The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-02-22
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SQUADRON

men were IN evidence. IN hOIne III
stances they resembled the small boy
with the larger one at his back in
time OF threatened trouble ana We're
inclined to show a "chestiness" that
became unbearable or not as the Jumps
stuck out. Around the Naval station
wharves 1t was evident that the Uni
ted states had moved out and handed
the management OF the place over TO
| the men from Nippon.
There were instances where white
men and Hawaians were allowed on
the wharves by the armor-plated jap
anese with guns and bayonets but
there were many more when the white
citizen was Obliged to stand in the sun
and wonder what was coming next.
In the morning the wireless instru-
ment at Diamond Head showed indi-
cations of the approach of something
| in the nature of an affinity and
moment later II was announced that
the fleet OF japanese boats was ap-
preaching. Later a wireless was post
ed on the bulletin boards that the
squadron had passed Nawiliwili and
would reach here about noon. little
before that hour the three vessels hove
In sight and from a point of vantage
their approach was a fine sight. They
came toward port apparently on di-
| rect line and but a short distance from
| each other.
AS they drew nearer It was seen
that they had their war paint on, but
as all of the vessels in the Mikado's
navy have kept that shade since the
Russian misunderstanding there was
no Significance In 1t as far as Hawaii
was concerned. The flagship Itsuku-
shima. was the first to enter the har-
Dor and she docked In the middle one
of the three wharves at the station.
She was followed by the Matsushima
and then the Hashidate.
The vessels are large but to an Of
fcer in the United states service 1t ap-
peared as though something big in the
building line had been undertaken and
afterwards abandoned where the best
part of the work commenced and tho
money ran out, However that may be,
the vessels are neat and trim, well
manned by a crew that knows the
duties of a sailor and performs them.
The officers are gentlemen and most
of them are familiar with the English
language.
When the vessels had tied alongside
the wharf a squad of marines saluted
and the customary 21 guns were fired
on both sides. BY one o'clock all of
the vessels were alongside and after
calls had been made by a number OF
the leading business men, some of the
professional men among the Japanese,
Admiral Tomioka and staff called up
on Admiral Very and the officers of
the station. This call was later re-
turned. This morning at eleven o'clock
the admiral and his staff will call up
on the Governor and this ceremony
will be returned later in the day by
the Governor.
Following are the dimensions of the
vessels as well as the names of the
officers:
ITSUKUSHIMA.
Dimensions: Length, 295 feet; width,
81 feet; draught, 20 feet: tonnage, 4150;
horsepower, $500; speed, 16 knots;
thickness of armor, 1-2 inches, 1 pc.
80 NM, 6 pc. IL pound, II pc. 10 pound;
torpedoes, A; pc. AZ nm. Built in
France in 1889. Complement about 400
men.
MATSUSHIMA.
81 feet; draught, 20 feet; tonnage, 4150;
horsepower, 5400; speed. 16 knots:
thickness of armor, 1-2 inches; 12 pc.
II NM, pc. AZ mm., pc. 32 mm.,
IL pc. 13 pounds, torpedoes. Built in
France in 1890. Complement about 400
men.
HASHIDATE.
Dimensions: Length. 295 feet; width,
81 feet; draught, 20 feet; tonnage, 1850;
horsepower, 5400; speed, 16 knots; bat
teries, u: thickness of armor. 1-2 in.
guns: One 80 NM, six l2-pound; eleven
lS-pound; four torpedoes, six AZ nm
Built in France in 1891. Complement
about 400 men.
/, The officers of the squadron are:
Flagship Itsukushima-Adm Toni
Okla, commanding; Capt. NJ. Nawa,
commander; $. Matsuoka, executive
officer and navigator; X. Mukai. chief
engineer; Il. Ueno. lieutenant engineer;
NJ. KatsulSi and II. Sakaki. acting lieu
tenant engineer: f. Ushimura, chief
surgeon: X, Yoshimura, paymaster; ].
Takaashi, gunner; b. Nagamatsu, chief
torpedo officer; *. Ebihara; ward ofif-
GERS *. Hara, $. Nagario, Y. Tanigu-
chi. NJ. Iwasa and others.
After arrival the men We're put to
work in different parts of the vessels
getting ready to receive visitors. This
appearance of the decks indicate at
tention to cleanliness that is COM
mendable. The men are disciplined and
quick in responding to an order. Tho
hull of the flagship was given a new
coat of dark gray and the rust spots
We're carefully removed from the an
chors during the afternoon After mess
the men We're given liberty and they
took advantage of the opportunity by
visiting the shops that happened to be
open and in gazing at the display of
goods in some oe the dry goods stores
An object of admiration to the Jap,
anese was the horses shown in the win
dows of the harness stores, These were
OF particular interest from the fact
that the temples throughout Japan and
China are supplied with wooder
horses. In most instances they art
crude affairs cut out by hand from
wood growing In the neighborhood oi
the temple and with rough tools, II
the more thickly-settled localities ant
where the residents are of the better
class live horses are used. They arr
kept In the temples and so over-feS
that their lives are not long.
When these Japanese visitors from
the warships saw the first horse showI