The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-15
Part Of Honolulu Garrison Com
nand Now Here.
NEARLY 500 MEN ON STEAMER
Warmly Greeted Col. Barber-Squad
of Engineers A Temporary
Camp Near the Park.

The steam schooner Charles Nelson
arrived in port at $50 last evening,
eight and half days from San Fran
cisco, and docked at the Oceanic wharf,
She had on board the first battalion,
First Regiment, New York Volunteers;
Company c, third battalion, same regi-
ment, and % engineers under Lieut..
Mills; in all SGT men and officers.
Major James r. Chase is in charge
of the troops by the Charles Nelson.
Second Lieutenant w H. AIapes is act
ing adjutant; Sergeant Major is E. B.
Burton; First Lieutenant NJ. c. Ashley
is surgeon and the Post Quartermaster
Sergeants name is Patten. The COM
pany officers are as follows:
Company K. of Poughkeepsie- Cap
tain John Sague First Lieutenant W.
VossIer, Second Lieutenant Clarence
Sague.
Company L, of Newburgh-Ca Captain
James Sheehan, First Lieutenant Alex
ander Baxter, Second Lieutenant W.
H. Mapes.
Company Captain A E. Mcintyre,
FIRST Lieutenant George E. Wallace,
Second Lieutenant A. L. Decker.
Company NJ. Of KingstOn-Captain
Robert Tompkins, First Lieutenant
David Terry, Second Lieutenant J.
Huhne
Company C, third battalion, of Al
bany-Captain James z. Roach, F,ifrt
Lieutenant Christopher Gresham, See
ond Lieutenant Edward Oliver.
The Lakme sailed from San Fran
cisco on the same day as the Charles
Nelson. She is a slow boat and may
not arrive before tomorrow night. The
Lakme has on board the remainder of
the engineers battalion, numbering
about $40 men. The steam schooner
North Fork was condemned by the
Government and will not come to HO-
noluIu. When the Charles Nelson left
no TRANSPORTATION had been secured for
the remainder of the New York regf-
ment
Colonel Barber boarded the Charles
Nelson soon after she came to dock
and was greeted with three rousIng
cheers by the New Workers. On board
he arranged for all the men to have
shore leave until $50 p. m. Tomorrow
morning they will go into temporary
camp on a piece OF land containing
.12 acres back of Kapiolani park, be-
longing to w. G.. Irwin. Mr.. Irwin
rendered the property to Colonel Barber
free of charge. Water pipe will be laid
to it this morning and a temporary
mess hall will be hastily constructed.
The men will be drilled inside the
park race track. Colonel Barber has
not yet decided upon a site for a per
manent garrison.
The New Workers now here come
from the interior. Major James 1.
Chase, who has charge of the battalion,
oh of Nov rI11r N
Adjutant Mapes is a photographer OF
the same town: ergeant-MajOr Burton
was a young lawyer of Albany and
formerly belonged to Company B of
that city: Quarmaste Sergeant Patten
was lately in the 4th Artillery, regular
army: Surgeon NJ. G. Ashley was as
sistant physician of the MiddletOwn
State Homeopathic hospital for the In
sane.
Captain John and Lieutenant Clar-
ence Sague of POughkeepsie are broth
ers. Captain A. E. Mcintyre Of Com
pany | was a printer at MiddletOwn;
Lieutenant Wallace of the same COM
panv was a bank cashier; Lieutenant
Decker. also of MiddletOWn, was a
newspaper reporter and is now cor
respondent for his home publications;
First Sergeant A. E. NickinsOn was
business manager and later city editor
of the NiddletOwn Daily Argos: Prl-
vate J. Z. Decker was a reporter on
the MiddletOwn Daily Times.