The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-07-07
OVERLOADED SHIP
HELD FOR ORDERS
Transports Life-saving Equip
ment win Not Permit Of Oar
rying Local Passenger.

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Already crowded TO the limit OF her
life-savine equipment the Uhited states
army transport sherman, which arrived
Yesterday morning from the Philip
pines and was scheduled to resume her
voyage to San Franeiseo M Ave- o,elnnk
last evenino 80. ala -. .,,sts
"a !. ~ ''',s -, 'eou"y
- wv ePy 70 : eaDiegram sent
49,. ~ ~ ~ ~ .1epsr.men. ASKING ihstfnc.
s s,v1s 49,. ~ ~ "nat should DC done with
~ . psssengsls hononln
~ cna.t ~ az ~ slsnsPoI.a . 70
,a %'a WI $500 Sus5to.nas
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lunuLeu Passeass.s "n1 D''u 80
'hemoers VI nei sre"'
May Mean Long Wait.
I, ,ha wash;no.on author;t,e. adhere
to the law the officers and enlisted men
from the hawaiian department, SOM
OF whom have waited Two OF tniee
weeks 70 avaii themselves Oh tne Ply.
iege granted tnem oy the goveLnnens
u travelling ON It's transports AZ nom
NAL rate OF rare VIII pc opngeo -
wait at least another month OF Purehhss
transportation on privately owned
steamers at hve or SIX times the cost.
Long before the hour set for. the san,
ing Of the sherman pier NO. was
crowded with officers and discharged
soldiers who sought passage on the YES
sci and dray after dray, piled high with
their baggage, rolled onto the dock, nm
loaded and went away, leaving the
trunks, bundles and boxes to be hoisted
aboard the ship.
When the military authorities here
learned that the steamer could not ac'
commodate more than thirty-fve more
persons on account Of the lack OF NE
GLIDING the Honolulu passengers from
sne Sn Mp. 20 S's Nv man bors tSe .ineop,
yeniences Of the situation in patience
and good humor, but not so with some.
$500. s,,.,, Y,a.ou.t Y 4. ~,
..s - - a Il, &, 49,
"Seems to me that after we nave
served Uncle Sam from three "a seven
nm1a Af ha
agreeable places, he might NJ least pte'
vide means Of Transporting us 70 our
homes, which he promised 10 40, sala
one who wore q eorporais as.flPss'
The Washington ofneiais can tfvth'
fully say that present eonaitions So
exceptional or could not ne ahIlelp
for every transport that mas passed ny
nolulu tins year bound TOT tne nan;
land has been crowded hke sattie
ship or biack-birder, ana tney kno"
this as well as we do
Know it, OF course they 90, IN
terrupted another soidier why
months ago, and several times since, OF
nor, Ia assiensd 10 the Honolulu. San
Francisco run, but for some reason 10
attention is paid to the recommends
tons. Must be some pretty strong OPP
position from some source,
| a+m Await Raplv K
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| As no reply to the eabiegram sent to
Washington had been received up to
five O'Clock yesterday evening the en-
listed men who had applied for trans;
portation from Honolulu to the Coast
were allowed to 60 aboard the vessel
for the night. Lieut.. Col b. Frank
G me- snn. ,h oeP msssag .a a is., n;shi