Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-02
The TRANSPORTS ARRIVE
Twenty-Five Hundred Of Uncle Sans
Boys Invade This City.
Latest War News from Cuba and Manila
Opposition 10 Annexation Where
is CerVera'S Squadron?

The following was published in
a BULLETIN extra last evening:
At $3.50 this afternoon three
steamships were sighted off Wal
manalo.
"The transports |" " everybody
said in transport Of excitement.
1t was the transports with
United States troops for the Phil
ippine Islands.
At six o'clock the ships were
all in the roadstead off Waikiki,
heading for the barhor entrance.
They proved to be our old
friends the Australia ofthe Oceanic
Steamship Co.'s fleet, and the City
of Peking and the City of Sydney
of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Co.'s feet.
Men, women and children of all
nationalities, hundreds of the men
and boys wearing the varied
badges of welcome to the "Boys in
Blue" were fockiny to the
waterfront for two whole
hours before the ships hove in
sight. Imagine the vsriegated
tbrong, swarming on the docked
shipping, the wharves, lumber
piles and other coigps d'avsntage!
Within half an hour after the
agreed signal Of FIVE blasts from
the fire alarm steam horn of the
Hawaiian Electric Co.'s works,
the Inter Island Steam Navigation
Co. 8 steamer Iwalani, covered with
flags ard an immense specimen of
i"Old Glory" at the main, crowded
on all her decks with members of
the Citizens Committee of "One
Hundred" was speeding out OF the
harbor to give greeting to the
Boys in Blue"
The Government band, led 10y
the veteran bandmaster, Captain
HI. Berger, marched through
town and went out on the recep-
ton steamer.
AS the transports entered the
inner passage, weird welcome
was screamed from the U. s ships
Charleston and Bennington't
whistles and syrens, with the
bass notes of the Iwalani's horr
coming in between.
The ships we're boarded off Dia
mond head. The City of Pekint
is the flagship, having Command
er Gibson on board. Genera
Anderson is in charge of the ex'
pedition Col. Jno. f. Smith i
in command Of the lst Californi,
Regiment.
There are 1929 boys on tb'
Peking and about 900 on eacl
of the other two ships. The!
com mprise the End Oregon
Regiment. The l4th re
giment of regulars is ais
with the troops. The China
Zealandia and one other ship will
be here as soon as possible.
The lst California is made u
Of Frisco boys. Captain GibsoI
has in his charge sealed order
for the Charleston and Benning
ton. The men were a.
very much surprised when the.
were told annexation had nc
> taken place. :,
1t is doubtful if they will b
: allowed ashore except in a bod!
v They we're given orders not
l cheer but when the steamer wit
the band aboard played America
airs it was too mnch for their dii
cipline, and they broke forth
cheer after cheer.
The band on the Peking play
Hawaii Ponoi. There has be-
no sickness aboard the Peking.
fine passage all the way down, Q
cept that the two 9th
boats had to wait 4
the City of Sydney.
[k hs Copies of the BULLETIN Ext
" giving an account
the preparations ma
= for the reception of the troo
D. were distributed on the Peking,
they will know that they are WI
N. come.
Rumored Decisive Battle.
ne w Washington, May 24.-This !
A. A. been a day of exciting. runo