Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-04-20
CRUISER BOSTON IN THIS PORT
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After steaming slowly through the
Molokai channel the Boston came of
port early last evening. lying there
until this morning, when she came
into the harbor.
The Boston left San Francisco on
Tuesday evening, April IL, making the
run down in eight days. At that she
was delayed by storms the first three
days out from the Coast. On the 1ith
the storm became so bad that the
cruiser had to slow down and head up
TO It. From then on the weather was
fine, and the Boston made the best
trip since she last went into commits
sion in August, 1908. Had II not been
for the storm she would have arrived
yesterday morning.
The Boston's last visit here was in
the summer OF 1902, when she passed
through this port from Manila. On
her arrival in San Francisco she went
out of commission for short time,
going into commission again on Au.
gust 10, 1902. Since that time she
has been with the Pacific squadron,
and cruising among the Coast ports.
Early this year the Boston was
sent down to Panama, remaining
there some weeks. During her stay,
yellow fever appeared on board the
cruiser and assumed a serious aspect
almost Immediately. There were six
cases and two deaths before the cpl
demic could be stamped out. Three
officers were stricken and one of them,
DR.. Kolhase, assistant surgeon, fell a
victim TO the dread disease. The 9th.
er death was that of a marine.
After the quarantine was removed
and the yellow fever stamped out, the
Boston proceeded up the Coast to
San Francisco, arriving there Febru-
airy "a, having left Panama on Febu
airy Z. On February % the cruiser
went to the Mare Islands Navy Yard.
and remained there until April H.,
when she left for this port.
In case the itinerary last ordered by
Commander Goodrich of the Pacific
squadron, is followed out, the Boston
will be here about three weeks. She
will leave this port May ~ to join the
Pacific squadron at San Francisco. On
June she will leave San Francisco,
proceed to Astoria, Ore, and probably
while In that vicinity will be station
ed at the Lewis and Clarke EXPOSE.
ton for a week. On June Fl the Bos-
ton will leave Astoria or Portland for
| D,,n Cn,,nl will IN thu Nnua
Station at Bremerton, Wash, on July
!. After completion of the annual re.
pairs and docking at Bremerton, the
cruiser will visit Puget Sound ports
until August II, then will go to Port
Angeles, WASH, for preliminary tar.
get practice. So this program appar.
emily precludes the likelihood OF the
Boston as Honolulu's station ship foI
months to come, at least.
The successor to the Boston has not
yet been determined, according to Ma
wal officers this morning.
Commander X. Niles, commanding
officer of the Boston, Is well known In
Honolulu. He passed through here
last year on his way home from Ma
Mia as commanding officer OF the gun
boat Bennington.
The Boston carries sixteen officers
and about 275 men. Her complement
lie regularly 259 men.
The Boston is of the type known as
the protected cruiser. She first went
into commission In 1887. Her dis
placement Is 3,035 tons. Her en-.
gines are of 1890 horsepower, and
drive her at the speed of 1850 knots
per hour. She is 271 feet and inches
with a draft of II feet and gross
tonnage OF 2,02S.1S. Her engines are
the horizontal compound type. She
has a normal fuel supply Of $50 tons
of coal and a bumper capacity of 45b
tons. She has two S-inch breechload.
ing rifles and six 6inch guns OF the
same type in the main battery. There
are also six 6-pounder rapid.fires, four
1-pounders, two 1-pounder automatic
and one 3inch field gun In the sec
ondary battery. She has protected
decks, with 12-inch armor on the
slopes, and the same weight on the
). fiat.
Her officers are as follows: Com.
mander X. Niles, commanding officer;
Lieut.. c. A. Brand, executive officer;
Lieut.. p. N. Olmstead, chief engineer;
Lieut.. o. G. Muffin, navigator; Lieut..
w. d. Leahy. ensign c. S Freeman,
Midshipman j. S. Arwine, p, A. Sur.
geon ID. b. Kerr, Asst Paymaster T..
Il. Stalnaker, I'd Lieut.. w. T. Hoadley,
Boatswain James Leckie, Gunner Al
fred Barker, Carpenter A. w. Jones,
Warrant Machinist James Wilson,
Warrant Machinist Henry Smith, Pay
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