Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-06
SOLDIERS
keep SHERIDAN
Under WATCH
Army Transport Arrives From
Orient; No Cholera Traces
Found; Sails Tomorrow

.
For Gle first time in many years
sentries armed With rifles guarded
the gangway of the u. S.-army trans
port Sheridan when she docked at
$50 lnis morning from Manila and
Nagasaki. No first and second-cabin
passengers were allowed to pass
barrier erected near the gangway I'M
I'll they secured passes. and none OF
the. crew or troops were allowed
ashore. These precautions we're part
Of t,ie- quarantine against Asiatic cho-
lera.
Because the Sheridan needed 400
tons OF water when she docked this
morning her departure has been post
poned from O'Clock this afternoon to
10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The wa
ter cannot be all taken on until that
hour tomorrow, so the through pas
sengers will have a chance to sleep
ashore tonight II they desire.
EnIisted Men Released
DIR. F. (. Trotter, chief quarantine
officer OF the u. S. public health SER
vice here, took every precaution when
the transport arrived, and his instruc-
detail of soldiers ordered to see that
no one went ashore who had no right
to do so or who had not secured the
necessary passes ffoIn Quartermaster
Agent Charles A. Roman of the Sheri-
dam The SO enlisted men Of }. the
Corps of Engineers; who arrived from
Manila for service on Oahu, were al
lowed to go direct to Fort Shafter
without being detained at the quaran-
tine station for cholera-carrier tests,
rs they had been examined and tested
at Manila prior to the transports de-
parture, and found TO he free from
any traces of the disease.
One Death From TubereuIosis4
Meme of the troop passengers on the
Sheridan were allowed to go ashore
today. nor were they or anyone al
lowed ashore at Nagasaki, where the
cholera epidemic is particularly prev
alent now Quartermaster Clerk Mar
IN Kilccurse reported one death of
troop PASSENGER on the voyage over,
Cpl Earl w. Flynn, @. NJ. c., who
lied of tuberculosis. He was en- route
10 LettermaR General Hospital for
Prof. Rock Returns #
Capt William A. Carleton reported
j pleasant voyage. with fair weather
Ind favoring winds all of the time
rbe Sheridan brought to Honolulu
rom Manila 50 first-class passengers,
Is second and so troop, also one first.
cabin passenger, Prof. Joseph f. Rock
of the College of Hawaii, from Maya
saki Prof Rock has been collecting
Ilants in Japan for the Outdoor Cir
lie, to be used in its city beautifica-
ion plans.
For San Francisco the through pas
are from Manila, IS first
class, A second and 316 troop. From
Vagagaki the Sheridan has for San
francisco q first-class. four second /
md % troop The total number of |
on hoard when the trans
,ort locked this morning was 779.
The Sheridan brought 10 bags OF mail
rom Manila and Nagasaki and 81 tons
" freight
Among the troop class for San |
francisco from Manila are GA cashals,
6 general prisoners, 124 enlisted men,
], S. navy; 81 enlisted men, Il. s. Ma,
inc Corps; rs civilians, one diseharg.
d s9ldier and two stowaways, Amer
can seamen.
sci. Snow Arrives
Most of the first-cabin passengers |
or Honolulu. with the exception of |
-ieHt.-Gei William J. Snow, who ar
lived to take command of the list |
field led Artillery at Sohofield Barracks. |
ire going on to San Francisco. There
vas lot room for them from here on |
he transport. owing to the number |
cooked for transportation from Homo
ulu.
From this port tomorrow morning |
he Sheridan will take 80 first-class |
passengers, % second and S. troop. |
She will not be able to accommodate |
IN who want to go from Honolulu. |
The transport will also take out $50 |
ems of freight for San Francisco.