The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-01
AFTER TEN DAYS
Cause Of the Delay Of the ]. s. I.
Newport.
BOILER INSPECTORS TO BLAME
Test Plugs Not Adopted-Two Stols a
Sea PaSsengers Marines
Nurses.

The burning out of the fusible plugs
in the boilers of the United States
army transport Newport was the cause
of that belated vessels tong trip from
San Francisco. She arrived yesterday
shortly before noon in good shape afteY
her ten-day trip with no especial IN
cident saving the accident as above.
Having no cargo below and the 500
and odd soldiers filling up between
decks caused rolling of the vessel, ex-
posing and melting the plugs, which
are placed in the boilers by the United
States inspectors. 1t was necessary TO.
slow down twice after leaving SAM
Francisco, On the third day out about
seventeen hours, and ON the fourth day
nearly as long a time After this the
Newport came along at fair speed. Tbes
delay does not reflect on the engineers
department, as the style of the boilers
does not permit. any change being
made such as would prevent similar
accident under like conditions. CHIEF
Engineer Dixon is complimented by all
on the successful and speedy repairs
while at sea.
On board the Newport are go en-
listed men of the United States Marine
Corps under Col. Pope and the follow
ing officers: Majs. Spicer aid Meta -
ley (quantermaster); Capts. Ha:ne5
Long, Fuller and Davis; Lieuts.
Thorpe (adjutanO, Butler, Leonard,
Hill, Gibson, Reid and Dunlay.
Col. Pope, the ranking officer on
board, has seen long service in the
Marine Corps. He was in Honolulu III
1874. Maj. Spicer is a Cuban cam
paigner, and also Capt. Long. Capt.
Fuller was an officer on the Charleston
during the trips connected with the
last days of kalakaua. Capt Davis
was attached to the battleship Oregon
during the fight off Santiago. Many
of the lieutenants were volunteers dur
ing the war with Spain and were made
regulars after the conclusion of hos
tilities and assigned to the Philip
pines.
is the first detachment of a detail Of
1000 men of that organization to re-
port for duty at Cavite They have |
seen service at Guantanamo and the |
three detachments of about $50 men |
each are to follow as soon as transpor-
tation can be furnished
Two hundred and forty enlisted men |
of the Fourth and Fifth United States |
Artillery are also on board with Of |
ficers as follows: Maj. Herman; Capts. |
Taylor and Riley; Leuts. Summerail |
(adjutan), McCluskey, Bowley, Kill |
berth, Burgess and Miller. Doctors |
Coffin and Robinson are the surgeons |
on board for the Artillery DR.. Wag- |
gener, U. S. NJ. c., is attached to the |
Marine Corps and will remain at Ca
vite.
On the Newport are the following
Mrs. Laura Schwichten-
berg, Inspector General of Hospital |
Corps, White Cross of America; Miss |
NJ. Macdonald Hartley, artist, White
Cross of America; Mrs. Angie F. New
man, National Board, White cross of
America; W. w. Umsted, Special Com
missioner to the Hawaiian Islands for
the Greater America Exposition, with
his wife and son.
MISSES NJ A hOIp, A. y. SedFSIdu,
NJ. A. Burrell, w. DockrilI, NJ. Ber
tram, w. Hambley' c. Howard, Rose
Tweed and S. Hayden. all Red Cross
nurses from the Preside and other
United States army hospitals in the
States.
The following White Cross nurses
from Buena Vista hospital here will
accompany Mrs. Sohwichtenberg to
Manila: Miss L. P. Brasher, D. H.
Cochran and J. Rector.
Mrs. Laura SchwichtenbeTg, the in
spectOr of the White Cross, is OF ma
tional reputation and has the very re-
sponsible position of attending TO the
needs Of that great hospital Organiza-
ton in the Philippines, being directly
under the War Department.
Mrs. Angie F. Newman will remain {
n the Islands four months, being en- j
gagged IN history of the Colonial pos
sessions Of the United States, and Miss I
NJ. Macdonald Hartley is the artist who
will illustrate her work. Mrs. New {
man is sister OF United States Sem '
ltor Thurston of Nebraska, and from (
honolulu Will go to Manila next Sep
ember, continuing her trip around The