The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-24
TO Be RELIEVED
Active Service Of E and F Ends
With The Month.
LEAVE BARRACKS IN A week
Have Been on Duty Over Five Years.
Have Been on Duty Over Five Years.
Men-LocaI Battalion.

1t was decided yesterday that Com
panies E and F. y. G. H, which have
been on duty at the Executive build
ing over five years, shall be relieved
from active service a week from today.
August 81 Orders to that effect will
be issued by Minister Cooper this
morning. On the day named the Ha-
waiian guards will be removed from
the gates of the Executive grounds.
and from the barracks in the basement
of the building
If the two companies wish to enter
the volunteer service of Hawaii they
will be welcomed by the department.
Minister Cooper stated yesterday af-
ternOOn that rooms could be fitted up
for them at the drill shed. He hoped,
he said, that the companies would de-
ciGe to fall in with the volunteer bat
taIions.
The fate of the men on regular duty.
in a business way, will deeply interest
their friends in town. All of the COM
missioned officers have families here
and are well known and well liked. An
nexation and the change comes on
most of them suddenly and arrange
ments for the future are in but few
cases perfected. Many enlisted men
have left in the past few weeks, how
ever, and others will doubtless find
employment in town within the next
ten days. There are only about 90 men
all told in the companies nOw-sO
great has been the reduction.
Capt. Zeigler, Lieut. Ludewig and
Lieut.. Evansen are awaiting develop
ments in the matter OF the Hawaiian
battalion of regulars. Indications now
are that the battalion will be formed
and mustered in for long, if not per-
manent, garrison service. AS the Of
hcers are to be selected in the present
First Regiment, the regular officers
would naturally be the first chosen.
Capt. COyne has another business pro-
ject in view, but his friends doubt that
his taste for army life has yet been
satisfied, and he may consider an offer
of commission when the time comes
Al Moore and "Odd Eel" German, of
the base ball team, will remain in
town, provided business opportunity
offers. Davis, Bower and Kiley will
probably return to San Francisco. At
any rate none Of the men known as
base ball players will enlist with the
battalion Of regulars, the salary being
the first drawback Many other mem
bers of Z and most of F are willing
to enlist, however. Therefore, if the |
battalion is mustered in Companies E
and T, as at present constituted, will |
cease, altogether, to be
Companies z and F were formed |
just after the overthrow in 1898 and !
have been on regular duty ever since |
John Good was first commander Of the |
former, and Capt. Zeigler has been in |
charge of Z since its formation. Capt |
COyne has held his commission at the |
head of Company z about two years. |
all che shoals and rough !
places in the career of the Provisional |
and the Republic, these |
have been most efficient, !
faithful and valuable. They were, of
course, the first military force in the
field in 1895 and were perhaps in the
closest and most dangerous places in
the contest.
In the past few days there has been
a change of opinion about the Hawaii
an battalion. 1t is now believed that
the four companies will be mustered in
and kept for garrison duty. This may
mean until the regulars return from
the Philippines in one or two years, or
perhaps permanently. 1t is believed
that the battalion can be easily must
cred. Many Portuguese and Hawaiians
will come in, besides the regular mil
itia and recruits from outside dis
trieJs.