The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-09
TROOPS IN MANILAI
AWAIT ORDERS
TWO ENTIRE REGIMENTS OF IN.
PANTRY READY TO CROSS
CHINA SEA.

Officers of the army and navy pass
ing through this port for the main
land report service affairs as being
quite lively in Manila. Major Cen
eral J. Franklin Bell, commanding
the Philippine division, has two en-
tire regiments of infantry in readi-
ness at Manila to cross over the
China Sea to be of assistance any day
their services may be needed in the
Celestial land, just no win trouble.
The Fifteenth infantry that passed
through here on the October trans
port in being held, subject to orders.
The regiment Is encamped on the
Luneta fill, the camping ground re-
Gently vacated by the Seventh regi-
ment of infantry.
RETURNING NAVAL OFFICERS.
Six naval officers, who have served
months over their usual tour of serv-
i've as members of the Asiatic fleet,
were passengers of the S. S. Mongolia
en- route to the coast which tarried
here on Saturday.
Assistant Paymaster E. A. Cobey,
U. S. navy, was among the number
homeward bound. Paymaster Cobey
has been on duty with the U. S. s.
Wilmington at the 4-ongkong station
for the past two years and over, and
is journeying to comply with orders
that he report at Washington, D. G,
for a change of station.
In the pay department of the U. s.
navy it is expected that the paymas.
tiers serve three years at sea and then
have two years of shore duty, on dry
o land, before another ship station car.
4 ries them out to sea. Paymaster
Cooley left Chinese waters and Can
4 ton, China, about December 10.
/ NOT COMMUNICATIVE.
t. When questioned about conditions
T. Chinese in the district in which the
n U. S. S. Wilmington had its patrol
e Paymaster Cobey was not inclined t.
Il talk much, but finally admitted the
e unsettled condition of affairs il
II China.
.' Paymaster E. A. Mcmillan, U.
= navy, was transferred from Olongapo
~ Philippine Islands, to relieve Paymas
ter Cooley at Hongkong.
. Paymaster Cobey has made a splen
Id did record of duty we'll performed an,
N. has won many warm friends in tn
%. service since his entrance into tn
,is navy in August, 1908. Like Capital
,e- John Morris Ellicott, of the U. S.
Maryland, Paymaster Cubey is
)e- native of Maryland and is readily mi!
It. taken for an Annapolis graduate, 5
n military is his bearing. He preferred
-p- however, the executive branch of tn
ce navy rather than the line duties.
Is, PERSONAL.
to Rear Admiral Murdoch, U. S. nav.
is commander in chief of the Asiati
m fleet, and he has every ship and tn
hs under his orders now with him
Chinese waters.
Ill Assistant Naval Constructor E.
III Hammer and Past Assistant Payma
10 ter G. A. Helmicks, both of the U.
-. navy, were greeting old friends of tn
=, service en- route to the mainland du
ing their short stay in Honolulu.
- Lieutenant E. S. Root, U. s. nav
-, has completed his tour of service
NJ. the Philippine division and is goin
to the United States for other field
,s. of usefulness.
nd Among the army and navy officer
ordered to other stations on th
mainland is Lieutenant w. H. Sull
van, U. S. army, who reports for dut
in the United States.
Civil Engineer C. A. Bostrom, U.
navy, reached here on Saturday fC
I duty at Pearl Harbor. Lieutenai
Bostrom comes for station at the dl
dock building to take the place
Civil Engineer G. S. Burrell, U.
-, navy, who was returned to the mai
" land for duty last month.
90 THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.
In view of the possibility of havi1
- to rush troops from the Philippine
-" division to China the governmel
80 keeps one U. S. A. transport all reat
at its docks at Manila.
~ The U. S. A. T. Sherman fingered f
9" weeks at MaDila, failing to make Il
usual October departure from Il
Philippines. However, on the arriv
INC of the U. S. A. T. Sherman at Manila
December 20 from Honolulu Il
Sherman was allowed to leave, hea
lily loaded with troops, on Decemb
10, for the United States, stopping
this port.
n In consequence of desiring traI
port at hand at Manila, Philippi
~ Islands, the transport Thomas did n
leave. Manila on the 14th, or Mar
A. Veles on the 18th of December