The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-06

neat and interesting little paper pub
lished on board the flagship West Vir-
ginia, with c. Connolly as editor and
VIM r. Giddens and r. Cook as pub
fishers. The "homeward bound num-
Der" has just been issued, and is full
of joyful comments on the trip back
to Gods country" after rounding the
globe. The following are some of the
seamen's writings:
On our trip from ChefOo to Cavite
an event occurred which deserves emf
nent mention F. Nehor, blacksmith,
was suddenly taken i'll with Bright's
disease of the kidneys and after the
most careful attention by the Medical
staff it was considered thet the pa
tient could not survive to reach Cavite.
He reached the crisis and gave up all
hopes himself, but expressed a desire to
see his brother who was on the Colo
RADIO. The Admiral, on learning this,
ordered the ship to heave to till the
brother of the patient was brought on
board 1t was then observed that the
speed of the squadron was increased,
so that the trip was performed in re-
cord time The skill of Surgeon Stall
maker pulled the man through and
young Neher is now at the Canacau
hospital doing we'll and there is hopes
of his recovery. This humane action
allotted many appreciative comments
from the men on board.
Our versatile and popular Sergeant,
Stephen Murphy, U. S. M. c., was the
recipient when in Chefoo, of the fol-
lowing epistle, which shows that some
of the Chinese, if perhaps little off in
grammer, are not lacking in fluency OF
diction:
"To the Stephen Sergeant:
~. s. f. S. West Virginia
My Dear Stephen:
Il go now Colorado, may have no
time see you. Well you want any thinks
can do. You please femme no. 1 send
to for you / doxon photos.to you. Vely
much like see you quik, you vely jolly.
Goodby.
Yours tru,
"AH BOO,
Photographer"
Our Ships tailor is jolly good fell
low, but when he goes on liberty be
forgets to come back. The reason for
this is, he is absent-minded, and keeps
thinking all the time that he is in
Frog Hollow"
Sano, the barber never tires of wait
ing. He is always ready to wait on his
customers and he is waiting for you
with outstretched hands on pay day.
The agent of the Ditty-Box approach
ed Warrant Machinist Coleman, U. S.
N, to sell him the little magazine, and
he said: Il am not quite ready Tor
gold brick yet"
We regret to state that we have such
little space to appropriate to the Mary
land in this issue We will nedeavor
to give her itinerary in our next issue.
We wish to express our gratitude to r.
L. Fitzgerald for his commendatory re-
marks about the Ditty-Box when in
Yokohama.-(E d. b.
The following men sustained injuries
on the evening of August H. 1907, in
trying to unship the ventilator at the
time poor Wetteland was lost:
c. E. Eason, shins lacerated.
F. D. Bauer back sprained.
A. A. Allen, arm badly shattered.
F. B. Caupghlan, seriously cut in ten
dons of feet, sent for treatment to Yo-
kohama hospital.
From June 10, to July q, 1907 we
lay in Chefoo, China, except during the
INTERVAL spent at target practice, and a
more uninviting place it would scarce
ly be possible to imagine. There was
no pleasure in going on shore for there
was nothing to see or hear, except per-
haps, some lofty disparagement about
sailor men" OF course the sailor
men" left them severely alone and
scarcely touched their Oriental domain
Most of the time in Chefoo was devoted
to battle practice by the four ships
ALI the drills and various trainings cul-
minated in one days battle practice for
each ship. During the day the main
battery was in action and at night, the
secondary. Apart from it's official merit,
the night practice was a most brilliant
spectacle, either seen from a distance
or from the decks of the particular
ship in action. 1t would remind one of
the old-time volley-1ring with the ad-
ditional resemblance to a subdued dis
play of fireworks. When operations
were completed the ships entered the
harbor and commenced coaling for the
trip to Manila. 1t was thought we
would go direct to Yokohama, and
some Of the newsDaDers there were