The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-02
WHEELING WANTS
10 ENLIST MEN

Thsf. afs vacancies dn ihs FHHhHai
Whaslns fof fee seamen. ordinary
sesinen. iandsmen and rnsl IasHHr.
Tho rate lf pay Der month " a. ~.
loSa Fshmsn. 80 ordinary sramen.
SO. nndsuen $50 coal passer. tis
Tho executive ufiiref. hinetL 10 snt-
lout a. res hold of about Dozen hood
flsn tH att ln tle aforementioned ca
rasities. A. present there IS a vera
r80d chance oi promotion in the navy.
Tor the abie-budied seaman BE-. strange
o. relate. rettIn g. be some what ut q
rare bird \ seaman who proves him
self 20 be good man can soon gei
promoted 10 be petty officer Of the
third class. and az such will draw $50
per month. Prom then on II D. case
OF promotion straight up all the time.
The present term Of enlistment in the
navy Is four Yeas. and this prevents
many men from Joining the service who
would do so we're they bound for
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
llt w n'fllllt Rus Ai'iii ifAt W 90
moa. where her stay promises TO he
very pleasant one. The vessel viii
assist in surveying the islands under
the stars and Stripes and will. accord
nag to present orders. relieve the Aba
renda, as station ship. Her work OF
survey will keep her moving around tho
Islands Of the group and her men will
have plenty of opportunity to see all
. 10 a.
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 sometimes
termed by seamen IAN unhappy ship"
4 man enlisting in the navy is re-
qulred to pay for nothing but his uni
form, and there is nothing whatever
to prevent him from saving his money
and being mustered out at the end of
his period of enlistment, the possessor
of a good-sized stake.
The food in the navy is furnished by
the 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
formed mess and the Government ra-
toned them. The result was that as a
general thing the demand for grub ex-
ceeded the supply and in consequence
the men had to be all the time digging
down into their pockets in order to pay
the cook for extras. BY the existing
arrangements the men live better than
they did before and IL does not cost
them a cent.
Executive Officer Minett has been
here twice before and is therefore quite
a kamaaina. In 1883 he was here i'm
the Hartford. and in 1888 in the Omaha.
During his first visit the Hartford
brought King Kalaukua from Hilo to
Honolulu, together with his staff. The
King was staying at Hilo when word
was brought TO him of the death of
Queen Emma. and as he was DESTROYS
nf gatting tn uonoIu,, nc o,,icLI,, nc
nossihIe he took nassaeo on tho Hart
ford nv n curions coinoidepca tho Of
fcar in oras,i,n or,i,ad hora o,,,ost
an tho anniyarsorv ,f ouoar r,,r,o,s
dec,,se
yvba, rvacr,iye omo.r ,,i,o,. ,,os
here with the Omaha in 1sss tho Van
dali, AdmiraI Iyi,,har,a,,s noosttr
was living hare Shor,I,, attaru,ar5s ,h q
VandaIia nroceedod IN samoa and was
los. in the great hurricane
Executiva OHcar N,ret. st,.od ,o,-
terdav that the CHANCE IN conditions
here since bis nravions ,;sits ,,as -
alyzing. Then. said he Hawaii was n
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