The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-21
TWO TRANSPORTS
With Troops and Horses
for Manila.
Brig.-General Theodore SchwaT
on the City of Para

missioned staff and band: Troops ID
and II, Fourth cavalry; a company OF
/ United States engineers from Willett's
Point, and detachments of the Twen-
! ty-fourth infantry, the hospital corps
and signal corps assigned to the army
of the Philippines. is at Oceanic dock
coaling for Manila.
The commanding officer on board is
Major Augur of the Fourth cavalry:
! Captain Ducat of the Twenty-fourth in
fantry, adjutant.
| The City of Para will remain in port
about three days coaliug. This morn
| ing the troops will be taken ashore
and marched 10 Waikiki. where they
Will all be given a chance for q dip in
the surf.
Company b, United States engineers.
are from Willett's Point, New York
! The command consists of 3 officers. $50
enlisted men, l assistant surgeon and
| , hospital men, and is commanded by
| Captain Sibert.
| The City of Para when here last year
was in command of Captain Feeder.
who Is now on vacation in Europe
his place being taken by Captain Rob
inson, formerly first officer of the City
of Rio de Janeiro. Other officers OF the
officer. Bartlett; third officer. Paulsen.
chief engineer. Donnelly; first assist
ant engineer, Spencer: second assist
ant engineer. Patterson. and third as
sistant engineer, Waters. She carries
crew of over forty men
The City of Para, it will be remem-
bered, carried the famous First Min
nesota regiment to Manila
| The United States army officers on
board the City of Para are: Brigadier
General Theodore Schwan. United
States volunteers: Colonel William H.
Bisbee, Thirteenth infantry; Colonel
Gilbert S. Carpenter. Eighteenth infan-
try: Major Jacob 4. Aug[. Fourth cav
airy; Major Jesse NJ. Lee. Ninth infan-
try; Major Henry Wygant. Twenty
fourth. Infantry; Captain WILDER =.
Wilder, Fourth cavalry; Captain Chas.
]. Crane. Twenty-fourth infantry: Cap
Ammon A. Augur, Twenty-fourth M
fantry; Captain William l.. SiBert.
corps of engineers; Captain Benjamin
W. Leavell. Twenty-fourth infantry:
Captain Arthur c. Ducat. Twenty
fourth infantry; Captain William
Black. Twenty-fourth infantry: Cap
tain Joseph b. Bachelor. Jr. Twenty
fourth infantry; Captain Daniel ].
Carr, United States volunteer signal
corps; Captain Harlow l.. Street. COM
missary of subsistence. United States
volunteers; Chaplain Allen Aliens
worth. Twenty-fourth infantry: First
Lieutenant VIM. u. Jackson, Twenty
fourth infantry; First Lieutenant Geo
Fl. McMaster, Twenty-fourth infantry:
First Lieutenant John G. Cakes. corps
of engineers; First Lieutenant Chas.
S. Lincoln, Twenty-fourth infantry:
:.
Twenty-fourth infantry; First Lieuten-
ant Alexander NJ. Davis. Fourth caval-
ry; First Lieutenant Clyde T.. Hawkins.
Seventh cavalry; Second Lieutenant
Harley b Ferguson. corps of engi-
neers: Second Lieutenant Frederick +. |
Arnold, Fourth cavalry: Second Lieu
tenant Robert e. Firth, Twenty-fourth |
infantry; Second Lieutenant John Il. |
Sanford, Twenty-fourth infantry; Sec
ond Lieutenant Joseph Herring. |
Twenty-fourth infantry. Assistant |
urgeons-Captain c. Z. b. Flagg. First |
Lieutenant =. G. Fauntleroy, First |
Lieutenant Basil II. butcher. First |
Lieutenant II. S. Greenleaf. First Lieu
tenant Otway w. Rash. Acting Assist
ant Surgeons-First Lieutenant Ernest
c. SchultZe, First Lieutenant Jules c.
lie Hardy, First Lieutenant James w.
' al buSSll, lTSl' SJeNeuS |
I. Harris, First Lieutenant Robert L.
Robins, First Lieutenant Gilbert T..
Seamen. First Lieutenant J. G.. CARING
ton. First Lieutenant 5. J. Fraser.
First Lieutenant +. w. Dudley.
The total number of troops on board
ire 9I5 men and 40 officers.
The United States transport Cone
naugh is at Fishmarket wharf. from
san Francisco. en- route TO Manila. She
will remain in port about five days
,oaling and resting live stock.
The Conemaugh has aboard 213
lorSeS for the use of the Fourth Caval-
Y, 500 tons merchandise. 200 cases
,anned beef and 1000 tons hay and
grain, all for Manila. She sailed from
san Francisco n day previous To the
Nariposa. making the run down in :
lays and II hours. arriving here At
noon yesterday.
DR. Gezker. United States hospital
steward. is a passenger for. Manila. DR..
Powers. veterinary surgeon. with n
orce of thirty-three men. has charge
If the horses; the doctor was a class
nate OF DR.. Monsarrat at college and
5 a specialist in his line. Sergeant
Davis is also aboard en- route 20 Ma
lila: he was lately with the Utah vol
nteers in Honolulu for several
nonths. L. b. Retten. formerly naval
of supplies at Manila. goes
o Manila on the Conemaugh to resume
is old position, and will replace Cap
ain Broomfield. who passed through
ere on the Pennsylvania.
The officers of the Conemaugh are:
}. c. Hickman. chief officer: J. \. San
ord. first assistant; l.. Arey. second
fticer; d. de Silva, chief engineer. and
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'ucker is purser, and this is his third
rip through here, where he is we'll and
lvorably known. He served as purs-
r on the ocean liner Nelson for over
even years until he took his present
osition on the Conemaugh.
The horses are being unloaded As
apidly as possible and will enjoy their
-eek's outing in the Government pad
Ocks before resmming their innrnaN 10