The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-11-07
Trio Of .. 5. A. Transports Nov
in Honolulu Harb0r.
COMMANDS FOR Cen. oTls
Macy SEES sea 0ttieeis ana Mea-Some Of
the Aeeor1 Ro,dsrs- Quick Dlssaseh
Here for Steamers.
(From Saturdays Daily.)
THE NEWPORT.

me army transport NeWpOTt iett oan
Francisco in company with the Tartarl
and Manuense at o'clock In the after
noon of the 26th Of October and ex-
perienced a pleasant trip down. She
carries thirty-two officers and 462 men
being the third battalion OF the 2sth
Infantry, also thirty-four men Of the
hospital corps and number of civil
lians whose duty in the Philippines will
be to prepare and return to the States,
the bodies of those soldiers who have
died there.
The officers on board the transport
are: Lieutenant-Co Colonel Darlington.
Inspector-General of the Department
Of the Pacific and who was in the fam
Gus Greedy expedition; Major John b.
Porter, commander OF the third bat
talon; Lieut. Col. John Biddle of the
Engineers. Major bravo. Major Davis,
Major Niskern and Captain Fenton Of
the Commissary Department, Major
Scriven Of the Signal Corps. The staff
officers are: Adjutant Grenty, Surgeon
DR.. Kraft and DR.. Cottrell assistant
surgeon. Company officers are: Cap
tains Fries, Carson. Kena and Dunn,
First lieutenants, Barber, Terrill, Tea
| garden and Boisse. Second lieutenants
Young, Mitchell, Turner and Hansbury.
The ships officers are: Captain
Friele, Chief Officer s. S. Tandberg.
Engineer II. w. Dixon, Steward II. A.
Collins and Surgeon Chas. Arthur.
On the run down the Newport had
to wait for the slower vessels or would
otherwise have cut her time down by
at least twenty-four hours.
NEW TRANSPORT.
The Manauense which when last in
| this port was an ordinary freighter is
at Irmgard wharf. full fedged United
States army transport having on
board a section of the 31st Infantry OF
$50 officers and men. The officers in
command are Lieut.-Col. Webb C.
Hayes, Major Hunter Leggett, formerly
captain Of 5th Infantry regulars
Lieut.. G. o. Thomas, Jr., Is adjutant
formerly of Sth Immunes.
The staff officers are Capt. A. L.
Haines, assistant surgeon; Sergt. Maj
V. c. Lewis. The company officers are
as follows: Captains Bunchfield, Rey-
nolds, Gilmer, Wagner. Sylvanis
First lieutenants Lowry. Richmond
| Preston, Former, Second lieutenants
Mitchell, Torryman, Stevens. Lindsay
DIR. A. A. McCleave. assistant surgeon
and G. Orr, A. Q. Mand A. s. 3.
The remainder OF the 3lst Infantry
was detained In quarantine at San
Francisco on account of small pox ant
will be here on the transport tomor-
row. Lieut.-Col. Webb c. Hayes Is q
son OF ex-President r. B. Hayes and
has been in the service since the break
ing out of the war.
| Major Leggett was a campaigner In
Cuba and won his promotion in some
Of the hard fought battles there and In
Porto Rico.
The Manuense was the, cause Of the
delay In the arrival Of the transports
as 1t Is claimed she Is about ten knot
boat while the Tartar is registered a,
1875 knots and the Newport at ~ knots
THE TARTAR.
The United States army transpor,
Tartar is at Pacific Mail wharf and will
probably sail tomorrow for Manila.
On board are $40 men of the Twenty
eighth Infantry. In command of Lieut..
Col. Leonard. Lieut.. Edgar Slayer Il
the quartermaster IN charge. Tn,
other officers on the ship are: Major
Chalmers. Taggart and Morgan, Cap
tains Price. Crossman. Bindenberg
Crawford. Birkham, Crenshaw. Camp
bell, Couch. Blgler. Hill and Reed
Aeutenants Woods. Danner. Betty
Jones. Allen, Newhall, Stair, Edga
(quartermaster), Waldron, Clark
WOoten, Nelson. Lands, Wilets. Mad
, sen. Easton, Dunn Porter and vii
liams.
Eight Red Cross nurses are also OF
a board-the Misses Wilson, Mcdonald
Buckley. Lyons, Rutley, Brennan
|, Doyle and Derby.
|, On board are the following commits
sary clerks: Emory. Satchwell, Bus'
a Thompson. Miller. Cartwright, Don
nelly, Kelly, Quackenbush, knight.
Lieut.-Col. Leonard has recOr
gained at Cuba and Porto Rico and
one Of the most popular officers In tn
service.
Major Surgeon Chalmers who IL
brother OF an old classmate OF w. \
! Armstrong IN on his way to Manll
after service In this spanish war,
A number Of clerks 10 the adjutant
general and Judge advocate are o
. board. Major Y. n. Morrison Is 10 i
, Judge advocate under General OTIS an
!, Is expected on the Picking t0morr0
from san Francisco Major Morrlsp
II the officer who drew the specifies
lions aud charges against CAPITAL
0bsrln Carter, whose sentence !
court'marlial Ia recent sensation
General Otis Was 0n the board of ~
y cers trying Garter
D, 4 number ~ newspaper men Afe ,
y the Tartar amongst whom are A
o. Dunkerion, representing ha'lnTf
; Syndicate Fred " Dean az tho i,psi'
Herald sgd W y lo0mls, who ga