The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-13
FIVE ARRIVE DURING THE |
NIGHT.
Three Army Transports With Troops
For' Manila, the Moana and Jap
anese Tramp.

Five steamships arrived during the
night, three of them army transports,
and with two more due at any moment,
the prospect is good for busy times
along the waterfront for some days.
The transports are the Rio Janerio
from Portland, the Zealandia and city
of Para from San francisco. The other
two steamers are the Moana from the
Colonies and the Toyo Maru with lab
orers from Japan.
The Rio de Janerio left Portland just
behind the Sikh, but passed her the
first day out. The two vessels have
the Thirty-fifth Infantry on board, the
Rio having 6Sl men under Lieutenant
Colonel Edward II. Plummer. and the
following officers: Majors w G.. short,
Albert Laws, julius A. Schuelke: cap
tains Thomas w. DarTah IAdjutanD,
w. l.. Geary (Quartermaster), A. f.
Prescott a. J. Brace, +. p. Crowne
E. w. Robinson, j. II. Aldrich.
g. |. Becker; First Lieutenants j. H.
Lewis, T. b. Steele, II. n. Cootes, j. +.
Harding, f. II. Cameron, r.. w. COZ
Inns; Second Lieutenants w. G. Ire
maine, S. NJ. English, b. Kossman. j.
f. Mccarthy, Roger Duval Rhees
Jackson Twelfth Infantry and DR..
Fry On board are also Surgeon Major
II. o. Purley and Assistant Surgeon
Fred b. Barney.
a large proportion of the Rios men
are from the Seventh and Eighth Cali
fornia regiments, recently mustered
out. This trip was an unusually good
one in the matter of health. there be-
ing no sickness at all on board. The
first day out was very rough. on the
Columbia bar. and there was much sea-
sickness. The Rios officers are Cap
tain w. Ward, First officer j. G. John
son, Chief Engineer f. j. Herliley and
Steward r. McGallan.
The Zealandia reached port just be
fore midnight, having gained several
hours on the City of Para during the
trip. She has 562 men of the Twenty
ninth Infantry, under Lieutenant-Col-
onel II. H. Sargent. Like the other
regiments. the Twenty y-ninth is a mix
ture of veterans and new recruits The
officers on board are Captains G.. NJ.
Lidell, p. II. Stern, o. T. Kenan, G.
G. McGhee, d. Shields; Lieutenant j.
NJ. kimbrough. Adjutant; Lieutenants
Allmand Clark, Winship, Grimstead.
Wilton, Gilmore, Pike, Rensenhausen
Farwell. Holmes. Mitchell, signal
corps Cheney, engineers corps; Major
j. l.. Powell surgeon, r. r. Kirk AS
sitant Surgeon. Captain l.. V Will
| Jams is the quartermaster in charge
and A. a. Dixon. f. ]. Sittig and j
+. Du CLANCY are passengers, the
former as commissary clerks, and the
latter as Government embalmer.
The officers of the Zealanda are
Captain Thomas Dowdell Chief officer
Thomas Deering, Chief Engineer ]. r
Keller, Chief Steward r. X James and
Surgeon Q. Waverley Clark. NJ D.
The City of Para arrived at about
| two O'Clock this morning and is anch-
| ed in the stream. As there were not
! facilities to hasten her departure, il
was not thought necessary to compel
| the clearance of a wharf for her al
once. She has on board 725 men ofthc
! Twenty ninth Infantry. nearly all from
the Southern states. The officers are
| Colonel Hardin, Major Jornson, Major
! Case, DR.. Anderson (Major, Captain
! Wilcoxon, Adjutant, Captain Lowell
! Quartermaster Captains Franklin
! Williams, Paul, Rash, harrington
| Whitman and Grant: Lieutenant.
! Wheetley, Longstreet, Walls. Miller
Arnold, Pendeton, Blount. HolHngs
worth, Hall, Underwood, Holley. Car.
son, Patterson, Screws, Moorman Fug
ma and DR.. Sanford.
In addition to these officers of tn,
regiment there are on board Colone
Charles ID. Viele, Fourth Cavalry, Maj
or G. Mercer, commissary, d. w. Smith
civil engineer, quartermaster's depart
ment, Henry Rice Rodman, Arthur j
Francis, d. l.. Pringle and Herbert d
Cole. Captain q. G.. Bailey is the AS
sistant Quartermaster in charge.
The officers of the City of Para ar,
Captain A. Feeder, First officer G. Ba
ker, Chief Engineer j. DOnnelly. DR.
w. NJ. Reng, Purser c. r. Parsons ant
| Steward j. S. LawtOn.