Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-13

many old acquaintance were renewed.
Both Mrs. Falls and Mrs. Cashier
were among the passengers and two
happy family reunions were soon in
progress.
Many Of the older officers of the |
FIFTH Cavalry had been here on prior |
CcasiUns, and they hastily began |
searching out remembered points of I
Interest ON the shore Enlisted men, |
on the decks below, crowded to the |
rails and gazed with intent interest ut
the shore line.
There was a general demand foe
newspapers and information. and all
those who had boarded the ship were
inundated with questions.
In the mean time, the late bandsmen
having arrived, the Hawaiian band be-
gan to play.
Band plays Welcome
The word was passed around that It
was the Royal Hawaiian Band" that
was playing. and there was a general
rush for the starboard rail When the
band finished its first selection. 1t was
heartily applauded, the listeners testi-
tying to their appreciation by violent
waving of hankerchiefs.
Less than a half hour after the gang
way was lowered, the men were being
gent ashore and lined mp on the wharf.
Officers hastily buckled on their side
arms. and the Thomas was once more
a troop ship. OrdcrliCs fastened to
the upper deck and reported to the of.
llccrs. Colonel Schuyler gave permits
sion for men to stroll about town. and
soon there was u general exodus to-
ward the city.
Will Sail Tomorrow.
Just when the Thomas will proceed
On her way to the Orient Is not certain
II was announced this morning that
the ship would not sail before 3 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at any rate. As
soon as the steamer reached her wharf
this morning, she began taking on the
coal needed to complete her voyage.
ADD ARMY
RANKING OFFICERS OF THE
rifi ~ w. o. SNVNIHY
The ranking officers of the two
squadrons of the Fifth Cavalry, now
mere are as ioilows:
Colonel Walter S. Schuyler. com.
inandinS regiment; Lieutenant Colonel
neorSe N hunter; captain Johh NJ.
jenkins, commanding first squadron;
Major Foster, commanding third squad.
ron; captain william d. Forsyth, reg
Day regimental quartermaster; Cap
tam Harry y. willard commanding
Troop X; Captain Wallace u. Scales,
commanding Troop NJ; captain Chas'
H. Haisht, commanding Troop !; Lieu
tenant Danlel n. Qulhlah' commanding
Troop {; Lieutenant Charles Z. WIN
MIA, commanding Troop ID; Lieutenant
Robert NJ. Barton, commanding Troop
A; Lieutenant william Il. Wheatlcy'
commanding Troop l.; Lieutenant Al
bert ID. Dockery, commanding Troop u.
FAMOUS REGIMENT 10
THE OLD FIT CAVALRY
The Fifth Cavalry has one OF the
most distinguished records oil any reg.
iment In the service. II was organized
as the Second Regiment OF cavalry py
an Act oil Congress OF March d. 1850
ON August ., 1851, its humerical des,
ignation was changed 10 the fli'h Ca''
airy.
Throughout the great civil war Is
bore It's luil snare OF the oruht Oh the
| tShtinS. WIN the cIose Oh the War'
the regiment was sent out onto inc
frontier and Tor Two decades IL was
Kept busy hShtihs renegade lhd'ans'
l; was the tlith cavalry that captain
Charles King, the. noted author OF
stories OF Army HE, spent most OF
his active service.
officers Record.
Colonel schuyler the commanding
officer OF the regiment, entered the
United States Military Academy ut
West Point in 1866. In 1870 he Sradu'
ated and was commissioned second
lieutenant in the Fifth Cavalry. In ~
he reached his captaincy, became Mai
or in the Ninth Cavalry In 80, ieuten'
ant colonel in 'O3 and colonel In 1906.
During the war with Spain he served
| q, Tho I'm Nav 10 hn was