The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-07
GERMANS
INSPECT
The BAY
Baron Won Buttlar
Takes Notes and
Pictures.
UOC1 OUI ~ BELL
BUOY IN A BOAT
Other Officers Take Record of
soundings and Make Copious
Notes About island.

"A N AJOR Baron Won Buttlar, ad-
N jutant on the staff of Gen.
Won Gessel during the Tien-
tsin campaign, a trusted officer Of the
Imperial German Army, carried with
him out of Honolulu yesterday morning
In the Doric, full information as to the
harbor, with complete set of photo
graphs of the bay and the shipping.
Fully fifty exposures were made by the
party of four officers who made the tour
of the harbor before the ship got away
for San Francisco.
While Maj. Baron Won Buttlar and
his associates as well as the officials
of the German consulate here, were
throbbing with indignation over the
tiser, Of the purpose of the trip of the
bakers dozen of officers of the Inn
perial Germany Army through America
their emotion sufficiently to attend to
their duties, and they made most
complete tabulation of the soundings
all over the inner bay, out in the chan
mel and half way to Waikiki. In parti-
cular were they interested in the chan
mel about the bell buoy and they made
their record exact both as to the chart
and any changes in the channel
Baron Won Buttlar came to Homo
lulu with a letter of introduction to
Capt. Harry Evans from an old friend
Of the well known waterfront author
ity, now in Hongkong. Early yesterday
morning the officers hunted up Mr..
Evans and requested that he act as
showing the letter the Baron presented
three Of his comrades and requested
that all be taken about the bay. A
boat was secured and the five spent
more than an hour in their investiga-
ton. All Of the officers were equipped
with cameras and they got busy with
into the bay. They snapped the shut
ters when the docks, the naval row and
the channel at the lighthouse were in
range. The particular care taken to get
pictures which would give an entire
panoramic view of the harbor was
noticeable.
| Note books were out In hand from
the first and the depth of water was
noted. a stenographic report being made
| of the explanations given by Capt.
Evans, as the trip was made out the
harbor The men made q study of the
two entrances to the harbor proper,
and went out toward the east for a
couple of miles. This gave them COM
prehensive knowledge of the entrance,
as they were not compelled to make any
soundings, owing to the fact that they
had chart of the entire harbor with
| CQeu, Harry Evans pcluS TeCOSHlLcQ dS
having excellent Information as to the
water all along the route.
When ample opportunity had been af-
forded by the trip for the taking Of a.
full set of photographs the return was
made and the officers had just time to
get to the ship before it sailed. While
this was being done on the water other
parties of the officers were just as busy
in driving about the city. They got
into hacks and went to Punchbowl, the
PaIi and to Diamond Head and bought
maps and asked questions about Pearl
IHarbor, in general making themselves
as well acquainted with the city, its
surroundings and probable defenses. as
| tthey could do in the limited time.