The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-09
The 42nd HERE
The Columbia and Dalny
Vostok Arrive.
Lfsu'. Col. Beacon In Command =
Capt. keck of San Juan
Fame Aboard.

The United States Transports Column
bia and Dalny Volstok We're reported
off Koko Head at 7.15 last evening and
entered port 1t 9 and 9.15 o'clock res
pectiyely. with the 42d regiment on
board. The Columbia with the Head
quarters and Staff, regimental band
and FIVE companies, H, /, K. L. and NJ,
making a total of twenty-five officers
and 548 men including a hospital corps
of eight members; the balance of the
regiment, sever companies is on board
the Dalny Vostok. The AID is under
command Of Lieutenant Colonel Bea-
com, who ranks as senior officer until
the regiment reaches Manila. Colonel
J. Milton Thompson is colonel of the
regiment, but he is already in Manila,
and o until his twelve companies ar
rive there will he come TO the duties
of the spread eagle.
Lieutenant Colonel Beacon reports a
quiet trip out from Fort Niagara. He
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not one man missing, not a man under
arrest, nor a man chargeable with any
minor infraction of the military laws.
He brings forty-fve officers and over
1900 men, all well drilled and a very
fine class Of men.
The troopships had an exceptionally
pleasant voyage down, not enough sea
to move an article off the table, and
when two banks and a schooner were
sighted heading for this port and the
mail steamer Mariposa going north
east was met.
With the exception of five, all the
officers have seen service in Cuba.
Colonel Beacon was adjutant general
on the staff of General Wood in In
tiago. Captain Keck was major of the
list New York at San Juan hill and
led the third battalion in the famous
charge, when the officers Of the other
two battalions hung back in the face
of the heavy fire. The band Of the AID
is under the baton of Bandmaster
Samole of New York and the members
are all picked musicians, mostly tia
lians. During the vfyage, numerous
concerts were given and the men had a
most enjoyable trip throughout. 1t is
probable that concerts will be given on
shore during the vessels stay in port
and an opportunity given for citizens
to heal one of the finest regimental
bands that have passed through Homo
lulu.
The Columbia and Dalny Vostok left
San Francisco on the evening of the
goth November, and but for the slow
ness of the latter vessel, the Columbia
would have cut the trip by over a day.
No sickness other than two cases OF
measles was reported during the voy-
age and the men are impatiently wait
ing for a chance to stretch their legs
ashore.
Following is a roster Of the officers
in command of the 42nd:-On the CO.
lumbia-Lieut. Col. Beacon, Major Nc
Call, Captains Burns, Lang, Hermann,
Shellenberger, S%topford and Cunning
ham; Lieutenants Little, McCool,
Powers, Webster, Lomax, Ketts, Keck,
Jackson, Novak, Speller, Hammer,
Beale and Lieutenant Weed, Contract
Surgeon and Lieutenant Reiser, Quar-
termaster.
On the Dalny Vostok-Majors Down
and Prime; Captains Bell, Dastor; and
Lieutenants Griffith, McAndrews and
Mollinard of the Headquarters Staff,
Captains Cat1in Hill, Riley, Keck,
Henderson, Dubois and Kaufman;
Lieutenants johnson, Judd, Puioblan,
Hackett, Roessing, Warfield, Williams,
Weber, Hargis, Abbott, McFeeley,
White and Reiser who Is acting as
J Quartermaster on the Columbia.
The ships officers on the Columbia
} are Captain T. H. Dobson, LIST Officer
D. r. Fleming, End Officer A. G. Nay
Tor, 1st Engineer ]. H. Murphy, End En-
gineer o. Ross, Purser T. H. Robinson
and Surgeon Seely.