The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-04
Trio Of j. s. A. Transports Now
in Honolulu HaFbOT.
COMMANDS FOR Gen. OTIS
Miny Seasoned Officers ana Meu-scme OF
the Record Holders Quick Disraish
Here for Steamers.
THE NEWPORT.

The army transport Newport left san
Francisco in company with the Tartar
and Manuense at o'clock in the after
noon of the 26th of October and cx-
perienced pleasant trip down. She
carries thirty-two officers and IGa men|
being the third battalion OF the eSth
Infantry. also thirty-four men uf 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-C Colonel Darlington.
lEspector-General OF the Department
of the Pacific and who was in the fam
Porter. commander OF the third bat
TALON; Lieut.-Col. John Biddlc uf the
Engineers, Major Dravo. Major Davis.
Major Niskern and Captain Fcutun Of
the Commissary Department.. Major
Scriven of the Signal Corps. The staff
| officers are: Adjutant Grcuty. Surgeon
DR.. Kraft and DR.. Cottrcu assistant
surgeon. Company officers are: Cap
tains Fries. Carson. Kena and Dunn.
First lieutenants. Barber. Terrill. Tea
garden and BoiSsc. Second lieutenants
Young. Mitchell Turner aud Hansbury.
The ships officers are: CAPTAIN
Friele, Chief officer :. ;. Tandbcrr.
Engineer II. w. Dixon. Steward ~. \.
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 iu
| this port was an ordinary frcightcr j.
| at lrmgard wharf, q full tlcdgcd United
| States army transport having ON
| board a section of the 3lSt Infantry of
| $50 officers and men. The officers in
| command are Lieut.-Col. Webb e.
Hayes. Major Hunter Leggett. formerly
captain OF 5th Infantry regulars.
Lieut.. c. o. Thomas. Jr.. Is adiutlut.
formerly of Sth Immunes.
The staff officers are Capt. y. l..
| Haines. assistant surgeon: Sergt. Mai
| V. c. Lewis. The company officers are
as follows: Captains Bunchfield. Rey-
| nolds, Gilmer. Wagner. Sylvanis
First lieutenants Lowry. Richmond
| Preston. Fonner. Second lieutenantS
| Mitchell. Torryman, Stevens. Lindsay.
DR.. \. ~ McCleave. assistant surgeon
and G.. Orr. \. q. Mand \. :. :.
| The remainder of the 3lSt lnfan ~
was detained in quarantine at san
Francisco on account of small poN anT'
will be here on the transport tomor-
row. Lieut.-Col. Webb G. Hayes Is n
son OF ex-President II. II. Hayes and
has been in the service since the break
| ing out Of the war.
| Major Leggett was a campaigneT tn
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 il is claimed she Is about a ten knot
boat while the Tartar Is registered N
12.5 knots and the Newport at ie knots
THE TARTAR
The United States army transport
/ Tartar is at Pacific Mail wharf and vii
probably sail tomorrow for Manila.
eighth Infantry. in command uf Lieut..
| Col. Leonard. Lieut.. Edgar Slayer !.
the quartermaster in charge. Tbs
other officers on the ship are: Majors
Chalmers. Taggart and Morgan. Cap
tains Price. Crossman, BindenbeTs
Crawford. Birkham. Crenshaw. Camp
bell. Couch. BiEler. Hill and Reed
Lieutenants Woods. Dluuer. Betty
Jones. Allen. Newhali, Stair. Etg1l
(uuartermas;er). Waldron. Clark
Wooten. Nelson. Lands. Wilets. Mad
sen. Easton. Dunn Porter and VII
liams.
Eight Red Cross nurses are also ~
board-the Misses Wilson, Mcdonald
I Bullley. Lyons Rutlsy. Brennan
, DOYLE and DeTky.
ON board are the following Coun;s
sary clerks: Emory. Satehweil. Euss
Thomson. Miller. Cartwrirh;. Don
nelly. Kelly. Quackenbush. knight.
Lieut.-Col. Leonard has \ recos'
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