The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-24


some observation work, and from there
will proceed to New York city for
visit. He intends to bring Mrs. Haight,
who has been for some time in the
East, back with him.
Captain Corwin P. Rees. command
ant of the Naval Station, has been on
the sick list for several days. He is
now feeling better however and hopes
to be out by the time the cruisers re-
turn tomorrow.
The rifle teams Of the n. g. H. will
be in this afternoon on the Lurline
from their Camp Perry trip. The men
were to have been here about ten days
ago but Colonel Jones decided to give
them peep at the Alaska Yukon ex-
position in return for their splendid
showing at the shoot. They spent
week at Seattle. Colonel Jones is with
the boys on the Lurline.
Lieutenant Sheridan of the Fifth
Cavalry at Schofeld Barracks will re-
turn next week from a trip to the
Coast. He attended the shoot at Mon
terey.
Captain Exton of the Twentieth In
fantry accompanied the cruisers on
their speed trial test and will return
with them tomorrow. The captain went
on board the Maryland.
Flats at Army Posts.
! Modern fats are to be tried at mill
tary posts throughout the country. This
! has been decided upon by the army
quartermasters who have charge of the
construction of quarters occupied by
army officers and their families. This
new type of dwelling, they hope, will
overcome the many objections which
! have been made to the large buildings
| which have hitherto been erected for
! members of the commissioned person
rel. These dwellings have been in
creased in size until they are now so
large in many cases that their main
tenance entails great expense and much
! housekeeping labor. A suggestion was
made som time ago that at the large
posts there be erected number of
apartment houses. This is considered
of doubtful practicabiIity at army
posts, whre it is not certain that all
! the apartments will be taken, and
| where it is also believed some advan-
tage would be taken of the permission
to live in separate houses. 1t has been
decided, therefore, to build houses
which will accommodate four families
EACH There will be two flats on
floor. Ore advantage of this type of
officers quarters is that each fiat will
be suitable for use by small family
or can be utilized by two bacherlors.
The arrangement will undoubtedly APP
peal to army women.
Failed to Save Lives.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H., September f.
The claim of Capt. Thomas E. Evans
that Dr. C. E. Trotter might have been
saved when the tug Nezinscot found
cred off Halibut Point, Gloucester, Au-
gust II, has resulted in the incarcera-
ton of five members of the crew of the
wrecked government tug to await court
martial. Capt. Evans, who was east
adrift on a raft when the tug sank
with DR.. Trotter, declares that had the
crew, which righted the boat, gone to
the assistance Of the doctor and himself, |
DR.. Trotter would have been saved.
The investigating board, composed of
Capt. Winslow, Commander E. E.
Wrigh, Commander w. r. Rush and
Commander s. F. Sandez, reported a
recommendation for court martial, fol !
lowing which the five sailors were sent
aboard the prison ship Southery.
The investigation brought out the |
fact that there had been i'll feeling
between the captain and the crew and |
that he had asked for a new compile |
ment of men. which was soon to have
been furnished him.
The investigation also disclosed that |
DR.. Trotter gave up his life in an at |
tempt to rescue one of the crew. He
had been clinging to the raft with Capt. |
Evans. Another man was also In the
water near him, exhausted. DR.. Trot- |
ter gave up his place on the raft, swan
to the exhausted seaman, dragged him
to a place on the raft that would hold
two and swan alongside until he was
exhausted and sank to his death.
The men placed on the prison ship to
await court-martial are Chief Boat
swain s Mate Frank R. Bitters, Fire
man V F. Tillotson, Seaman W. 81.
Fitzgerald, Chief Machinist C. T. Pratt
and Fireman C. F. Underdown.
All the men maintain that after the
lifeboat had been righted and manned
the raft had drifted too far for them
to reach it without oars.
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