops has
been turned over by General Merriam to
Minister Sewau. Future discussion of the
matter will be on mi-diplOmatic. lines
between that official and Minister Cooper
and the conclusion will be referred to
Washington for governmental sanction
The Arizona and Scandia Will get away
tomorrow or Wednesday, There is no
truth in a report that the latter requires
repairs to her machinery. Unattached
officers of the General King. expedition
and the Red Cross nurses will sail on the
Arizona
Large crowds of people attend the re-
gimental drills at Camp Mckinley and the
program OF the Artzona's troops IS the
same as that of the New Workers, pre-
Viously published in these columns.
General Merriam stated yesterday that
he would not muster in a Hawaiian bat
TALON for the reason simply that there is
none i'm sight. If the officers who have
volunteered for this service viii organize
their companies the General Will muster
therl in.
General Merriam was much improved in
health last night. He Is living quietly at
the Hawaiian Hotel. and expects to re
turn to San Francisco by the Australia:
The transport Scandia, the hospital
ship Of the Philippines eNpeditiOnary
forces arrived in port at $50 Saturday
morning and is al the Oceanic wharf. She
was a little less than seven days down.
The Scandia brought Companies \. b and
part of y and the band of the First New
York for Honolulu: officers and f39 priv
ates of the field hospitals corps for Ma
Mia: officers of regiments now in the Phil
ippines, and twenty-five men of the Call
fornia Heavy Artillery in charge OF ST.
600 600 for General Merritt's troops.
The New Workers We're in charge OF
Lieutenant Colonel StacpOle, Major En-
NETT. Major Scott and Lieutenant " netI- |
ock. Majors Schofeld, Sheary and Stern
berg with three civilian clerks, have
charge of the money. Major owen has
charge Of the hospital corps. His assist
ants are: Iieutena It Page and Acting |
Assistant Surgeons Malaby. JOhnstone
and PhaIan. Major Kobbe. 3rd Artillery,
and Lieutenant Wedgewood, Utah Arti- |
lery, are passengers.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
New York men left the transport ana ana
out to the park to join their |
regiment. They were received Win cheers |
at Camp Mckinley. The hospItal COPS |
and through officers remained ahcarq snip |
and will continue the voyage vi n the
expedition. Both the Arizona and Scan
dia will sail as soon as the latter Is coal
ed. General King and his command VIII
remain here.