The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-03-03
Letter BY Ailt Gen. on Matter
F., Of Discharges.
An ANSWER TO ENGINEERS
some Men wish to Remain In tho
Islands s-The Mastering Out-A
Gold Medal Presented.

The Reyeille, Camp McKinley's pa
per, publishes this extract from a let
ter to Hon. Geo. L. Shoup, Of Idaho,
from the Adiutant General Of the
army:
In reply / have TO inform you that
rhe public interests will not in any
event permit of the discharge of these
men at this time When more favor
able conditions are reached 1t Is prob
able that the Battalion of Engineers
now at Honolulu will be returned TO the
United States for muster out, in which
case they will be returned as a whole
20 some central point within the area
of their enrolment and then discharged
with travel pay from thence TO the
place OF their enlistment. This Is the
law.
There have been few instances
where men OF this and other regiments
have been discharged in Honolulu and
the Department has made arrange
ments that In such cases the soldier
shall be furnished with transportation
in kind from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco and be given travel pay from the
latter point TO the place of enlistment,
but these cases are very exceptional
and under no circumstances would the
department be justified in mastering
out the entire regiment In Honolulu.
The Department, furthermore, has in
contemplation some arrangement by
which men who wish TO be discharged
in the Hawaiian Islands in order to
take up residence there can be per-
mitted TO do SO and may be given the
right TO transportation in kind from
Honolulu to the United States at such
time as they may desire to avail them
selves of II, either on government
transports or on commercial lines, but
exactly how this will be arranged has
not yet been determined upon"
Following are notes from the Febru-
AIRY 2S issue Of the Reveille:
1t is getting TO he the correct thing
for a party OF soldiers. armed with
rifles to go TO the mountains in pursuit
of the wary goat. This provides whole
some exercise for the goats, and Il
likely to do so until company com
manders give little much needed in
struction in gauging distance.
On the morning Of Feb. 22d Private
w. II. c. Drake Of Company X was pre-.
scented with a gold medal for conspic'
uous bravery in rescuing a man from
a heavy surf at San Souci last Septem
ber. The battalion was formed in from
of Company X barracks and after a
few appropriate remarks Maj. Langfitt
pinned the medal to brakes breast.
We notice in the window of the
Golden Rule Bazaar sketch of "Dia-
mond Head" taken from Punchbowl
by Robt. Lanka, of Company X. II is
very unique and shows that the bat
talon is well represented In the artistic
line. Mr. Lanka Is an illustrator and
does not profess to be water color
artist, but his sketch conyinces us he
is also capable of handling color; and
We shall await his next.
The following from Washington
under date of Feb. 10, has been fur,
nshed to the Advertiser:
The Adjutant General of the army
has Informed Senator Shoup that the
public interests will not In any event
at this time permit the discharge OF thf
members Of Company X, Second United
States volunteer engineers, now sta
Sioned at Honolulu. These men, who
were recruited from Utah, Idaho, Ne.
vada and Montana, to the number oi
about sixty, formally made application
for discharge, and Maj. Langiitt, com
mandlng the battalion, recommended
that their applications be granted II
travel pay and other allowances be
withheld, 10 which clause the men OBJ
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