The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-02
NEWS OF THE WATERFRONT.
WHEELING WANTS
TO ENLIST MEN
Executive Officer Minstt Talks
En,srtaininely OF Hswail's
Royal Days.


There are vacancies ON the Gunboa
Wheeling for a fea seamen. ordinary
seamen. iandsmen and coal passer
The rate Of pay per month is as fol
lows: seameu. Sei: ordinary seamen
SO: iandsmen. SIS. coal passer. ST.
The executive officer. Minett. Is anx-
lous 20 get hold OF about dozen good
men 20 act in the aforementioned ca
| paclties. At present there Is a very
good chance OF promotion In the navy
| for the abis-bOd!ed seaman Is. strange
TO relate. getting 70 be somewhat OF a
rare bird. a seaman who proves him
self 20 be a good man can soon get
promoted TO be n petty officer Of the
third class. and as such will draw $50
per month. From then on II Is a case
Of promotion straight up all the time.
The present term OF enlistment In the
navy Is four years. and this prevents
many men from Joining the service who
would do so were they bound for a
shorter time.
Executive Officer Minett will be pre-
pared To- receive applications for en-
listment. aboard the Wheeling any time
during the forenoon while the gunboat
remains In port.
The Wheeling goes from here To Sa
moa. where her stay promises TO be
a very pleasant one. The vessel will
assist III surveying the islands under
the Stars and Stripes and will. accord
inE 10 present orders. relieve the Aba
renda. as station ship. Her work of
survey will keep her moving around the
islands OF the group and her men viii
have plenty OF opportunity to see all
that there Is worth seeing. The Wheel
ing VIII remain here "A week longer.
Since her arrival here she has not lost
a single man. which goes far To prove
that she Is not what Is sometimesA
termed by seamen IAN unhappy ship
\ man eniiSting In the navy is REF
quired to pay for nothing but his unit
form. and there Is nothing whateveT
To- prevent him from saving his money
and being mustered out at the end OF
his period OF enlistment. the posscssor
OF a Good-slzed stake.
The food In the navy Is furnished by
tn. Government IN ample quantity and
according TO the new regulations the
paymaster attends TO everything per-
tanning To- messing the men. Previous
To- the going in force Of the present
regulation. fifteen or twenty men
fOrtus a mess and the Government "a
Toned ta~m. The result was that as -
general thiuss the demand for grub cN-
c~~st~d the supply ard in consequence
the men had u BE- all the tiurc digging
down into ;he!g pockets in order to pay
the cook for extras. By the existing
arrangements IN. men live better than
they d!d before and II does not cost
them a cent.
Executive officer Mine;t has been
here twice bsfor.. and II therefore QUITE
n kamaaina. In 1883 he was here In
tn. Hartford. and In fssS in the Omaha. |
During his first VISIT the Hartford |
brought King Kaiaukua from HiIo to- !
Honolulu. together with hts stat The
ktug was staying at fiiip when word |
vas brought e. him 81 thc death 81 |
Queen Emma. and as he was Gesirous
~ getting - Honolulu as quickly as
possible. he took passage On the Hart
ford. iiy a curious coincidence the Of
dccr tu question arrived here almost
1n tire anniversary 0f Queen Emma's
ieCSasc.
when Executive officer Aiinctt was
here with the Omaha in 1855. the Van
ialia. Admiral Eimbcriey's flagship.
vas lying here. shortly afterwards tn.
Faudalia proceeded to Samoa and was
est IN the great hurricane.
Executive officer Minctt stated yes
crday that the change in conditions
icre since hiss previous visits was par
ilyzinG. Then. said ne. Hstyvaii was a
and tn a state 81 happy barbarity: to-
Iay. Honolulu IS an up-tO-date Amcri-
an city.
Those were gay days. back in the
tEhtiss." said the officer. with a naval
Ulcers life an unbroken round oil
casting and froiic. The King was de-
irous 81 cultivating the good will OF ,
he United States and he took every
ppor;unity to- make this known by his
"gai treatment Of the officers OF Amer
an warships.
II" looked every inch king when .
c wanted To- and he acted a kingly
art. The young officers on the war
hips calling here loved him and I
ave seen dcvil-may-Care young scapc- ,
races who feared neither God. man.
or devil. say good bye To Hawaii with
reat tears tricklinG down their checks
he good. old happy days OF fun and
overs and no need Tor thought Of the
morrow have gone FOR good. however
nj ! suppose that 10 is best So
The men 81 the Wheeling were paid
n yesterday and part OF them went .
shore on f1rty-eight hours liberty. q
he remainder will enjoy leave Of alb
enc" today and tomorrow. Payday on
GARD the Wheeling comes every \
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