The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-24
Head of the Trans
port Service
Here.
Notable Army People
Arrive on u. S.
Grant.

~ United States Army transport
Grant, which sailed at noon on July 16,
the Nippon Maru came into port yes
hind the Army vessel By the time
the great white transport was moored
Ialongside Naval dock No. l, the Nippon
Maru was lying at right angles to the
vessel at the Pacific Mail dock and
her passengers were coming ashore.
The transport was the first vessel sight
ed off Koko Head, shortly after o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. A half-hour later
the japanese liner was also sighted, and
speculation was rife along the water
front as to which vessel would reach
port first. AS the Nippon Maru carried
one days later news, hopes We're en-
tertained that she would reach her
moorings first. The quarantine officer
went out early and boarded the trans
port outside the harbor. By the time
he had finished his examination the
japanese steamer came near and he
boarded her, leaving the transport clear
| to come in. Both vessels steamed down
the channel in tandem.
| Delegate Robert Wilcox, Colonel Sam
uel Parker and Superintendent Wrenn
of the free delivery system, who is to
establish the free delivery system IN
Honolulu, were expected on the trans
port, but none of them were aboard. A
distinguished passenger aboard the
Grant is General NJ. 1. Ludington
Quartermaster General of the United
States Army, who is on tour OF in
spection of all the outlying military de-
partments. His inspection viii include
that of the military post and supply de-
pots in Honolulu. Upon arrival yester-
day he was greeted by Major Robinson
the local Army quartermaster, who will
assist in the inspection. General Lud-
ington is accompanied by his wife. The
fArmy transport service is under the
charge of General Ludington's depart
ment. John D. Beuret, assistant naval
constructor, and DR.. w. S. Washburn,
Civil Service Commissioner, are also
passengers.
a detail of fifty-one enlisted men were
| brought to Honolulu who will be at
tached to the two batteries of coast
artillery stationed at Camp Mckinley.
L.
stationed at the garrison with the 66th
| and 9th companies of coast artillery re-
spectively. Captain Baker, SArmy quar-
termaster of the Grant. extended the
courtesies of the vessel to the many
Army visitors here who were on the
dock to greet the incoming officers. Cap
tain Carl Reichmann, the Army officer
who was attached to the Boer army, is
| join his regiment.
The Grant will not take on any coal
here as she took on enough at San
Francisco to carry her to Manila and
thence to Nagasaki without once re-
coaling The stop in Honolulu is only
incidental to the long voyage and was
made primarily to give General Luding-
ton an opportunity to make an inspec-
ton of the local garrison. The vessel
will leave for Manila tomorrow morn
ing, the Buford following tomorrow
morning, intead of this morning, as
previously announced.
The cabin passengers on the Grant
are: Mrs L. c. Bailey, General NJ /.
Ludington and wife, Colonel c. S. Rob
erts, wife and daughter; Col. C. A. H.
McCauley, Major ]. e. Sawyer, Major
e. Davis, wife and daughter; Captain
j. Baxter, Captain b. B. Ray, wife and
clerk; Captain Murray Baldwin, Cap
tain NJ. G. Zeilinski, Captain c. H Con-
rad, Captain Carl Reichmann, Lieut.
William II. Haskell and wife; Lieut. w
w. Fiscus, Jr., Second Lieut. E. K
Sterlin Second Lieut.. Guy Kent Sec
ond Lieut.. Copley Enos, Major L. Gran
dy, wife and child; Major G. w Adair,
Major George p. Reed, Major James s.
| Wilson, Captain Albert H Eber, Cap
tain Ira A. Allen, Captain Charles H.
Andrews, wife and child; Captain r. E.
Williams, Lieut. w. Hartsock. Clara
Thatcher, J. Mary Weir, Mary B. Tai
colt, Mary q. Layton, John D. Beuret.
Edward M. Shipp, DR.. W. s. washburn,
Arson H. Hig1ey, Mrs Mary D. Smith
and child, Mrs. c. o. Hedokin and child
Mrs. Tetamore, son and daughter; r. S.
| Wright, G. w. Cowgirl, Harry L. Ohm
sted, G. A. Cartwright, Mrs. Cowles.
Polly Patton, Mrs. D. J. O'Connen
Francis H. Evans, Samuel Beattfe. Ed
gar M. Brown, John l. Peterson. Robert
Braden, e. j. Hackett Miss Dusenburg.
Nippon Maru Arrives.
| The Nippon Maru, Captain Greene.
came down from San Francisco in SIX
days, having sailed from that port at
o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th,
arriving at the Pacific Mail dock at
O'Clock. The voyage was made with
out incident, the purser being authority
for the statement that the ocean was
smooth as glass. The Nippon leaves for
Yokohama at II o'clock this morning.
Prominent among the passengers were
Edwin III. Conger, Minister to China,
and DR.. j. ]. Kinyoun, formerly quar-
antine officer at San Francisco
Sailors Home Affairs.
Captain Bray of the Sailors Home re-
ports that the restaurant which has
been conducted for some time past by
Chinese, has been discontinued, and that
it is now in charge of white cooks and
colored walters and will be called the
dining room of the Home instead of 2
restaurant. A big improvement viii be
made in the culinary department, in
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