The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-07-26
NOTES..

The regulars have no mascots.
There will be no military governor of
Hawaii.
Mai. Gen Otis was n caller aboard the
Mohcan yesterday.
Three hundred of the regulars on the
City of Puebla were recruited In Califor-
mia.
Private G. J. G. clayton, of the Four
teenth. came from the British army in
South Africa.
The S. S. City of Pucbla has never been
here before but the Peru is boat ia
miliar to all.
II is stated that every State and Ter
ritory In the Union except Oklahoma, IL
represented in the regular troops now at
Honolulu.
The three other ships of Ma. j.-Gen. Otis
expedition are expected here on Friday
or Saturday of this week.
Private Fernandez. of Troop X. was
horn in Honolulu. He left here n few
years ago and Joined the regular army
Sergt. Chas. Prinz. of Troop 7. lived in
the Islands eight years ago. His father
was at that time luna on Il Kauai plan
tation.
There IL quite general complaint aboard
the Peru of poor food and poor service.
Some Of the officers are quite free In
their condemnation.
There are both base ball and foot ball
players amongst the men on the Peru
and City of Puebla and they would like
some sport ashore.
1.
the Peru and City OF Puebla will be Civ
en- on the Executive Building grounds be-
ginning at noon tomorrow.
A large number of soldiers attended
the band concert at Makeo Island yester-
day afternoon. The beach resorts were
also throngcd with the Boys in Blue.
About half Of the troops now IN port
have enlisted within three months. At
the beginning Of the war the regular
companies carried only about fifty men
each.
''Thc other Gen. Otis" is Brig. Gen. u
c., and will be along later. He was ap-
pointed from civil life and Is known IN
California as a newspaper man and poll
tician.
Private Whitman, of Troop I, Is q
nephew Of Rev. VIM. Merritt who was
here about eight years ago. Young Whit
man attended Punahou Preparatory and
was a classmate of w. u. Alexander. Jr..
and other young men of the city. lie
Joined the regulars, from the volunteers.
when the war broke out.
Private Schacfer, of the Fourteenth In
fantry. worked with Louis Reynolds In
San Francisco, and looked up his old
fran
morning.
There IN quite IA lot of surplus ammu-
milton on the transports nowhere, for the
troops and ships in Manila. The Peru
has fifteen immense cases of small am
munition
There is rattling good minstrel COM
bination among the Cavalrymen on the
Peru They are anxious to give n per-
formance in thu military opera house
while here.
There were plentiful supplies of ba-
nanas and pIncapplcs at the docks for
the Puehla and Peru men. The fruit was
showcrod up to them bountifully and was
thankfully received.
Private c. II. GootZ of the Fourteenth
Infantry was n student for the ministry
at the University of the Pacific, santa
Clara, Cal lie ioincd the army at the
beginning Of hostilitics.
Marshal Brown entertained a party of
United States Army officers at Waikiki
yesterday. Among the number were
Lieut.. Col S. +. Kellogg and Adit. Boyd.
Surf riding was a feature of the days
program.
Soldiers on the Peru have to do all the
work Of shifting and handling their
freight and supplies. A big gang was en-
gagged at 1t all OF yesterday. Handling
trucks was entirely new to many of them
and they did not like II at all.
One half Of the New York First Volun.
'eer Regiment, which Is to garrison thi.
pace Tor time. viii leave San Fran,
cisco by the end Of July and the second
hait by the 10th Of August. Col. Barber
Is the commander.
Col. Kellogg and his officers and mer
are scarcely yet rcconciled to the fact
that they We're compelled TO leave theI,
horses behind. The squadron was splend
Idly mounted, each troop having its owl
color OF well trained horses.
Dr. 7. S. Kellogg, late OF Honolulu oni
still interested here, Is aboard the CT,
of Puehla as assistant surgeon. The doc
tor went mp 10 the States from here som
three months ago and the offer Of hi
services for Manila was at once accepted
There are two second lieutenants 4
Battery ID, Sixth Artillery, and by a &C