The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-12
Last Companies Of First New
York Depart.
GREAT CROWD AT THE DOCK
Music and Regrets-Coat and .sKo-
diac"-"Biil's" Antics-Boys
Sorry and Happy.

The Scandia steamed away with the
| last of the New York boys at about a
quarter after four on Saturday after
noon. Of course the wharf was crowd
ed. Every time soldiers have left the
| country the dock from which they de-
parted has had jam. But this time
the gathering was greater than ever,
for the New Workers had made lots OF
| friends in town.
There was Captain Tompkins, the
Kingston man. The last thing he did
was to kiss pretty girl. When the
captain sees this in cold print he may
think that mean advantage has been
taken of him. But no one blamed him.
for the girl was a lovable belle.
Lieutenant Kennedy, of the First
Montana crawled up the bridge, weak.
pale, emaciated, but covered with leis
and smiling adieus.
Major Sague walked about with the
hauteur of a Spanish captain-general
1t may be that after the ship was ON
the high seas, Sague changed the
course to Hilo. He was the senior Of
ficer of the First New York on board
Trumpeter Slezinger was up in the
rigging with real tears streaming down
his dark face. Charley Fetherolf, the
artist and writer was making a brave
fight against the blue devils. Tator was
serious and pre-occupied as ever Tator
had more baggage than any other en-
listed man on the ship.
Captain Saunders, of the port pilot
squad was on the bridge with the
captain of the Scandal
Not a soldier of the several hundred
in sight showed any signs Of intoxica-
ton.
Up forward were the young fellows
of the ships crew. One of them had a
pet goat in his arms. He held the goat
to the gaze of all and then shouted
down to the wharf: Say, Lady, train
yer kodic dis way" But the lady had
the Akodic'' trained on one of the hand
some young officers of the First.
Bill" of the Scandia black squad.
was a circus all by himself. Bill
was carrying a jag that would cha1-
lenge a gale and didn't care who knew
it. Neither did he care whether he
went aboard the ship or not A partner
wept in coaking HBill'' to brace up and
quit fooling and come on board. "BiIl'
then did his act and commanded the
undivided attention of the "kodiac"
squad and a couple of thousand other
spectators for five minutes. "Bill" grab
bed the support of the platform from
which the gangway is lowered. He
twisted one leg around the rod, had the
other foot against the side Of the ship
and Strengthening out. waved fond fare
wells to everybody. Bills partner
was in fit Of dispair and at one time
in the struggle It looked as if Bill
would be pulled out of his clothes. The
black squad clown finally finished his
fun and pulled himself on board.
There We're enough girls at the wharf
for a horse show or doll show and
they looked nightly attractive, lot
of them With dampened eyes, with arms
full of flowers and tokens and with
their neat gowns OF light goods. There
were any number of really touching
farewells. The New Workers were given
? send off quite worthy them.
The music by Captain Berger and his
boys was feature. Have you noticed
how the soldiers and the crowds take
| the sections Dixie" arouses more en-
|! thusiasm than any other air, with
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