Show j i WALKER AT HONOLULU Account of His Assuming Command I of the Station Washington May nThe navy department depart-ment has received a report from Admiral j Walker announcing his arrival at Honolulu Hono-lulu His communication is dated April 2 and is as follows I have the honor to inform the department I de-partment that on the 14th inst the date of assuming command of this station the I English and Japanese vessels in port saluted sa-luted my fag and their commanding of I fleers calledu pon me officially These calls were returned on the 16th Inst On the 17th accompanied by my personal staff I called upon the United States minister and later was presented by him I to the president of the provisional government I gov-ernment The battalion of government troops was paraded and the usual honors i were given upon arrival and departure j The president with members of the ex 1 ecutive council justices of the supreme court and two aides returned my call on the afternoon of the same day and i i were received with honors due their rank Visits were also exchanged with repre repre sentatives of the English German Japanese Japa-nese and Portuguese governments Admiral Walker to be appears prosecuting prose-cuting his inquiries into the cost and method of improving Pearl harbor for a United States naval station for he asked I 1 islands for detailed maps of the harbor and I |