The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-14
No RACE
SUICIDE
Eighth Infantry Has a
Large Crowd of
lounsst ers.


Z transport Logan came into port yes
} terday morning from San Francisco, er
route to Manila. The big troopshir
carries the Eighth Infantry, compris-
} ing 81 enlisted men, troops B and NJ
7 Third Cavalry, comprising III men, 13>
! GA bin passengers and 50 casuals And
there is raft of children on board,
: | thirtv-eight of them being under
twelve years of age.
There is no race suicide in the
} Eighth Infantry" said officer yes
terday. smiling as he watched good
nrouortion of this thirty-eight racing
around the decks. And when were
at sea you know they are on board.
, | too
Conspicuous among the passengers
, is Brigadier General Jesse NJ. Lee, who
is to assume command of one of the
camps near Manila. Having. served
previously in China during the Boxer
campaign, the general may be given a
command there again in case or
trouble.
First Lieut.. Samuel Widdifeld,
/ Honolulu boy, is now attacneo TO the
| Eighth Infantry and with his wife and
| child is en- rou-e TO Manila. Lieut..
| Widdifeld gained his straps in the
regular service, by enlisting as vol
| unteer in the First California Regl-
! ment when that famous organization
passed through Honolulu on the way
to Manila early in 1898. Mr.. Widdi-
| field gained distinction in the Philip
pines, especially during the latter part
| of 1899, being praised by mis- coIn-
n7ander for gallantry. AS a. reward ne
-
lieutenant in the regular army and is
now first lieutenant. Mr.. WiddifteId
was born in Honolulu. His mother,
Mrs. Mary Widdifeld, is now on the
mainland visiting two of her daugh-
tiers, who married into the army. Dur
ing the stay of Lieut.. and Mrs. Widdi-
field here they are the guests OF NH
and Mrs. Byron Baird.
Col. F. A. Smith commands the
Eighth Infantry. He is accompanied
by his family. Majors Wilson, Mich
OILS and Terrett are the battalion COM
manders.
On March 8, three days after leav- |
ing San Francisco, Ed. Futtrell, a |
waiter, was lost at sea. He was seen
by a sentry just as he reached the |
water The vessel was stopped and |
boat lowered. but no trace of the man
was IOunO. Lille UuOyS "SlS iii oN II
to him, and although they came with |
in his reach he did not attempt to take
hold of them. He is thought to have
deliberately chosen this method OF |
ending his life.
Lieut. Walter II. Johnson of the
Eighth Infantry had a peculiar expert
ence in getting into the regular army.
He served as a lieutenant in the Min
nesota volunteers during the Spanish
America war, and on returning nome
applied for a lieGtenant's commission
in the regular army. But when it
came to passing the physical exami-
nation he was rejected because of hav-
ing six toes on each foot. He asked
if he would be accepted if he had only
ten toes and was told yes. He had
the extra toes cut off and when the
wounds were healed up he applied
again and was accepted.
The Logan leaves sixty tons of
quartermaster's stores for this port,
and carries a big load of materials for
Guam and Cavite. She also brought
1870 sacks of mail for Honolulu. The
vessel resumes the voyage to Manila
at IL a. m. today.
Capt. Nixon is temporarily army
quarterma ster on the(Iogan.
General j. NJ Lee and wife. Gel. e. |
A. Smith and family, Maj. Richard III. |
Wilson and family, Maj. w. A. Mich
OILS and wife, Maj. c. P. Terrett and
wife, Miss Julia c. Terrett, Capt. e.
F. Taggart, Capt. E. S. Walker, Capt.
Frederick Perkins and wife, Capt. |
Evan NJ Johnson, Jr.. and family, |
Capt. Charles Gerhardt and family, |
Capt. Frederick H Sargent and fam
lily, Capt John K. Miller and family, |
boy- mr. fa
Capt. Samuel V. Ham and family, |
Mrs L. E. Hinchman. Capt Frederick |
L. Knudsen and family, Capt Houston |
V. Evans, Capt. Edgar T. Conley and
wife, Capt. P. w Quincy and wife, |
Capt. George V. K. Moseley; Its. Gar |
fison McCaskey, John F. James, a. La !
Rue Christie; LIT. Samuel w. Widdi- |
field and family, 1t. j. 3. Wilson and |
family, Lit. E H. Andres and wife, !
1t. E. ], Bracken and wife, Mrs Mary |
@. Bracken, Lit. Robert s. Welsh. 1t. |
W. r. Taylor and family. 1t. w. H. |
Johnson and family, 1t. L. T. Baker, |
Lit. F. H. Kalde and wife, 1t. E. NJ:
Norton, 1t. 5. NJ. Lutz and wife. 1t.
F. K. Sterling and family; Its. T. p.
Bernard, j. NJ. Walling; Lit w. J.
Davis and wife, 1t. c. r. Bennett and
family: Its. H. B. johnson. C. H. Ma
son, w. c. Russell, w. F. Robinson,
C. a. bravo; 1t. A. B. Van Wormer
and family, Lit ]. J. Moller, Mrs.
Clara G. Moller; Its. F. L. Mimi
gerode. P. E. Woodson, e. w. NJ erritt,
James p. Wayland; Drs. James c.
Dougherty, Arthur 1. Boyer, William |
II Cook; Mrs Paul Shiilock and chill |
dren. Mrs. Jennie Hall Mrs. Martin !
Doud Mrs. James c. Rhea and. child, |
Miss Katherine Brown, Enrol Wilson, |