The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-09
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
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The Hawaiian Islands amounts to over
amounts paid for supplies, transporta-
ton, freight, etc.
Before Major Ray was assigned to
Oahu, the payrolls had to be approved
at San Francisco and returned here
for payment, putting the men behind
about a month s pay. Major Ray has
paid up all the men of every command
and he and they and Uncle Sam are
now even with the board. Yester-
days pay was for March. The pay
for April will be handed over in May.
Cavalry Band to Play.
If arrangements can be made, Col
onel Schuyler. commandant Of Leile-
hua post. will have the 9Th Cavalry
band play at the different military
posts on this island. Leilehua is the
only post having band. Despite the
size and Importance of Fort Shafter,
that post, with garrison of only a
battalion. does not boast of a band.
Neither does the engineer post at Wal
kiki or the marine camp at Camp
Very. Colonel Schuyler is DESTROYS of
having all the military folk hear the
Fifth's band, and it may therefore be
heard all along the line.
May Be General.
There is rumor that Colonel Schuy-
Ter of the Fifth Cavalry, may be pro-
NOTED to be brigadier- general sooner
than he anticipates, and that If he is
he. will be assigned as commanding
officer of the new military district of
the Hawaiian Islands. This is in antiei-
patton of the reinforcement of the mill
tary garrisons here. 1t is rumored that
the Fifth will be complete before the
end of the year and that the Goth
Infantry will be joined by the remain
ing two battalions from the mainland,
thus giving colonel for that post. The
site for the two battalions, which will
have to be quartered in tents, is said
to be the level plateau on the Honolulu
side of the present post, where there is
ample room and the drainage excellent.
With such an addition and the taking
over of the. rice fields Ito be filled in)
just below Fort Shafter, for maneu-
vering ground, Fort Shafter would as
sumo great Importance. Then with the
addition of the four coast artillery COM
panies to man the batteries, this I'M
usual number of men would call for a
brigadier-general to command, and that
choice will most likely fall upon Colonel
Schuyler, SO rumor has it.
The Brigade Post.
The Army board to choose site for
the proposed brigade post has not Sc
lected the site for the permanent post.
As has several times been stated there
is available for commencing preliminary
work on this post the sum of 100000,
announcement having been made by
Captain Cashier several weeks ago and
published in the Advertiser. The plans
for the permanent post have not been
received here yet, and until they are,
Captain Cashier will no. be able to
proceed with the work AS before sta
ted, he expected to start work in June.
An officer states that in all likelihood
about three thousand men will be sta
toned here by the end of the present
year, and possibly more.
Pestiferous Flies.
Cattle flies are bothering the life out
of the cavalry mounts at Leilehua.
Clouds of them settle on horse s back
and drive the animal frantic. The
troopers have had recourse to the use
of gunny sacks to cover the entire
backs and launches of the horses by
day, while blankets, of course, cover
them at night. Just how to get rid
of the pest is a problem to the officers.
Then horses become so FESTIVE that
they are not under the best control
during maneuvers.
Railroad Almost Completed.
The Oahu railroad eompany's spur
| to Leilehua is almost completed. The
track was inside the post yesterday
and quite close to the site of the pro.
| posed depot which will be in the rear
| of the commissary building and not fa1
| from the headquarters building. The
road is to be ballasted yet, but trains
will be running over to the post with
in two weeks. The officers are watch
| ing the progress of the railroad will
deep interest, for its completion mean!