The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-15
WAS ESCORT FOR
PRESIDENT DOLE
Logan Passenger Escorted Ha-
Walian Executive on Visit
to Mckinley.

Colonel H. O. S. Heistand. adiutant- /
general of the Army. who arrived yes /
terday on the transport Logan from
San Francisco, through passenger for
Manila, had the distinction while a |
major, TO be especially attached to the |
person of Judge Sanford B. Dole. when |
the latter made his visit to Washington |
in 1898 as President of the Republic |
of Hawaii. Major Heistand was then |
on the staff of President Mckinley and |
was designated by the President to
meet President Dole at Chicago and
accompany the Hawaiian chief magis-
trate to the national capital. During
President Dole S stay in Washington,
Major Heistand continued to be an
attache and it was through him that
many social matters between the two
| Presidents were arranged and carried
| out.
| Funston s Comrade.
On the Logan is also Captain o. P.
NJ. Hazard, Second Cavalry, who was
1 OAiS Va Inv AOuA VI ANC 1AuitI1CdA ODlGGlS
/ who accompanied Colonel, now Briga-
dier-General, Funston on his famous in
vasion of the Filipino country when
Aguinaido was captured. Captain Haz-
zard, with his brother and other officers,
| took their lives in their hands when
| they went into the enemy S country.
In order to allay suspicion as to their
| identity the Americans appeared as
| prisoners of the picked band of Macca-
| bebe scouts with whom Funston chose
| to make the expedition. The expedi-
ton was entirely successful and Agui-
naldo was brought captive to Manila.
He is now plain unassuming farmer
near Manila
Taught Varsity Squad.
Captain Nance, Second Cavalry, was
until recently instructor in military tao
ties at the University of California.
While so acting he quelled a mutiny of
the students. 1t was bloodless mu-
tiny, but the students attempted to take
certain matters into their own hands.
Captain Nance shook the nonsense out
| of the heads of the students and sue
ceeded in making the students see his
point of view and they became excel
| lent cadets through the remainder of his
| administration.
| Waited War Orders.
The Logan left San Francisco on
December 6, a day later than the
schedule She was held temporarily
on the expectation that orders would
be received from Washington desig
mating her to carry troops to Near
aqua The Logan, however, was held
| to her Manila route and if soldiers
are to be taken to Nicaragua it will
be aboard the Buford, Crook and pos
sibly the Thomas, if any are needed
at all
The Logan is carrying the Second
Cavalry to Manila The regiment was
first slated for Camp Stotsenburg, but
the regiment is to be broken up and
part camped at Jolo and others at
Malabang. The Logan may return
with the First Cavalry. Colonel West
commands the Second Cavalry.
The troopship brought four cabin
passengers and twenty-three enlisted
men to Honolulu. Mrs. Falls, wife of
Captain Moor n. Falls, depot quarter
master, returned from an extended alb
sence on the mainland Major Foster,
Fifth Cavalry, and wife, are back and
will again take up their residence at
Schofeld Barracks.
Santa Claus Expected.
The officers and men received their
pay in San Francisco and it amounted
to a lot of money. AS little was spent
on the Coast the soldiers are making
many purchases here, and many are
making preparations to celebrate
i Christmas in fine style. Chief Steward
Lannigan has filed up his refrigerators
with fruits, turkeys, chickens, and
other good things, while some small
Christmas trees are being taken along
so that the little folks will not find
Santa Claus absent even though they
are out on the big ocean far away
from home. There are three Christ
mas trees on board and several boxes
of ornaments. Just who will play San
ia Claus is not known but Sanity 5
clothes are on board.
The Logan is discharging a lot of
| quartermaster and commissary sup,
| plies, and is taking on several tons of