The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-08
SELECT
LOCATION
OF GUNS
Sites Chosen for
Three City
Defenses.
BOARD PLACING
FORTIFICATIONS
Views the Country About 0ia.
mond Head-Col. Heuer
Discusses Plans.

rOUR wet and tired army officers
just before dinner last evening
n completed the first tour of the
Fortifications Board about the city of
Honolulu. The members of the Board.
who arrived in the Peking yesterday
morning, were out early, a wagon from
Camp Mckinley was in waiting and
work was begun at once.
All the members of the Board got to-
gether for the first time. Col. w. H
Heuer, Col. Charles E. L. B. Davis and
Mai w. E. Berkhimer, came down from
the Coast and met Captain Shaker, OF
the Artillery, stationed here, which
completed the Board. The organization
was provided in the orders. and Col.
Heuer as president of the Board or
ganized 1t in San Francisco and went
to work a month ago. This work con-
sisted of study OF maps and charts OF
Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, and from
these there were made a aumber of To-
cations for future consideration These
locations for defensive works are called
possible sites, and the work of the
Board now is to visit and inspect these.
and then make decision as to which are
the available or necessary ones.
| The entire question here presented in
not one new to Col. Heuer, for he has
visited the islands and made careful in
spection of the situation. AS result
the business before the officers was one
! of careful consideration OF the selec-
tions made in the light of the experience
and knowledge of the president of tho
Board. The matters before them will
be taken up in geographical order and
the day was spent in the country around
Diamond Head.
The officers rode and walked over the
country in the Immediate vicinity of the
Head, and viewed the stretch OF country
between the Koko Head and the Dia-
mond Head In all eight possible sites
for Notifications We're inspected and Of
these three were finally passed as avail
able. The locations selected will not be
disclosed by members of the Board, ow-
ing TO the fact that it Is the duty OF
the commission to make a complete re-
port to headquarters and until this has
been done it is not usual that their find
! ings be discussed. There is another
consideration, as the LANDS selected
might be secured by spectators an1
thus obstacles thrown in the way OF
q rozlyu. fan ara
to be authorized in the near future.
Another day will be given to the east
ern end of the island, before the irnme-
date city is taken up, although 1t may
be decided this morning. If the weather
is fine, that the harbor shall be visit
ed at once leaving the shore service for
| later days. 1t is understood that the
present Investigations are for the pur-
pose of deciding upon the probable To-
cations for works which would be de-
signed to Drevent the landing of any
force at Waialae bay, for the purpose OF
a rear attack upon the city.
| Col. Heuer last evening declined to
enter into any discussion of the work
of the Board. saying that to do so would
not be proper in his official capacity.
! Upon the general work of the Board he
said: we shall not 90 outside our or
ders. which are to prepare plans Tor
the location Of fortifcations for the
defense OF Honolulu and Pearl Harbor-
We have no other instructions and VIII
no, consider any other island. II there
should be an attack upon another ISL
and that would bring the navy in ac-