The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-15
GENERAL BARRY MAY BE
HERE IN JANUARY

Maior-General Barry, U. S. A, com
manding the department of California,
with headquarters at San Francisco, is
expected here in January on the trans
port sailing from San Francisco Janu-
airy 3, to inspect the military forces and
posts in and about Honolulu. This will
be the first visit of departmental com
mander to Oahu since the military
forces became so large and the branches
of the service so varied.
It is believed that as result of his
visit work may be taken up on the
proposed brigade post at Leilehua. Cap
tain Cashier, constructing quartermas-
ter. has received no information yet
from Washington as to when he may
expect to receive orders about starting
work ON the new post.
Many Officers in Town.
MANY officers and ladies of Schofeld
Barracks came to town yesterday TO
meet friends on the transport Logan
and TO aJteuu the udhSC lpol N'NAA-~-S
given for the army folk.
Fort Shafter Improvements.
Among the latest improvements at
Fort Shafter are several new grapho-
phone records. Company G has about
900 all told. Company G also has pool
tables. and is quite the most luxurious
" fitted out of all the companies Inc
offices of the administration building
have been fitted with carpets An
order has been published at Smarter
that all stray dogs found on the reser
walton are to be sentenced to death,
The CANNES will be given drumnead
.courtmartial and if found guilty Will De
shot until dead.
Major Long Riding.
Major Long, commandant OF the
marine detachment at Camp very, yes
rardav finished the second days riding
lost prescribed for all officers above
The rank of captain. Today he WIZ
.cnmplete the ninety miles ride and VIII
tnen turn himself over to the tender
ministrations of a surgeon-not TO pre-
scribe for him. but for the purpose Oh
sbeinr examined to see how well ne
stood the hard ride Doctor Langhorne
is also taking the riding test :,
On December 20 the army officers Will
start out on their riding test MAJOR
Foster. the only officer for whom the
local service men were waiting arrived
Yesterday on the Logan. They Will ride
around the Island.
New Captain of Colorado.
Capt. V. s. Nelson, U. S. n, who was
formerly in command of the Z. 5. 5.
Panther. passed through yesterday on
the Asia en- route to the Far East to
take command of the Z. 5. cruiser Colo
RADIO. He Will be in command when
the Colorado returns here with the Ia
cifc fleet Captain Nelson called on
kctlno-Governor Smith during the
day,
Independence Last Cruise.
VALLEJO. December 4.-The moving
of the L. s 5. Independence last Mon
dav from the spot where it has been
anchored for the last twenty years
marks the last cruise that this grand
old warrior viii ever make. Having
been lying too close TO the entrance 10
The new drydock that Is nearing com
pletion. the war vessel was moved III
order that il should not interfere with
ships that will lie locked in the near
future.
The Independence is the oldest Amer.
lean war vessel preserving its original
80 hiatt HI ms
of the line that sailed the seas almost
century ago. The name Independ'
ence was first borne by a sloop belong
ing to the colonial navy. This vessel