The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-25
Transport Indiana Here.

transport lnQldud ooIe.
The United States Army transport In
diana arrived here from San Francisco
on Saturday afternoon, after a voyage of
eight DAYS, sailing from the Coast on the
18th
! There are nearly 900 men aboard the
Indiana, including one battalion of the
Twenty eighth Infantry and one .compa-
ny of the Tenth Infantry. Besides uCthe
soldiers there are thirty-four cabin pas
sengers on the transport The Indiana
is bound for Manila via Guam.
All day yesterday hundreds of men in
khaki walked up and down the Naval
wharf trying to invent ways to arnuse
themselves. They were not aiiowed to
leave the wharf under any consideration.
There is an epidemic of measles and
mumps aboard the transport and the
soldiers have to rest content with plant
ing their feet on the wharf but no fur
Their than the wharf
A strong guard was placed at the mau
ka end and at the junction of the Naval
and Pacific Mail wharves: No. soldier
was permitted to pass these guards
There We're many people down on the
waterfront to take a look at the trans
port and q few of Them became very
much Interested in the soldiers. Their
curiosity was excited and they wanted to
know why it was that the men were all
cooped up. When they were told by
some Of the men that there was measles
aboard and that munps also was preva-
lent and that none of the men had any
money; and the authorities were afraid
that If the men got up town they might
create some disturbance. their curiosity
was satisfied and their sympathies were
aroused. - - i-'s' $780,
One citizen in particular felt called up.
on to'show his Appreciation of their hard
lot. He 1sent for several large baskets
of cakes and gave them to the soldiers.
A little crowd collected and watched
with deep. interest the scramble for the
cakes, Instead of throwing the cakes,
one by one. into the crowd of soldiers,
as is generally the habit of those who
enjoy treating the soldiers in this man
ner, this particular gentleman passed the
i, cakes"to the men on the front line be-
!. hind, the guards, basketful at a time,
with the result that the baskets were
pretty we'll broken by the time the own
ers got them back.
Someone wanted to know if the sol
. diers were hungry, that they should grab
for the cakes in such a wild manner. II
up for some form of amusement than
for something to eat
Tie cake part of the program took
. place at the mauka end of the wharf
f There was some excitement going on al
the other end of the wharf about the
same time.
+ Two little native boys had a boat
t which was tied up to the wharf anC
, they We're amusing themselves and the
, soldiers by diving for nickels To be
5 sure, the nickels were exceedingly scarce
2 but one would be dropped into the watel
5 every now and then and the boys KEEP
t up the diving as long as there was
, nickel in sight.
4 The transport was in quarantine up Il
= o'clock yesterday morning, although
I the men were confined to the wharf al
day.
e The Indiana viii probably sail for Ma
. Mia via Guam today.
. Claudine Arrives Late.
q About o'clock last night the Clau,lin,
arrived in port from Kahului and way
ports. She was late on account of hav
$ ing to wait for full load of sugar