The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-01

MARINE

last evening in a new bond, for she has
found new commander and he has
been given a new command. Which is
the better known would be hard to de-.
glare, for, though the Kinau has seen
longer service in the company, the cap
tain. of course, is the greater consider
alton. Both should be satisfied, for it
would be difficult to select a better mas
ter for the old flagship, and Gregory
has the second ship of the line, YES
sci that, in spite of over a score of
years hard service is still in splendid
condition, and was the pride of these
waters until the more elegant, speed
Ter and roomier Mauna Kea displaced
her as the bearer of the flag.
The kinau was Just off the marine
railway when she undertook the Mika-
hala S run, and she has been thorough
ly overhauled inside and out, in her
enginereom and on deck She was re-
splendent in new paint throughout
when she sailed at clock last even
ing for the Garden Island, and there
Were many more than those who were
passengers, on the wharf, before she
got away, to see her take up her new
duties. and many were the hearty con-
gratulations received by Captain Greg
DRY. who has so long run the MikahaIa,
and before her the famous Iwalani.
Gregory is like the Kinau, he stays
young, and the pair are well mated in
more ways than one. They are both
reliable and popular, and they are both
veterans in the service. The Kinau is
a new ship to him, and the Kauai run
is new to her, ana it will take trip
or two for them to find themselves
thoroughly, but with the Kinau on the
Kauai route and Gregory on the Kinau
there should be an increase of travel
between Honolulu and the ports of the
northern island.
Captain Freeman, who was long the
captain of the KinaH, was given the
Mauna Kea to bring from the Coast
and to keep her, and when the Kinau
was put under repairs there was natu-
rally considerable speculation as to her
new commander. When it was an
nounced that she was to take the Mika-
hala 8 run, it was presumed that he
who had so well served as master of
the Mikahala would get the vessel as
signed to take her place.
Captain Gregory was yesterday af-
ternoon presented with commodore s
hat, gorgeously adornei. in recognition
of his transfer from the wooden Mika-
hala to the steel Kinau. Harry Armi-
tage and other friends and admirers
officiated at the ceremony.
TRANSPORT CROOK GETS AWAY.
There were various forms of enter
tainmen4 and excitement at departure !
of the e. S. transport Crook for San
Francisco at noon yesterday. She was
to have sailed at II clock, but it was
found impossible to get all the soldiers, |
who are passengers, faboard by that |
time. Soon after II O'Clock the men |
of the Second Infantry and the Fifth |
Field Artillery were drawn up on the I
Naval wharf, six or seven hundred in |
all, and the roll was called. There be- |
ing a number missing, guards were sent |
to scour the waterfront and nearby !
saloons, and other resorts TO gather in
the delinquents. Seven stowaways,
nearly all sailors from vessels in the |
harbor, were ordered off the boat, but |
one managed to get aboard again, and !
it is not certain if he was aboard when |
she went away. The probabilities are
cisco.
A woman, weeping asked for an
another search of the ship just before |
she sailed, believing that her fifteen
year-old bow. Willie DeMello, had
slowed away to seek his fortune on the
mainland He could net be found, and
his mother became hysterieal She was
compelled to watch the troopship de-
part without seeing her son. Whether
he is aboard or in the city, staying
away from home. is not known
Then a member of the q. s. Marines, !
who had been for several days in "the |
brig at the marine camp. on bread
and water, effected his escape and man
aged to get on the transport, and there
was a chase for him.
Soon after 10 clock the Hawaiian
band started most enjoyable concert |
on the after main deck of the transport. |
and the soldiers and cabin passengers
gathered round, applauding every Sc
lection.
Honolulu is not likely to see the
Crook for many months. if ever again.
She goes on the run to Alaska from
San Francisco, to transport troops.
IRooUoIs FOR MoLoKAI.
The Hawaiian Battleship," as the
U. s. tug Iroquois is called, sailed soon
after seven O'Clock yesterday morning
for Kalaupapa, Molokai, with a num-
Der of Federal and Territorial officers
and a few private citizens aboard to
inspect the settlement No represent
tatives of the press We're taken.
Acting-Governor Mott-Smith, Attor-
ney General Hemenway, President of
the Board of Health Cofer, U. S. P. H.
and NJ. H. s; DR.. Brinckerhoff, DR..
Smith. L. s. N, Quartermaster Cap
tain Humphrey and James F. Morgan
We're prominent among the party
The passengers and crew of the
transport Crook. lying alongside the
Iroquois berth, observed her departure
with great deal Of interest.
There Will be a big difference here
in July" remarked a military man.
when the Navy ships here number an
armada instead of a tug"
BANJAMIN F. PACKARD SPOKEN.