The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-22
SEVEN THOUSAND
LEAVE HONOLULU.
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GREETED their departure and from whom
they regretted to part. A Hawaiian
feast was spread, luau, and the witch
ing music of Hawaiiland was with
every strain making the boys more
sorry to leave.
A college chap, one of the men be-
hind the guns whose reputation as
SO per cent shot helps make for peace,
rose to propose a toast complimentary
to the hospitality of Hawaiians, when
suddenly a wave Of white light dimmed
the lamps about the banquet board and
everybody became silent.
What is it?" asked one of the Homo
lulu people.
The searchlights! fhey are signal
ing with searchlights!" said man Of
the fleet And the crowd went out
into the wind to watch the weird yet
magnificent play on hill-tops and
clouds.
What are they saying?" asked one.
"A-L-O-H-A!" spelled the sailor.
"They are practicing with Hawaiis
pretty salutation.''
General shore leave, "Admirals
leave" so-called for the reason that
they were the orders of the fleets COM
mander-in-chief Rear Admiral w. T.
Swinburne, that all men get aboard by
six O'Clock, came to an end last even
ing and the thousands who had en-
livened this city, flocked to the des-
troyers and the West Virginia and
Tennessee lying in the harbor and to
boats and launches at landings to be
taken to the six cruisers lying off port.
They went burdened with souvenirs,
prominent among which were little
fleas,' the Hawaiian taro-patch guitars,
small calabashes, mats, tapas, shell,
feather, bead, seed, paper, flower and
other leis, photographs, postals, kodaks
and pipes, not to enumerate the hun
dreds of things. And they went sing
ing Aloha De" and Honolulu Tom
boy" and Hawaii Ponoi" and other
songs they had learned ashore. They
regretted leaving and all expressed an
ardent wish 10 return.
SEVENTY STRAGGLERS.
This morning, after the fleet had de-
parted, it was found, according to me-
moranda left here with the police by
the various vessels, that there were
seventy stragglers. Some were in Gus
tody at the last moment and others
have yet to show up. Seventy out of
seven thousand is a small proportion,
just one per cent. They will be taken
to rejoin the fleet at Magdalena Bay, in
ELEVEN DAYS ON TRIP.
The fleet will be between eleven and
twelve days reaching Magdalena Bay,
the distance being nearly $500 miles. 1t
may be expected that during the leisure
hours OF the long voyage, men who
made friends here will be writing back
to Honolulu. Those in Honolulu who
have mail for the fleet men will do well
to get it in the postoffice tonight, 10
Glitch the Solace.
After remaining at Magdalena Bay
for about a month, the fleet will pro-
coed to South American ports, return
ing to Magdalena Bay for more target
shooting about the middle of March,
then going to San Francisco, whence
it is expected, or at least hoped, that
the warships will return to Honolulu.
Other vessels now ON the coast will
Join the fleet in the shooting at Mag
dalena.
DESTROYERS' QUICK WORK.
The departure from the harbor this
morning Of the seven destroyers was a
great spectacle. They began to move
at O'Clock and as soon as one had hit
the stream and was headed for the
channel, another would be right at her
tail and scooting after, so that it took
less than twenty minutes for the en-
tire seven to get started for the road
stead. They were picked up by the
cruisers and soon after 10 o'clock the
fleet was in formation, the long lines
between cruisers and destroyers having
been adjusted and everything in readi-
ness for the big jump to Mexico. Be-
fore II O'Clock the fleet had left and
a silence hit Honolulu, a silence as
compared to what it has been for the
past few days.