The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-16
LAST Of TRANSPORT FLEET
GENERAL MILLER'S FLAG SHIP
NEWPORT.
Arrives Off Port Last Night and Gets
to Her Wharf at Noon Today
General Leave.

The 5. S. Newport, General Miller's
flag ship and the last transport car
rying present eXpeditionary forces to
Manila, arrived off port last night and
came up to the Oceanic wharf Just at
noon. The vessel waited outside un-
til the Pennsylvania had sailed.
General Miller came ashore in
launch early in the forenoon, with his
staff, and paid an official visit to Pres
ident Dole.
Promptly after the vessel was made
fast to the wharf general leave was
given to the troops. There was a
hearty scampering ashore. The men
did not wait for the gang plank. They
jumped over the sides to the wharf
and the town was soon full of Twen-
tieth Kansas and Wyoming light artil-
lery men, glad to stretch their legs
ashore and anxious to see the sights.
The Newport had very little sick
ness coming down and is in first class
shape.
The officers and civilians aboard her
are as follows:
Brigadier General Marcus p. Miller,
commanding Independent division of
Eighth army corps. and staff.
Charles &. Woodward, first lieuten-
ant Third artillery, aide, acting adiu-
tant general.
NJ X. Barroll, first lieutenant, Third
artillery, aide, acting Judge advocate.
John Il. Jetfery, captain and assist
ant quartermaster United States volun-
teers, chief quartermaster independent
division, Eighth army corps, acting
quartermaster and commissary on S.
S. Newport.
Daniel Van Noorhis, captain and act
ing commissary sergeant, chief COM
missary Independent division, Eighth
army corps, United States volunteers.
Captain and Assistant Surgeon Chas.
| S. Huffman, Twentieth Kansas In
| fantry, United States volunteers.
Captain and Assistant Surgeon W..
l. Hanna, heavy artillery, California
| United States volunteers.
| Acting Assistant Surgeon Herbert
Gum, United States army.
Lieutenant Colonel f. c. Little, COM
handing First battalion Twentieth
Kansas, in command of troops on
board 5. 5. Newport, under General
Miller
Captain Charles l. Martin, Captain
| George y. Watson.
Lieutenant II. \. Clark. Light Bat
terry y, Wyoming United States volun-
| teers. commanding battery.
First Lieutenants. Twentieth Kan
sas, F. j. Franks, Z. \. Fry, VIM. \.
| Green, \. {. Afford; Second Lieuten-
ants +. +. Huddleston, w. \. Callahan,
II. w. Schidcler, +. Il. Dodge, o. j.
Burton, j. NJ. Gilmore, Light Battery
! y, Wyoming.
Lieutenant George S. Goodale, TWen-
| ty-third infantry: First Lieutenant \
Bryan. quartermaster First Washing
toni infantry; Colonel Lazelle, United
| States army. retired; ID. II. Biddle, vol
unteer aide, General Miller's staff; II.
! b. Jeffery, chief clerk, quartermas-
ter's department; c. \. Jeffery, clerk
commissary department.: William f..
/ Berry. civilian clerk: Quartermaster
Sergeant S. NJ. Neisser, Commissary
! Sergeant G. =. Castle.
The ladies on board transport New
! port are Mrs VI. p. Miller. Miss r. f.
Miller, Miss Elizabeth Anderson md
/ Mrs. Il. II. Allen. daughters OF VI ior
( General Anderson; Mrs. Charles G..
| Woodward. Mrs. NJ. X. Barroll and son
Morris X; Mrs. f. VI. Kemp. Mrs. f.
| b. Funston, wife of Colonel Funston,
Twentieth Kansas infantry, United
! States volunteers; Mrs. G. 4. Good
ale, Mrs. S. o. l.. Potter, Mrs. c. \. De-
vol and two children. Lucille and
Mary; Mrs. j. W. F. Diss. Mrs. j. F.
Lncte and Mrs. j. T. Mcmillan.
The troops or board consist of the
First battalion Twentieth Kansas in
! fantrV and IiUht BATTERY Nvyo-