The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-21
H|LO WILL BE
WISH Ed BY
CRUISERS
(From Saturday Is Advertiser.)

which leaves Monday morning for
maneuvers off the Maui coast, returns
to this port one week from today, Ad.
miral Sebree and officers of the First
Division will have seen the burning
| fires of the volcano of Kilauea. The
surgeons accompanying the fleet, of
which there are two on each vessel,
will in meantime have visited the Set
Element. 1t was decided yesterday
that, Just so soon as the maneuvers
| off the Maui coast are completed, the
First Division of the squadron, com
manded by Admiral Sebree, shall leave
for Hilo, arriving there, according to
present plans, Thursday morning about
eleven clock. The Colorado will not
accompany the other vessels, repairs
necessitating her remaining in this
port.
Flag Lieutenant Holmes was a busy
man yesterday, arranging the details
of the volcano trip, over which the
officers of the First Division are very
enthusiastic. President Kennedy of
the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company was seen, as was also George
Lycurgus. The latter will go to Hilo
Tuesday on the Mauna Kea, to ensure
the pleasure and comfort of the guests
he will have next week. Mrs. Uriel
Sebree, wife of the Admiral, will also
go to Hilo on the Mauna Kea and
will make the trip with her husband
to Kilauea.
All told, there will be about one
hundred from the ships of war in the
volcano party. Leaving Hilo at two
o. clock on the afternoon of Thursday,
the party will spend the night in the
crater and at the Volcano House, re-
turning to the Big Island metropolis
the following morning. The First Divi-
| sion will then return to Honolulu, ar
irving here Saturday morning.
In the meantime, Admiral Barry's
force, the Second Division, will not
| be idle by any means. Just what dis
| position he will make of his vessels
when the maneuvers and speed trials
are completed has not yet been def
initely decided, but it has been settled
that one of the cruisers will carry
all the surgeons of the fleet on visit
of inspection to the Settlement.
Whether or not the other vessels in
Admiral Barry's command will also
visit Hilo to allow the officers to pay
homage to Madame Pele, the Goddess
|
probabilities are that such will not be
the case.
What vessel will convey the fleet
surgeons to Molokai is another matter
| that has not yet been decided upon.
Health is extending all the courtesies
| in his power to those who will make
the trip, and they are anticipating it
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them stated yesterday that he has
looked forward to visit to the Set.
Element for good many years.
Colorado Remains Here.
The cruiser Colorado will not leave
with the feet for manenvers next Mon
day morning, it having been deemed
more advisable to keep the vessel here
in order that necessary boiler repairs
may be made. The commander and
officers of this ship regret very much
| the fact that they are compelled to
remain in port, for they will lose the
| trip to Kilauea which the men on the
other cruisers of the First Division
are to make. The board of inquiry
which is investigating the explosion
which occurred on the Colorado on the
trip here from San Francisco, has as
yet made no report.
The Naval Ball.
On the afternoon and evening OF
September %, the reception and ball
to be given by Admirals Sebree and
Barry, will be held on the fagships
Tennessee and West Virginia, which
are both docked at the Alakea street
wharf. On returning from maneuvers
six or seven hundred men of the fleet
will be given n job putting the Alakea
wharf in shape for the entertainment
The place will be thoroughly cleaned
and will be splendidly decorated fol-
the occasion. If the interest which
the various fleet committees are tax
ing in the preliminary work betokeI
anything, the reception and ball will
be one of the most brilliant naval af
fairs that has ever taken place in the
Islands.
The following officers have charge OF
the affair: Flag Lieutenant r. s
Holmes, Tennessee; Ensign w. A
Glassford, West Virginia.; Ensign A. S
Rees, Tennessee; Ensign A. Norris
Washington; Lieutenant Of Marines w
II. Hill, California; Ensign II. A. Nc
| tihl'b '''hAH i'hhblht W. -
Spears, West Virginia; Ensign w. ii
Newton, Maryland; Lieutenant Levin
j. Wallace, Pennsylvania, and Ensigr
q. Howe, Colorado.
Medal for Bravery.
Thomas q. Shnnahan, coxswain OF
the flagship Tennessee, will be honoret
tomorrow morning At inspection, wheI
Admiral sebree pins on his breast The
gold medal, given by the Navy De
pariment for bravery. COxswaiI
shannhnn saved the life Of conrad,
On March !, 1909, while the yesseli
we're lying on Panama, Boatswail
Nelson was accidentally thrown over
board, aud being unable TO swim
would have drowned had Il not been
for tho brave aud quick action Of
hhanaban, who leaped TO his rescue
and managed 10 keep tho man up pnii
helm came. Notice Of tho bTaya ae