Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-17
WANT IR0QUOIS As
A RECEIVING SHIP
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some time ago aud accordingly had the
flag half masted. The Mohican how
ever, did not receive the order before
yesterday and as a consequence the
vessel is in mourning today, the Naval
Station and the Iroquois following the
example out of courtesy.
Since the Mohican was last at this
port several of the officers on board
have been promoted. First of all her
commander. Commodore Albert r.
Conden. has been promoted to captain;
Ensign II. p, Perrill has been promoted
to lieutenant. and Past Assistant Pay
master George Brown Jr, has been
made full paymaster Besides this
several of the warrant officers on board
have now obtained their warrants.
More definite news has been received
about the arrival of Captain william
II. Whiting who is to succeed Admiral
Merry in the command of the local ma
val station. Captain Rodman received
from friend who is attached to the
same station as Captain Whiting, a let
ter which stated that the captain has
received his order from the Navy De-
partment to proceed to Honolulu and
that he would leave San Francisco in
the Ventura arriving here July 81. It is
probable that Admiral Merry will leave
for the Mainland on August II in the
City OF Picking.
The officers attached to the Naval
Station express much satisfaction over
the coming of Captain Whiting who is
known to be a very agreeable and com
petent man and an officer of much abil-
ity. He is famous in naval circles for
his extreme neatness. his dress always
being immaculate in the smallest par
ticular. He is looked upon as a great
addition to the local naval circles.
Admiral Merry has just written to
the Navy Department requesting its
permission to make the local naval sta
ton recruiting rendezvous. using the
lroquois as the receiving ship. The
plan is TO collect men here for all navy
purposes and keep them until they can
be either transferred to passing YES
sells or sent in patches of ten to the
receiving ship in San Francisco
II the Navy Department sanctions
this plan. 1t is likely that It will prove
to be an important feature which will
be of great benefit to the waterfront, as
it will give men who wish to don the
blue jacket Of Uncle Sam. chance to
enlist right here.
The officers of the Naval Station eX-
pressed much indignation over the
mention of the boys on the Mohican as
cadets" by the morning paper and
wished that the wrong impression thus
created might be corrected by the
Bulletin.
The boys on the Mohcan are known
as landsmen for training, while cadets
are graduates of the Naval Academy
, and officers.
There is not a single cadet on board
the MohiCan but It was intimated that
had there been, the vision of the man
who got things mixed would have been
| in danger of being temporarily dimmed.
Last night large boating party and
a dance was held at the Naval Station.
The party. which consisted of about
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| light excursion in the harbor going out
around the buoy. After spending
about an hour and half on the water.
I the party adjourned to the Naval Sta
{ ton where dancing was INDUCED in
! Mrs. II. w. Lake was largely instru.
mental in the arranging of the party
which was great success.