The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-05
Buford, With Regiment Aboard,
Is Probably Among the Ships
Held In Atlantic
TRooPSHIP CARRIES -.
p. 1. u CITY HEROES
Men Distinguished Themselves
When the Hurricane Piled the
Gulf On the Land ,.s

En- route to Honolulu from Galveston
via the Panama Canal Is the United
States Army transport Buford, which
is taking the Twenty.seventh Infan.
try TO the Philippines to replace the
Twenty fourth, which is going home, in
the transport Thomas. The Thomas
sailed from Honolulu for San Francisco
last evening. 49, g.
Advices to the depot quartermaster s
office here are that the Buford sailed
from Galveston September %. She
could not have got through the Canal
before the recent bad slides blocked il,
and when she will arrive here is very
uncertain, especially since Washington
dispatches last night said that Col.
Chester Harding, acting Governor of
the Canal Zone, had recommended that
the Canal be closed by executive order
until November l, and that eargoes be
trnnsshipped. If this be done, plans
for the Bnford will have to be changed,
and they might have to be changed even
IL this is not done, as the recommend
alton indicates that the slides are very
serious. y
The Buford was stocked prior to sail.
ing with supplies sufficient to last her
full passenger list for six months.
Colonel o. H. Barth is in command
Of the regiment, having been its com
ihander for number Of years. Other
officers making the trip will be: Maj
W. L, Wilder, Maj. F. H. Sargent, Maj.
J. D. Beith, Capt. H. A. Eaton, Capt
w. p. Coleman, Capt. J. n. Little, Capt.
f. R. Wilson, Capt. G. H. Williams,
Capt. Philip Powers, Capt. W. E. Gun
ster, Capt. H., J. Hallett, First Lieut..
r. w. Baughton, First Lieut.. A. r.
Emery, First Lieut.. r. W. Case, First
Lieut., q. r. Bysd, First Lieut.. J. G..
Taylor, First Lieut. E. G. Buck, First
Lieut.. @. L. Beaver. First Lieut.. W. s.
Guthrie, First Lieut., E. F. Throde,
First Lieut.. w.. C.. Won Kessler, First
Lieut.. L. H. Webb, First Lieut.. r. H.
Wilds, First Lieut.. A, w. Williams,
First Lieut.. J. B. Anderson, First Lieut..
f. G. Desrobry, First Lieut.. H. J.
Weeks, Second Lieut.. w. G. Weaver,
Second Lieut.. A. M. Burdstt, Second
Lieut.. VIM. Dean, Second Lieut.. G. R.
NOOh, ctCOHu lhCuts W. IlOUSOu, anu
Chaplain J. NJ. Webb.
Second cabin passengers are: Regi-
mental Q. NJ, Sergt. Leon e. Gaylord,
Color Sergts. George Woods and VIM.
r. Graves, Battalion Sergt. Majs John
Lynch, VIM. Holmes and C. J. Shepard,
Principal Musician p Adamow;cz,
First sergts. Max Kocke, James
Dooley, J. c. Hanson, J. B. Gregory, B.
d. Wilson; Sergts. First Class Ed
mond Burke, E. J. Down, and Guy Ny
rick.
Maj. E. Russell, Signal Corps, who
has been chief of this unit of the
United States army, with station at
Washington, ID. c., reached Galveston
on September twenty-frst to Join the
Buford. Major Russell has been as.
signed for station at Honolulu, where
he will assume charge Of the Signal
Corps.
Mrs. Russell accompanies her hus,
band to his new fields of duty in the
Paradise of the Pacifis.
1t is estimated that about nine hun,
dred soldiers and officers of the TWEEN.
ty-seventh Infantry are aboard the Blu.
ford. including the regiment and a
number Of the families of the officers
and men.
Probably no body of troops ever
started on a journey so newly equipped
so spick and span as has the Twenty.
seventh. All the new clothes and army
necessities are not, however, matter
of choice, but stern necessity, and q
sad one, too. For this regiment was
one of others which was stationed at
Texas City, Texas, during the terrible
hurricane which visited the Texas
coast in August last.
The Twenty-seventh, with other reg
iments, were living quietly and com
paratively comfortably in their tentej
garrison near the Gulf of Mexico, when
the wind blew at the rate Of almost 6
hundred miles an hour, rain fell in tor
rents and the Gnlf waves attacked the
coy army camp. The brave soldier
boys did their best, hut the elements OF
nature were too much, and they had t.
heat hasty retreat, seeking refuge il
tall, strong buildings of Texas City
One new building, however, in which
many soldiers. had taken refuge from
the fast rising waters collapsed an,
several were killed.
Had 1t not been for the many anC
numerous acts of heroism of member
of the Twenty-seventh Infantry anC
the members of the several regiment
also stationed near the banks of tn,
Gulf, the loss of life and propert,
among the resident civilians and own
ers of small truck and cattle farms il
the vicinity of Texas City, would hav
been far into the thousands The sol
diers formed parties for rescuing tn
marooned families and brought yer,
many to the second story of strongl,
built buildings of the city. The wate
was from three to six feet deep al
over the point of Texas City.
After the wind had blown for nine
teen hours continuously the gale sub
sided and the, waters began to fall. |
"'"a d't''""Ifn ~ 'facate even the sit
upon which the Texas City camp ha
4 -, recently been and had its being
Everything was blown and washe