The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-06-02
Sherman, Best Of all Transports,
Nov Here.
HAS NEARLY 1000 PASSENGERS
Brig. Gen. Fred d. Grant Aboard
Other OffIoers-supplies for
Maniia-Dlmension


sherman. which arrived from San
Francisco yesterday morning at
o'clock, with nearly 1000 souls on
board, bound for Manila.
The Sherman is the finest troop ship
in the world. She was formerly the Mo-
bile, of the Atlantic Line plying be-
tween New York and London. She
was fitted up for u troop ship at
Cramps yards, and took troops for the
Philippines from New York by way of
the Suez Canal. She is 445 feet long,
~ feet beam, "a feet depth OF hold,
$3.50 tons gross register; she has four
boilers, capable of producing steam
equal to 5000 horse power; her en-
gines are triple expansion; she has
twin screws and her propellers are Il
feet pitch. She carries crew OF 10
men.
Besides the troops the Sherman car
ries a large supply of stores, 5000 rifles
and 1000. 900 rounds of ammunition.
Capt. c. ii. Grant is sailing master
OF the Sherman. During the late war
he was in command of the United
States steamer Governor Russell.
On board the Sherman are two brig
adler generals, three colonels, 50 other
commissioned officers, 176l enlisted
men and dozen or more Guartermast-
els and postal clerks for the Philip
pines.
OF the Sixth United States Infantry
are l452 enlisted men, under command
Oh Col. L. X. Kellogg. There are also
800 recruits and casuals organized In
two provisional companies: a detach-
ed engineer corps of so: a detached
signal corps of II; and hospital
corps of 1l3.
Civilians on board are J. O. West,
Deputy Collector of Customs at Ma
Mia; George J. Kavanaugh, staff cor
respondent of the Chicago Record. who
was all through the war in the West
Indies; Il. A. Kipp. of the Minneapolis
Journal. and NJ. l.. Fox, of the Sioux
Falls Press.
The following are the officers on
board the Sherman: Sixth Infantry:
Col. Edward X. Kellogg, commander;
Lieut.. Col. Chas. w. Miner: Capts. G.
b. Walker, f. A. Byrne. c. Byrne, z.
w. Torrey, Omar Bundy, w. l.. Sam
son. L. A. Boore and w. X. Jones:
First Lieutenants r.. r. Cole. II. J.
Hunt. w. II. Simons, W. T.. Leason, J.
B. Schiendel, II. V. Evans. J. V. Heibt
w. +. Nesbitt, II. J. MaXey. Second
Lieutenants +. S. L. Price. Marshall
Childs, James Pierre Drouilard. l.. p.
Sheimble, A. NJ. Wetherill II. A. Han
nigan and Richards. Surgeons, Capt.
Chas. Lynch, and acting assistant sur
geOns, II. Z. Menage, B. +. Vanbeder
w. l.. Wilmington and John Halsell
The most noted man aboard Is Brig
Gen. Frederick ID. Grant, who takes a
command in the Philippines.
Brig. Gen. +. T. Bates is also a pas
senger. He Is a veteran of the Cuban
campaign. Col. Il. II. Liscum, who
was under Gen. LawtOn and Col. Pow
ell are also on board. Other officers
are Lieut.. Col Miner and Maj. Jas.
Candy, of the Sixth Infantry: Mai.
Benjamin Holloway, paymaster: and
Maj. l.. l.. Seaman. surgeon.
The Sherman was the admiration OF
hundreds of visitors who inspected her
yesterday and were shown over the
magnificent ship by her courteous Of
ficers.
All on board speak of the fine trip
down, which was made without mis-
hap in 6 days and 12 hours, sailing at
9:l5 p. m. on the 22nd with days runs
as follows: AZ 2Gi, 300, $50. $40, 2S7
and 2l2.
First Officer C. +. Roberts. who has
been on the Sherman all the way
round the world, Is very popular
aboard the ship. The Sherman ar
rived in Manila from New York March
22nd, and Officer Roberts, as soon as
he could get ashore, trudged out to
the front where Gen. Otis line of bat
tie was getting ready before MalabOn
to engage Aguinaldos forces. Behind
trenches on Sunday. March 26th,
stockaded with uprights of loopholed
corrugated iron We're the Filipinos,
awaiting the Second Oregon Infantry
who, spelling tactics. rushed pell nell
forward yelling as only the 'web-foot"
can yell Dropping their guns the Fill
ipinos fled and the Oregons chased
them up and beyond Malabon, leaving
behind another regiment. which was
too close in on the enemy's flank.
Where was Officer Roberts all this
time? He was among the boys, yelling
with the rest of them. having grabbed
mp stray Mauser from one of the
dead rebels. He can tell of many
heroic deeds on that deadly field and
how splendid sight it was to see
Uncle Sans boys put the foe to flight.
The Sherman will take the Oregon
boys home when she returns to the
coast and the transport Logan will
probably embark the California regi-
ment, which sailed in the first eXpe-
dition.
Paymasters Holloway and Candy
were busy yesterday disburslng some
thing over $4,000 in bright ten and
hye dollar gold pieces, newly coined,
TO the Artillery boys here and in
. strong boxes under heavy guard Is
Sl,Oo0,OOO for the boys at Manila, By
this afternoon II Is thought the Homo
lulu garrison viii be paid OFF and II Is
possible that the sherman viii sail for
Manila tonight rs the coaling will be
finished this morning,