The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-08-11
Vessel Particularly Identified
With Hawaiian History.
War RECORDS or HtR OFFICERS
Stln Bears Scars Of the Battle OF Ma
mia She win Remain Mere
Week.

in Naval Row. Flying from her main
is the homewardbound pennant,
which tells that as soon as San Fran
cisco is reached she will go out OF
commission. on her decks are sun
Drowned men who have been under
Dewey in the battle of Manila and aft
erwards cruising about the neighbor-
ing harbors of the Philippines-so
who were at Guam with the Charles |
ton; others who were in the fight OF
Santiago and from Cuban waters were
transferred to the Asiatic squadron not
too late to fire a few shots at the Fill
pinos.
Shots poured thick and fast at the
Boston as she sailed with the fleet
into Manila Bay on the day of the ia
nous naval battle and few scars
show where the doughty Vessel was
struck. But now there are relics scat
tered about in the rooms Of the officers
of the victory. In Lieutenant Com
mander Hughes quarters Is "A painting
by some Filipino artist of the present
Queen Regent OF Spain.-"Not half
bad" said jovial Lieutenant Command
er W. II. Allen. Don't know who did
it, but ! assure you We all respect the
subject and the artist too, who ever he
was" Then the ships bell itself is
an affair more or less elaborate, hay-
ing come off the Spanish gunboat Don
Antonio de Ulloa.-"A long name, too,
smiled Chief Engineer Roberts but a
good sounding bell for (apologetically)
ours was cracked you know, and We
needed a new one" Here and there
one sees mementoes of the war which
these heroes are bringing home-ugly
daggers, curious knives and odds and
ends from our new possessions.
After the battle of Manila the Bos-
ton went to Iloilo. where alone and
iinassisted she reduced that fort and
finally the whole of Cebu.
But few OF the original men Of the
Boston who sailed from Honolulu in
February, 90, are with her now. Blue
jackets and officers are men from va
rious ships OF the Asiatic squadron
The officers are:
Lieutenant Commander PetreD, r.
NJ. Hughes.
Lieutenant Commander, w. II. Allen.
Lieutenant, J. Gibson.
Lieutenant q. g., G.. X. SlOCum.
Lieutenant 81. G., II. T.. CoontZ.
Ensign, w. A. Moffett
Ensign, o. =. Jackson.
Ensign, l.. McCauley, Jr
Passed Assistant Surgeon, b. r.
Ward.
Assistant Surgeon, J. $. Chaffee.
Passed Assistant Paymaster, u. =,
Dubois.
Chief Engineer, X. Z. Hall
Assistant Engineer, l.. l.. James.
Assistant Engineer, II. !. Cone.
Second Lieutenant, L. $. NJ. c., l.. J
Magill
Acting Gunner, l.. J. Wallace.
Acting Carpenter, w. Boone.
Pay Clerk, w. ID. Bollard.
The Boston's crew numbers 2ll blue
jackets and 2s marines.
Lieutenant Commander Hughes as
sumed command of the Boston al
Hongkong, relieving Captain w. II
Whiting, who, on account of the Sc
rious illness of his wife there, was civ,
en- two months leave of absence
Lieutenant Commander Hughes passed
through Honolulu as an officer on the
Petrol some two years ago.
Lieutenant Commander w. H. Allen
was with the fleet off Santiago and
bears an enyiabe record for bravery
and efficiency in the late war lie was
on board the Oregon.
Lieutenants Slocum and Coontz Were
with the Charleston before being as
signed to their present duty.
Ensign o, y. Jackson was attache,
to the United States ship St. Paul dur
ing the past year. Ensign T.. NJ. Nc
Cauley, Jr., was formerly OF the Unite,
States ship Brooklyn.
Assistant Surgeon Ward was wit
the Bennington when she passe
through Honolulu rs was Paymaste
Dubois.
Chief Engineer Hall will be remem
bered as an officer of the United State
ship Pensacola some seven and cd
years ago, afterwards going through 4
join the Aslatic squadron on the Pc
arel tie has many "reminiscences am
full record Of the naval engagement
in the Philippines, lie has man,
friends In Honolulu who will be glal
10 entertain him the coming week,
was his hope to meet Mrs, Hall here
but owing TO the uncertainty OF IN
iiostOn's movements she had sailed 1
San Francisco some weeks ago
Assistant Engineer H. l. Cone va
on the Baltimore before Joining hi
present ship,
Lieutenant l.. ], Magill, e. ), NJ q
received Two hreyets for bravery In IA
Cuban campaign, which gives him no.
she title Of Captain,
The boston, In Manila BAY May
was the sixth IN The eolnmn AN
brought Mp the rear Several shu
were hred by The batteries In Mani
and two shots Nere given IN reply 4
$3.50 IN The morning ~ that day arliu
with ihe enemy commenced ana ",
continued until 1888 Ia nhedlrprr
y signal The Boston then Nllhlrt
irom action and gays The crew hlpA
tesi and Iesl, AZ ll'l0 the aeilon Nj
renewed and e0nllnned until lhe rn
any eeassl nlIpg apd tbs spanish shi