The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-02
Letter BY Aijt Gen. On MallFl
Of DighaItS
AN ANSWER TO ENGINEERS
some Men wish 90 Remain IN ,hs
tsIan6s-Tns sUstertrs oU,-A
Gold nsodai Presented.

The Revciilc. Camp McKinisy's pa
per. publishes this cxtraes from = bet
ter to- Hon. Geo. l.. ShouP. of Idaho.
from the Adju,ant General Of the
army:
In reply / have TO inform you thai
the public Interests will not IN any
event permit of the discharge of thcsc
men az this time. When morc favor
able conditions are reached d ss prob
able that the Battalion of EnEiaccrs
now at Honolulu Wiil bc returned to the
United States for muster out. tu watch
case they will bc returned as a whole
to some central point within the area
of their Cnrollmcat and thsa discharged
with travel pay from thcncc 20 the
place of their Enlistment. This 5s thc
law.
There have been a fcE Instances
where mcn OF this and other rc<imcnts
have been discharged in Honoluin and
the Department has made arrange
mcnts that in such Gases the soldier
shall b. furnished with transportation
in kind from Honolulu tn san Frzns
cisco and be given travel pap from the
latter point to the place of cniissmcnt.
but these cases are very exceptional
ANu WWaNstH NANNAlsNAtA tA@tAsAfH NWAAA Nata
department BE- justified ia musscstnx
out the entire rcximsnt ia Hoao'llu.
The Department. furthermore. has IN
contemplation some arrangement bY
which men who wish TO bc discharges
in the Hawaiian Islands IN order TO
take up a residence there can bc per-
mittcd Co DO so and may BE Eivca the
right to transportation ta kind from
Honotulu to the unigcd States az such
time as they may desire to avail thcm-
selves OF o.. either on Eovcrnmcns
transports or on commercial lsncs. hus
exactly how this WiIi 30 arranged has
not yet been determined uPoa--
FoliowinK are noscs from the Fcssu-
airy - issue os the RevcsIic:
u is getting TO ~ the ooTrocs shsaE
for n party of soldiers. ARMED vita
rides to so Co the mountains "a purs1ss
of the wary goat. This provides Whole
some exercise for the goats. and ts
likely to do ao until COMPANY CON
mandcrs give a littic much aee4ed Ia
structtuu in EauEtnE distance.
on tho morning of Feb. 90 Private
W. 70. G. Drake os Compsay X uas pre-
svuted wsth a gold medal for coasPsc-
uous bravery in Tcscuiax = man from
a heavy surf az san Sopcl last Scpsrm-
bcr. The bastalson Eas formed sn srols
of Company X barracks and after q
few appropriate remarks Mai LanEtits
pinned the medal to brakes brcass-
We notice tn shc window os the
Golden Rul. Bazaar a sketch of -'Dsa-
moud Head. taken from PuncAboUl
by Robt. t.aaka. of Comp2ny X. It ss
very unique and shous that The bat
talon is wcil represented Ia the artistic
line. Nr. I-2nka ts an illustrator end
dos not profess to - - uasrr color
artist. but his sketch coavtaccs us ~
is also capable us handitnE color and
10 shall await his next
The following from washsaEsoa.
under date OF Feb. 10. has brsa fur
Hishsi 10 the Advertiser:
The Adiutans G.asral os che ar-ay
has tnfurmsd senator ShDup that sh~
public Interests uill not IN aaY cvcas
az this time permit the discharge of the
members % Company X. Secoad ualtr1
States vp,uatccr saE5ncsrs. uuE ssa-
tiuaed a. uoaoiuiu. These rnea. uha
wcrc recruited from Utah. IDAHO. Ne
vada and Montana. 10 the aur-brr of
about sixty. formally made Application
for discharge. and Msi. G-aaEass. con-
tnaudiuE the b8ttalsoa. rcaommrnErd
l that their Applications bo granted sf
/ travel pay aud other allowances be
Withheld. Tn which Glance ths rara Oh
iectsi.