The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-09-17
MARINE

Seven days from San Francisco the
United States Army transport Thorn
as, Captain E. V. Lyman, arrived off
port at 10 O'Clock Saturday night and
entered the harbor early yesterday
morning, going to anchorage in the
stream, between the quarantine wharf
and the cahleship Restorer. She was
not permitted by the local Federal
health authorities to come to wharf
because she had not fumigated in San
Francisco and unless she was fumi-
gated here before docking she might
allow san Francisco rats ashore. All
her cabin passengers and half of her
troops were allowed ashore yesterday,
the remainder of the enlisted Army
men being permitted ashore today. She
came without a clean bill of health
from DR.. Hobby and said DR.. Ramus
yesterday, she will not be allowed
alongside a wharf without special in
structions from Washington, which
are not expected.
The Thomas is scheduled to sail for
Guam, Nagasaki and Manila at II
o'clock tomorrow morning, but it is
question whether she will be able to
get away by that time. She is now
coaling in the stream, taking on $50
tons. Yesterday launches of the trans
port were busy carrying people from
the ship to the foot of Fort street,
making half-hourly trips and towing
barge for the soldiers.
The Thomas was picked up by wire
less on Saturday afternoon by the sta
ton at Lahaina Her people were
notified by wireless of the result of
the Gans-Britt fight when she was
$50 miles from San Francisco, by wire
less and the Thomas, with her wire
less, talked to Mare Island and North
Head, washington, when over a thou
sand miles at sea.
Aboard the Thomas are 666 enlisted
men of the Sixth Cavalry, eight en-
listed men of the Fifth Field Artil-
lery, ten casuals and 152 cabin passen-
gers. Colonel Rogers is commanding
the Sixth Cavalry. The Sixth Cavalry
Inquired in the Boxer trouble in China
several years ago and many of the
men now aboard the transport were
in those exciting times. Captain Ly-
nam of the transport Thomas took the
Sixth to America after the trouble
was over. Colonel Rogers was then
Major of the Ninth and he was
wounded and when he was taken home
it was not thought that he would sur
vive his injuries. He was in Picking,
the center of the disturbance.
Captain Lyman declares that the
troops now travelling on the Thomas
are one of the finest bodies of men
ne ever transported. orderly and max
ing a splendid showing.
Quartermaster' Clerk Tommy Thorn
as. whom everybody knows and likes
here, is not on the Thomas this trip.
He was laid off in San Francisco, |
suffering from cancer of the tongue.
r. K Spiller is quartermaster and
Sanders is clerk. Commissary Ser
geant Sauser took yesterday to write
letters home about the glories of Ho-
nolulu.
There We're two passengers for Ho-
nolulu, S. w. King and ]. T. Stayton.
King is a Honolulu boy who is cadet |
at Annapolis and is home on leave. He |
Is engaged to the beautiful Pauline |
Evans, daughter of Mrs. Hannah |
Evans. He will return to the main
land in the s. S. Siberia. King is a !
son of the late Minister ]. A. King. !
Stayton is assistant postmaster here |
and returns from two months vaca- |
zion. Among the passengers for Guam
are Chief Gunner ]. c. Evans and |
wife.
The Thomas carries a lot of treasure |
TO Manila. This is a large shipment |
of silver coined in San Francisco for
use in the Philippines.