The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-10-13

partment. that the passengers found
nothing to complain Of
THE table service is the finest have
ever known at sea-" said Mrs. Miner,
wife of superintendent Miner of the
Holland Submarine Co, and this sem
timent was expressed by Bourke Cock
ran and many others. In fact some
wanted to remain aboard for dinner
last night, saying that they were sure
1t would be better than what they
would get ashore.
Hayashi, the second steward, has
beer with the company for about ten
years, and formerly Travelled in the
steamers to London.
Tachibana, the keeper of the buffet.
is the only man aboard who served all
through the war. He is full of Incl
dents OF the experiences of the Amer
lea Maru. He presented to DR.. Katsu-
numa, formerly veterinarian In the
japanese army. a tattered and dirty
flag which was used at various times
aboard the America Maru, while she
was attached to Togo's fleet. The flag
will form the center of attraction at
dinner to be given in the near future.
The American Maru has been an aux
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war, with the exception of a single
trip made by the liner to San Fran
cisco and return.
She was mounted with battery of
two 15-centimeter guns, fore and aft;
four one-pounder guns and two AZ
millimeter guns.
On the foremast is lookout station,
considerably above the crows nest
II Ia L., 10 H., af
the Japan Sea when the America Maru
was despatched in pursuit of the three
Russian warshps which left Rojest-
vensky's fleet and fled to Manila. The
America Maru on that occasion, being
one of the swiftest of the auxiliaries.
sped through the fogs and mist, but
failed to sight the war vessels. She
visited several desolate islands in the
hope of discovering the quarry. and
went almost as far as Manila Bay, be-
fore discovering that they had gone
safely inside.
The America Maru was the first ves-
sci to signal the approach OF the Rus
sian fleet as 1t neared Singapore She
had been dispatched through the Ma
lacca straits to locate the enemy. She
did so and returned to get in touch
with the main neet.
The America Maru has 1000 tons of
freight for Honolulu She will be de-
spatched for San Francisco at noon to-
day, and will undoubtedly beat the
transport Sherman into port. That
being the case, the bulk of the mall
which was forwarded on the transport,
will arrive some time later than that
despatched by the America Maru
Among the passengers for Honolulu,
four in number, three were Japanese
The other is Mr.. =. Retallian, who will
stop over here until the next steamer.
OF the through passengers there are
Lieut.. Brewster and Lieut. Egan of the
Marine Corps, u. S. A: Captain James,
was master of the steamer Pocohontas,
which was recently sold in Japan r.
Mcqueen, was the engineer on the
steamer; Captain Cartwright was cap
tain of the British steamship Pawnee;
Mr.. j. r. Matthews, is connected with
big steel concern at Bethlehem, Pa;
and is accompanied by Mrs. Matthew's;
Harry Williams, Jr., is connected with
the big tea exporting company Of
Siegfried at Kobe: C. b. Miner is su-
perintendent of the Holland Submarine
Co., and II. l.. Brake, F. S. Roney and
Il. z. Metz were his assistants in as
sembling Holland submarines at Yoko-
suka, Japan; Mrs. Miner accompanies
her husband. Among the important
personages is Bourke Cochran, the
famous Tammany orator of New York
city, and member of the lower house
of Congress, who is a through pas
senger, completing tour of the world.
The America Maru left Yokohama
October /, and is now making her Goth
voyage. Her officers are as follows:
Philip Going, Commander; Ernest
Bent, Chief officer; G. Ishii, Chief En-
gineer; c. Lacy Goodrich, Purser; NJ.
Kanai, Surgeon.
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