The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-09

Twelfth Infantry Aboard
the Transport
Sherman.

For the second time the United States
Twelfth Infantry regiment is en- route
TO the Philippines, this time aboard the
United States army transport Sherman
which came into port from San Fran
cisco yesterday afternoon at 2 80 O'Clock.
The big transport was moored alongside
Naval Dock No. I, and will continue
her voyage this afternoon at O'Clock.
The Twelfth Infantry and big list
of rockies" brings the sum total of
enlisted men aboard to 1852 men. The
rockies" will be distributed among
other regiments in the Philippines, while
the seasoned regiment will probably be
assigned to Manila or a near outlying
post.
The Sherman met pleasant weather on
most of the trip, with the exception of
the first two or three days when head
winds gave the passengers some I'M
comfortable hours. There is a jolly
congenial crowd of officers aboard,
among whom there IS no one more popu
lar than the commanding officer OF the
regiment, Colonel J. W. Bulb, who may
shortly become Brigadier-General.
The Twelfth has had an enviable rec
ord since the commencement of the
Spanish war. The regiment served
throughout the Santiago campaign and
took prominent part in the capture of
FL Caney There were a number of
H. H.
in that memorable battle. several of the
officers finding soldiers death on the
bloody field.
After its Cuban campaign the regi-
ment spent several months in the States
and sailed for the Philippines, via the
Suez Canal, on February 70, 1890. Three
years were spent in the Philippines, al
most entirely in the field. The Twelfth
took part in most OF the engagements
to the north of Manila along the line
of the railroad, up to the taking of
Tarlac in November, 1900. During the
remainder of their stay the regiment was
responsible for the provinces of TaTlac
and Mangasanan. The first battalion Of
the regiment spent six months in the
field in the island of Sanlar under Cen
eral Smith who was the former COM
handing officer of the regiment They
sailed from Manila April I, 1901, and
arrived in San Francisco April n. Since
that date the regiment, UP to its present
orders, has been garrisoning posts in
Utah, Texas and Arizona.
Col. John w. Bubb, commanding Off
Ger of the regiment, served in the or
ganization during the Civil War from
1861 to 1865. Lieut. II. s. Foster
and Major P. G. Ward are the other
field officers at present with the COM
mand
The regiment lost many officers and
men in Cuba, and lost above the usual
average in the Philippines.
Among the passengers is Lieut.. Kirby
Smith, Medical Department. who is
son of the famous General Kirby Smith
of the Confederate Army
Mrs Guy Howard, widow of Col. |
Howard, Quartermaster Department,
who was killed in an engagement on
the Pasig River in 1000, and her
daughter, will remain in Honolulu for |
a couple of weeks as guests at the |
Young Hotel
Captain Moor N Falls and bride
formerly Miss Donellan of Salt Lake |
City, Utah, are among the passengers. |
Captain Falls was stationed here in 1893 |
with detachment of the 18th Infantry. |
Headquarters, five companies and the
band have been stationed at Fort Doug |
las, Utah. for a couple of years On the
eve of their departure Col. Bulb, the
officers and ladies of the regiment were
given a farewell reception at the Anne !
liza Palace, Salt Lake City, Mrs Emery
Holmes being the hostess. Mrs. Holmes, |
the Silver Queen of Utah." spent sew
eral weeks in Honolulu last year at the
Hawaiian Hotel. The reception was
one of the most elaborate held in years
In her new art gallery, then opened, |
two of Ewing's Hawaiian pictures were |
displayed