The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-12
w. ID. ALEXANDER CHALLENGES
HIS STORY.
The Full List of the Alabama Officers
as Published by Lieutenant Arthur
Sinclair of the Confederate Cruiser.

Editor Star: 1t was certainly sur
prise to the older residents OF Homo
lulu to read NJ. Gaspard de Colignys
romantic account in The Star OF the
10th of his visit to this port in 1861,
on board the Confederate cruiser Al
ALBANIA. of King Kamehameha IFS re-
fusal to sell her any coal, and Captain
Semmes' seizure of 800 tons of the
same, and the voyage hence to Easter
Island. 1t was still more of a surprise
to read The Pacific Commercial Adver-
tisers avouchment of Nj. de Colignys
story the next monrning.
The audacity of this romance eN-
cites our admiration when we consider
how recent is the time in which it's
scene is laid. and how fresh that peri
cd is in the memory of many living
kamaainas.
The full history of the voyage of
the Alabama has been published by
Captain Raphael Semmes, and by Lieu
tenant Arthur Sinclair, and can be
consulted in more than one library in
this city. The story is also told by
the executive officer, Captain j. NJ.
Kell,, in the Century Magazine of
April, 1886.
The truth is that the Alabama did
not put to sea on her trial trip until
July 30, 1862. She never entered the
Pacific ocean. although in the latter
part of 1868 she visited Cape Town,
crossed the Indian ocean, and cruised
as far east as Singapore, returning to
Cape Town in March, 1864. She then
sailed northward to Charbourg,
France, off which port she was sunk
by the Kearsage, July 10, 1864.
1t is true that another Confederate
cruiser, the Shenandoah, cruised ex-
tensively in the Pacific ocean, in 1865,
burning four American whale ships at
Bonabe, and twenty more in the Arc
tic sea. but she never visited Homo
lulu.
On the whole it would appear that
our imaginative friend has brought
his wares to the wrong market.
w. d. ALEXANDER.
NJ. de Coligny's statements in The
Star were his own, the proof being
submitted TO and approved by him.
The photography of the subject of
the Alabama, available in Honolulu
is very complete and full.
The following is the list of the Off
GERS of the Alabama as it appears in
Lieutenant Sinclair's book, 1.-TWO
Years on the Alabama"
Raphael Semmes. commander; John
Mcintosh KeIl, first lieutenant and eN-
ecutive officer; Richard f. Armstrong,
second lieutenant; Joseph ID. Wilson,
third lieutenant; John Low, fourth
| lieutenant; Arthur Sinclair, fifth
| lieutenant; Francis l.. Gait, surgeon
and acting paymaster; Miles j. Free
man, chief engineer; VIM. p. Brooks,
assistant engineer; Mathew O'Brien,
assistant engineer; Simeon w. Cum
mings, assistant engineer; John NJ.
Pundt, assistant engineer; VIM. Rob
ertson, assistant engineer: Beckett X.
| Howell, lieutenant marines; Irvine S.
Bulloch, sailing master; ID. Herbert
Llewellyn, assistant surgeon; VIM. IL.
Sinclair, midshipman; f. Anderson
Matlit, midshipman; f. Maffit Ander-
son, midshipman; Benjamin p. Me
caskey, boatswain; Henry Alcott, sail
maker; Thomas c. Cuddy, gunner;
VIM. Robinson, carpenter; Jas. Evans,
masters mate Geo. Il. Fulham,
masters mate; julius Cchrocder
masters mate; Baron Max Won Mcul-
masters mate: julius Schroeder
captains secretary.