The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-25
SECOND MANILA EXPEDITION
SAILS.
The U. S. S. Senator Finished Coal
ing Shortly Before Noon-The
Fleet was Then Ready to Sail.

! her wharf little after II o'clock and
the Senator just before noon.
There were large crowds at the
wharves to see the soldiers start. The
band was on hand and played a
number of selections. A large con-
tingent of the officers and men of the
National Guard of Hawaii in uniform
were there when the transports pull
ed out into the stream.
At l o'clock the transports were all
outside the harbor and ready to sail.
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The feast on the grounds of the
Executive building began shortly af-
ter | o'clock yesterday afternoon and
was carried out most pleasantly. All
of the men had a good time. The af-
fair was carried out on precisely the
lines of the first one. At 3 o'clock.
when the Monterey was approaching
port. many of the men left the feast
grounds and went to the wharves to
see the big floating fort Most of
Battery B, Utah troops, remained on
the grounds up to o'clock, when
they marched aboard. Last night
the men were given absolute shore
leave. They came and went as they
pleased. Many returned to the ships
about IL o'clock. though large num-
Der stayed out all night.
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\ large party of the Utah contin-
gent was taken over the railroad on a
special train by w. A. Kinney and
| Paul Isenberg yesterday, to Eva mill.
To the visitors the sight was simply
| immense. The party returned to the
| city late in the afternoon.
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Charles peasants is among the
number of men accepted here for
service in Manila.
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There are eleven acres of land in
the grounds occupied by the EXecu
tive building, upon which the troops
were entertained yesterday.
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Fred Cook and Paul Faneuf were
enlisted last night into the Pennsyi-
vania regiment and will go to Manila.
Cook was a fireman, patrolman and
regular soldier. Faneuf is an old ii
mer and has considerable military e.<-
perience. He is brother of the
blacksmith on Alakea street near
| Merchant. There are about twenty
applications in the hands of the va
rious coonels from Honolulu men to
enlist.
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\. w. Pearson and wife enutertain-
II number of the officers of the troops
at dinner last evening.
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The Sharpshooters have given Pro-
fessor George ii. Harker medal for
efficiency and as a token of the gen
eral esteem In which he Is held. Cap
tain Dodge made the presentation.
Professor Harker is enlisted in a
Pennsylvania regiment
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Charles S. Conley, former mount
ed patrolman, has enlisted at San
Francisco in Minnesota regiment.
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Company II kept open house to the
Boys in Blue yesterday afternoon. a
large number of visitors were quite
pleasantly entertained. In the even
ing Company ID received few dozen
officers and men of the various regi-
ments.
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In the baseball contest at Makiki
yesterday afternoon the Pennsylva-
mia team won over the Nebraskans,
by score of 16 to o. 1t was laugh
ably observed that the Nebraskans
did not even sustain Bryan's silver
valuation. Seven innings were play
ed. The audience was made up chief
ly of visiting soldiers. 4 football
match was to have followed the base
ball contest, but it was considered
too late when the latter was finished
to play it.
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George ID. Gear kept open house all
of yesterday afternoon to the Boys
in Blue. Music and general good
time made up the program. Several
hundred visitors were given q royal
reception.
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Natives along the water front are
very much taken with the Monterey.
Most of them never saw a monitor be-
fore and the sight to them is i'm
mense. They have dubbed her "Wela
Ka Hao."
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G. w. Kiester, the boollkeeper, met
several townies and schoolmates
uhpiS tht OillNciS anu men Ol the
Tenth Pennsylvania.
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Officers of the expedition were plea
sanity received at the club last night.
Music by the Quintette club was
kept up to late hour.
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Nearly all of the government of
fees and many of the business hous-
es were closed yesterday afternoon.
1t is estimated that the letters writ
ten by the Boys in Blue to be mailed
by the Hawaiian government will
number about 10000.
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The boat bows coined money yester-