The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-05


the Honolulu Naval Station, has issued
invitations for a trip aboard the u.
s. S. Iroquois to Pearl Harbor on Tues
day morning, in honor of Rear Admiral
Ichiji and officers of the visiting Japa-
nese squadron. The party leaves here
at 10 a. m. and returns to town by
rail, lunching at the University Club
at / p. m.
Marine Parade Today.
The marine battalion of Camp Very
will parade at 10 a. m. today at At
kinson Park, Kakaako, with the Ha-
waiian band in attendance to assist in
the ceremony of review and inspection.
The entire battalion will be out under
the command of Major Long. The bat
talon made very fine showing at the
last month s inspection, and those who
have never seen this interesting cere-
mony should take time for this one.
The Alakea street car goes within
short distance of the park and the
roads are good for autos.
Promotion of Sergeant Weber.
Sergeant Herman j. Weber of Fort
Shafter, who took an examination for
promotion at San Francisco, Cal, only
few months ago, received his war
rant for Sergeant Firstclass, Hospital
Corps, on the s. s. Siberia. He made
an average of 1857 per cent. and stood
number nine among 108 candidates,
who took this examination all through
the United States. Sergeant Weber is
well known in Honolulu, having been
stationed here for four years, and hav
ing married Honolulu girl. He was
store bookkeeper for the Waialua Agri.
cultural Co., Ltd, for almost year,
from which position he resigned last
June to take the above mentioned ex
animation. Sergeant Weber is now
general n-commissioned staff officer.
Sick Sergeant to Leave.
Sergeant r. c. Edwards, Troop C,
18th Cavalry, who was removed to the
Fort Shafter hospital from the trans
port Logan while that vessel was on
the reef last month, will be forwarded
to the general hospital at the Preside,
dan.
Kinzie to Be Dismissed.
Lieutenant Hunter Kinzie, who, it is
said, will be dismissed from the service
of the United States Army, according
to dispatches from Washington, was
tried before a court-martial at the
Preside of Monterey, February 3. His
case attracted much attention by the
fact that he was undergoing examina-
ton for promotion to captaincy, and
was accused by Major w. NJ. Wright
of the Eighth Infantry of having en-.
tered the latter IS residence and pur-
Joined papers on which the examina-
tion questions were written.
The Major told of having found Kin.
zie hiding behind the door of Wright g
office, and this was offset by the testi-
mony of Filipino boy, who said Kin.
zie was in the center of the room when
Major Wright entered Other witnesses
included Colonel Marion P Maus, com.
manding the Preside; Mrs. Wright and
a gardener, who identified footprints
under the Office window as those of
Major Wright.
Kinzie was defended by Captain j.
w. C. Abbott, Sixty-sixth Coast Artii-
lery, of Fort Barry, Lieutenant w. Fl.
johnson serving as judge advocate
Chronicle.
Sighted the Russian Fleet.
Captain Sato of the japanese cruiser
Soya formerly Russian cruiser Va
riag), had the honor to be the first
officer of the Japanese fleet to discover
the approach of the Russian fleet in
the Tsugaru straits. He was also the
first officer to discover the approach of
the Atlantic feet when the latter made
its memorable visit to Japan last year.
Both German Bandmasters.
When Captain H. Berger left Berlin
for Hawaii at the command of Emperor
William /, back in the carly 70's, to
organize royal band composed of Ha-
waiians, he was accompanied by anoth-
er German musician. Both had been
in German military bands. On arriv>
ing at Honolulu Berger stayed here
and the other one went on to Japan,
where he went to work to train Japa-
nese to play the music of Wagner, a
radical departure from the samisen
style of music. One of his pupils is
the bandmaster Of the japanese band
of the flagship Aso now in port