The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-15
BUFORD IN
WITH OFFICERS
(From Mondays Advertiser.)

(from Monday s Advertiser.)
A score of beardless young graduates
Of West Point are aboard the army
transport Buford which arrived fr,n
San Francisco yesterday noon, en- route
to the Philippines to face the enemy
If any can be found. They are all
assigned to the Philippine Scouts, TAX
ing the places of older regular officers
who have been attached to the Scouts
on special detail but who are now or
dered back to their old commands. The
young men look natty in their new
uniforms and the swords of those which
were on view as the transport tied up
at the dock were brightly immaculate
One would never imagine for a, moment
that those bright steel blades may one
day drip with the gore of an enemy
or more likely luckless pig. Some of
the new second lieutenants have been
raised from the ranks, but all look like
future generals.
The highest ranking officer aboard is
Lieut.-Col. Brechemin of the Medical
Corps Col. and Mrs. Brechemin have
been stationed near New York, and
while in San Francisco they were ex-
tensively entertained.
L
| is Lieut.. G.. S. Ridley, Engineer Corps,
| and wife, who will join the command
at Waikiki. F. L. Fink clerk in the
quartermaster department, is accom-
panied by his wife, son and two daugh-
| tiers. Mrs. Richard Wuinn. wife of an
employee of the engineer department;
j. b. White, assistant to the carpenter
foreman and Mrs. William Wagner and
child, family of n corporal of engineers,
comprised the remainder of the cabin
passengers. A number of recruits for
the Goth Infantry, Fort Shafter, and
sergeant and corporal of engineers and
several laborers for Captain Cashier,
constructing quartermaster, had troop
| accommodations on board. The laborers
will go to Leilehua to work on the
| cantonment.
| A very handsome woman aboard is
the wife of Captain Clarence Herbert
| Common, medical corps. She is bride
of less than a month, the wedding in
San Francisco on November 81 being
one Of the most brilliant of the season.
She was formerly Miss Olga Franceska
Herman, daughter of Rudolph Herman.
Il The bride on that occasion wore an
empire robe of heavy white satin, COW
cred with rare point lace. The wedding
veil was held in place by a wreath
of orange blossoms, surmounted by
crown of diamonds and pearls, the gift
of the groom.
The Buford has lot of quartermaster
and commissarv supplies for Honolulu,
in all about $50 tons. The Buford will
leave for Manila on Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock She is tied up at the
Channel wharf, although she could not
be brought up close to the wharf on
account of the accumulation of mud.
The Buford is drawing twenty-four
feet and being held three feet off the
wharf indicates that the mud bank is
rising rapidly.
lery Corps, is quartermaster. The troops
accommodation passengers for Honolulu
were the following:
George w. Wells. Sergt. Co. A, 1st
Bait. Engineers; William A, Wagner,
Corpl. Co. a, LIST Bait. Engineers;
George w. Manns, Pvt. First.class,
Hosp. Corps: James R. Bird. Corpl. ca.
F.. goth Infantry; Lee Bodenhame-,
Marcel Dugert, Gervais Luifbsrrv,
| Stephen j. Luksch, Leo Maris, Rich
! ard T. Maxwell, John Ream, Louis
Rubin, Robert Snaer. Walter White,
Willie w. Williams. Privates Goth In
fantry; Allen Hopp. Carpenter, Erei-
neer Dept; Harry Funk, Engineer, I'm
gineer'Dept: George Muir. R. Rossle-,
Albert Jacob, Charles Shourer. Joe
Shourer, laborers for Captain Joseph
C.NCastner, Constructing Quartermastcr-