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728 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
The CHAIRMAN. At guard mounting1?
Mr. HOBBS. Yes. At half-past 9, 1 think, word was passed that we
would not be allowed to visit the shore.
The CHAIRMAN. Were any preparations made during Sunday for
sending troops ashoret
Mr. HOBBS. I think not on Sunday.
The CHAIRMAN. Were any made on Monday after these orders were
given for the officers to remain on board?
Mr. HOBBS. If my recollection serves me correctly it was not until
Monday afternoon, until 1 o'clock, after the men had their dinners, that
arrangements were made in case they were to land to get their belongings
together, their equipments.
The CHAIRMAN. The equipments of such parties as went out from that
ship consisted first of arms and ammunition, and then provisions?
Mr. HOBBS. They did not go on shore until after they had their
supper that night, and they did not carry any provisions except some
hardtack, which was taken, and then Mr. Moore and I were left on board
ship to send provisions to them the next morning.
The CHAIRMAN. DO you recollect Mr. Stevens coming aboard ship
on Monday?
Mr. HOBBS. I do. I remember that he came on board ship about 3
o'clock Monday afternoon. I saw him aboard ship. I did not have any
conversation with him.
The CHAIRMAN. Had these orders and preparations for sending ships
ashore been on foot before Mr. Stevens came on the ship?
Mr. HOBBS. I am unable to state accurately in regard to that,
because it would not come within my supervision in any event.
The CHAIRMAN. But the order for the officers to remain on board
ship was earlier?
Mr. HOBBS Yes, in the morning.
The CHAIRMAN. Before Mr. Stevens came?
Mr. HOBBS. Oh, yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Are those unusual orders when a vessel is in port?
Mr. HOBBS. Yes, I should say so. But it happened on one or two
occasions after the revolution, while Admiral Skerrett was there. I
think there were one or two days when we were not allowed to visit
the shore.
The CHAIRMAN. It created the expectation that there was to be some
need for the troops?
Mr. HOBBS. It did.
The CHAIRMAN. Then you went in on Tuesday morning?
Mr. HOBBS. A t l o'clock Tuesday morning I went ashore on duty.
The CHAIRMAN. Where were the United States troops then?
Mr. HOBBS. They were in a hall called Arion hall, in the rear of the
opera house.
The CHAIRMAN. Quartered there?
Mr. HOBBS. Took up their quarters there at 8 o'clock the evening
before.
The CHAIRMAN. HOW long did they remain there before going to
Camp Boston ?
Mr. HOBBS. About a week; Capt. Wiltse directed me to find the
agent of the building and pay for its occupancy while our peojde were
quartered there, which I did.
The CHAIRMAN. You had nothing to do with quartering the troops
there, though?
Mr. HOBBS. NO.
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The CHAIRMAN. When the troops were at Camp Boston, did they
put up tents?
Mr. HOBBS. NO; they occupied a large house which belonged to Mr.
Bishop, with large, extensive grounds. For that establishment I paid
at the rate $75 per month. Mr. Damon, the agent, stated he had
rented it for that purpose. That was since we were there. They
rented at that rate, and we paid the same rate.
The CHAIRMAN. When you got off on Monday were all the troops at
Arion Hall, or at different places?
Mr. HOBBS. A large portion of the marines were at the consul-general's
office and about 12 at Mr. Stevens's house.
The CHAIRMAN. Were you present at any interviews between the
Queen's ministers and the persons who were then conducting the Provisional
Government.
Mr. HOBBS. No.
The CHAIRMAN. YOU know nothing of that?
Mr. HOBBS. NO.
The CHAIRMAN. After the establishment of the Provisional Government,
how long did you remain in Honolulu or Hawaii?
Mr. HOBBS. The ship Boston?
The CHAIRMAN. Yes?
Mr. HOBBS. Until—I think we left there on the 26th of September
last.
The CHAIRMAN. You were not attached to any other ship ?
Mr. HOBBS. NO.
The CHAIRMAN. YOU came away with the Boston?
Mr. HOBBS. Came away with the Boston.
The CHAIRMAN. During that period of time, from the establishment
of this Provisional Government until the time you left there, state
whether peace and quietude and order prevailed in Honolulu, or were
there outbreaks, public agitations?
Mr. HOBBS. Peace and quiet obtained all the time.
The CHAIRMAN. Testing the government in control of public affairs
there with what you saw of the condition of the community, commerce,
trade, and all that, would you say that is a good government or bad
government?
Mr. HOBBS. I should say it was a good government.
The CHAIRMAN. At any time that you have been in Hawaii, have you
seen any government that you thought was better than that?
Mr. HOBBS. No.
The CHAIRMAN. State whether you believe that the resources in command
of that Provisional Government, after it had been established by
men and money and arms and the support of the people, were such that
the Queen, with what she had at her command and without assistance
from foreign powers, could have overcome that government.
Mr. HOBBS. In my opinion she never could, never.
The CHAIRMAN. You think it would have been a rash and dangerous
venture to undertake it?
Mr. HOBBS. I do.
The CHAIRMAN. DO you think now, without the assistance of for.
eign governments, the Queen could break down the Provisional Gov
eminent?
Mr. HOBBS. I do not.
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