The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-10-03
he Finest Troop Ship in The
World Nov in Port.
TRANSPORT SHERMAN ARRIVED
Aas Sixteen Hundred and Fn y
Troops on Board. Unlimited
stores and Ammunition.
(From Mondays DailyD

Sherman, which arrived from San
Francisco last Saturday with 1864
souls on board, bound for Manila.
The Sherman remains in port until
tomorrow afternoon coaling and will
then sail for the Philippines. She ex-
poets to make Manila in very quick
time.
The Sherman Is the finest troopship
in the world. She was formerly the
Mobile. Of the Atlantic line plying be-
tween New York and London. She
was fitted up for a troopship 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 $500 horse power; her en-
gines are triple expansion; she has
twin screws and her propellers are 81
feet pitch. She carries crew of 175
men.
Besides the troops the Sherman car
ries large supply Of stores, 5000 rifles
and 100000 rounds of ammunition.
Captain c. II. Grant is sailing mas
ter OF the Sherman. During the late
war he was in command of the United
States steamer Governor Russell.
On board the Sherman are the Thir-
tieth Infantry Regiment and 351 re-
cruits and casuals for the Fourteenth
Infantry, Eleventh Cavalry, Thirty
seventh Infantry, Thirty-fourth Infan-
try and Thirty-sixth Infantry, now in
the Philippines.
The following Is roster OF the off,
GERS OF the Thirtieth Infantry United
States Volunteers: Cornelius Garden
er, COLONEL James X. Campbell, lieu
tenant colonel: Matthew +. Steele, ma
jor; Thomas j.. Hartigan major; Jno.
r. McDill, major and surgeon: James
j. Erwin, captain and assistant sur
geon: Albert II. Eber. first lieutenant
and assistant surgeon: Charles Il.
Reese, captain and adjutant: Frank II.
Burton. captain and quartermaster;
Walter j. Corbett, first lieutenant and
commissary Harry ID. Blasland first
lieutenant, battalion adjutant: Frank
ID. Buckingham, first lieutenant, bat
talon adjutant; kaolin l.. Whitson.
first lieutenant, battalion adjutant.
Company A-Captain Frank ID. New
berry, First Lieutenant Virden G..
Packenpaugh, Second Lieutenant
Charles II. Errington.
Company B-Captain T.. Ross
Smith, First Lieutenant Albert c..
Mcmillan, Second Lieutenant John C..
Abbott.
Company C-Captain Edward Y.
Miller, First Lieutenant Harry X.
Chadwick. Second Lieutenant Francis
w. Ralston.
Company D-Captain Kenneth NJ.
Burr, First Lieutenant John J. Foley,
Second Lieutenant Guy A. Boyle.
Company E-Captain Edwin II. Fitz-
gerald, First Lieutenant Frederick j.
Barrows, Second Lieutenant William
p. Pack. go >l-,-'. =
Company F-Captain Harrison S.
kerrick, Second Lieutenant Charles u.
Bear.
Company Captain Gilmore G..
Scranton, First Lieutenant Daniel
Wells, Second Lieutenant Guilford S.
CARRIER
II
Connolly, First Lieutenant Edward II.
Andres, Second Lieutenant Robert T..
Brooks.
Company Captain Merrill Webb,
First Lieutenant John Mcbride. Jr,,
Second Lieutenant Francis j. Ellison.
Company K-Captain Frank w. Lat
inner, First Lieutenant Albert T.. Nc
Cabe, Second Lieutenant George W.
COchnower
Company L-Captain Charles p.
Newberry, First Lieutenant Edmond
X. Tompkins, Second Lieutenant Rob
ert Il. Gulich.
Company M-Captain Joseph W.
Porterfeld, First Lieutenant Charles
). Tarlton, Second Lieutenant A. Holt
Bradford.
The following are passengers on
board: Eight female nurses; Misses A. |
j. Armistead, Jean Allen, 4. u. Far
qnahson, Il. V. Hasson. A. Y. Irvine,
T.. Lane, A. y. Lyon. NJ. Pfeffer, Fa-
ther Gleason, u Catholic priest; Cant. |
w. Is. Reynolds, Fourteenth Infantry;
Lieutenant w. q. Mills. Thirty-sey-
enth Infantry; Lieutenant 4. q. Nc
kelvey, Eleventh Cavalry, US.V.i
Lieutenant Colonel A, \. Tower, Major
~ a, Meaeham. Major r. w West.
The oficers ~ the sherman are:
Captain Grant, First Ofhcer q. y. Rob
erts, Second oilicer W, Walton, Third
ofncer j Arrison, Fourth oficer j.
sloan. Chief Engineer Kingsland, Bee.
ond Assistant Engineer N. MeCabe.
Third Assistant Engineer Hickey,
steward J. Robinson, Second steward
J, White, Third steward N, Murphy.
First oflcsr q, ", Roberts, Who mas
been ON tbs shsrman all the way
round the world. 10 very popular
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.2d, and Ofneer Roberts, as soon as
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