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Show ; men will be required to man tho various va-rious great eeacoast batteries now being be-ing built, while between 1,200 and 2 000' civilian artlKans and mechanics will soon be brought here to work on tho ! construction of the great navy yeard and dry dock at Peary harbor. This makes an aggregate of about ! 5,000 men, to which must also be ad j ded several hundred more In hospital ' corps, slgmnl corps, and brigade stall officers. The families of the married ofTlcors, men and civilian employe will scarcely be less than one or tw thousand. From these figures It is easy to Be I that Honolulu's population will bo In I creased by probably between 5,001 and 8,000 without exceeding tho bounds of conservatism. WILL J. COOPER. ; i MANY TROOPS DE8TINED FOR HAWAII. Army and Navy Forces En Route and Being Provided For Will Double White Population. Honolulu. Hawaii, Jan. 10. The white population of Honolulu probably will be almost doubed by the tlmo Uncle Same gets his full quota of troops stationed hero for the defense of the territory. At the present time there probably are not more than five or six thousand Americans, English and Germans combined here and from announced plans for tho garrisoning of the island there will within another year or so be almost that number of soldiers. By the middle of this month thero will have arrived here a battalion of marines (probably 300 men) and two squadrons of cavalry (500 or 000 men). Quarters are being provided as well for a full regiment of Infantry aud one of light artillery (about 1,200 men), About 100 men "of the engineer corps are already here. Not less than 1.500 |