The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-23

No Leis for the
Officers Of
SoIace.

H move those ie1S ana mowers iron
~ their uniforms shouted Com
mander Herbert Winslow as the Uniteo
States naval transport Solace made tn,
first tug at her bow-lines prior to de.
parting for San Francisco yesterday al
| A O'Clock
| The orderly literally flew down the
main deck, saluting each officer he en-
countered. and delivering the order to
each one. The officers made dive for
their respective staterooms removed
| the offending leis and appeared again
at the rail with sober mien. Naval
discipline restricts The officers from
| wearing any floral decorations with
their uniforms as background, espe-
cially while they are on duty The Sol
ace sailed an hour ahead of the time set
for her departure the day before. Short
! ly before o'clock the many friends of
the naval officers and the ladies on the
transport appeared with a profusion of
| leis and flowers and the officers were
soon decked out in the glory of lima
coronets and carnation necklaces Com
mander Winslow the while was en-
throned in the privacy of his own
apartments on the forward deck, which
/ is separated from the portion allotted to
the officers by rope, and he did not see
/ the floral display When he appeared
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the order to cast loose he wore no leis
! himself. He mounted to the bridge and
then came the momentous order deliv-
cred in Stentorian tones to the orderly
that the gifts SHOULD be forthwith re-
moved. That they were removed in
stanter goes without saying.
/ The departure of the Solace for San
| Francisco was witnessed by a large
number of people who were especially
interested in the smart maneuvers to
get the vessels bow turned seward.
Commander Winslow and Chief Officer
Stoney were on the bridge and those on
the dock were treated to a fine display
of naval methods. When at last her
bow was pointed down the channel her
propellers were turned at full speed and
time. AS she is 15-knotter she will
probably make the trip in about five
days and a half. She carried the mails
Horse Owned the Wharf.
afternoon of the Inter-Island steamer
Mikahala centered in putting blooded
horse on the forward deck. The horse
is the famous stallion Indra, which
William Cunningham brought to Ha-
wall a year or so ago and which he
sold to Mr.. Isenberg. The present own
er had him shipped to Kauai yesterday,
where he will be kept for breeding pur-
poses. He will be taken to Lihue plan
tation. All efforts to get the horse to
step upon the inclined gangway over
the rail were futile. No inducement
whatever could make him step upon
the plank. Mr.. Cunningham came
down to the wharf to assist in placing
his pet aboard, and it was finally de-
cided to put him in box stall and
hoist the horse and box to the deck by
the use of the winch. Nearly twenty
minutes were required to coax him into
the STALL Indra's heels were absolutely
Stunned, as he occasionally let fly
battery at venturesome native who
came too close to him. When every
thing was in readiness the order was
given to hoist The box rose but tip
| ped backward when in mid-air, and in
his struggles to keep erect Indra man
aged to put both hind feet through the
rotten planking of the box floor. His
legs and thighs were badly cut Then
the winch refused to work rapidly and
! during the suspension in the air severe
injuries were received by the horse The
box almost went to pieces by the time
il landed on the deck