The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-16
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Army and
Navy News

Paul Allen Adams, Md, Major
Medical Corps, National Guard of Cali
fornia, who arrived here on the Man
churia to visit for few weeks, is one
of the hard working national guardsmen
who has been instrumental in bringing
the medical department of the guard
to high standard of efficiency. He
takes deep interest in the work, and
although he has large medical prae-
tise in Los Angeles, he devotes much
time to instructing, along medical
lines, the medical and hospital corps
He believes in the camps of medical
instruction which are now maintained
under a recent order of the War De-
partment, and the one held recently at
Ataseadero was full of benefit to all
who attended. instruction is given in
camp and field work, establishing am
bulanee stations and so forth; lectures
bv well known medical men are a fea-
ture. This brings the national guard
officers into close relationship with
regular army officers. 1t is the desire
of the War Department to make the
national guard reserve force so that
when trouble arises it may be used as
direct auxiliary arm of the regular
army. Major Adams is a member of
the Seventh California regiment.
Movements of Troops.
A general program for the movement
of United States troops during the year
1910 has been prepared at the War De-
partment and approved by President
Taft. It involves the return home of
regiments in the Philippines whose
terms will have expired and their re-
placement by troops now at home sta
tions. For military reasons the details
of the movement will not be made pub
lie for several weeks YET.
A new policy as to the assignment
Of stations is to be entered on this
year. It is promised to send regiments
that were scattered through several
posts on their last tour in the Philip
pines to some regimental most, IN order
to bring the regiments together again
for period. The same method will
be followed to some extent on The re-
turn of regiments from the islands 30
the United States.
The infantry regiments that are like
ly to go to the Philippines in 1910 are
the 9th, 9th and 10th. The infantry
regiments to return from the islands
are the 4th, 14th and 23d. The I'd
Cavalry is scheduled to go to the is
lands in January, and may possibly go
on the transport to sail December 5,
but no other cavalry regiments are to
go in 1910. As some infantry regi-
ment is to be selected to go to Alaska,
it is not safe to say positively that
the 9Th, 9th and 10th will go to the
Philippines, as one of these regiments
may go to Alaska.
Work of the Lightship Service.
United States lighthouse engineer
service steamers Jessamine and Thistle,
which have been on extended cruises
among the light stations on Chesapeake
bay and its tributaries, repairing them
and putting them in condition to with
stand the fall and winter gales, have
returned to Baltimore for supplies.
The lighthouse service steamer Holly,
Capt. Miles, is cruising on the lower
bay with Inspector Russell aboard.
Capt. Russell is making an inspection of
the lights on the eastern shore of Mary
land and Virginia, and other points will
also be visited on the cruise.
The lighthouse service ship Maple
which does all the outside work of the
lighthouse service for the district, has
| returned to the Portsmouth, Va, station
of the service after trip to the Hog
Island and Cape Charles light stations
to supply them with stores.
The vacancy in the assistant keeper
ship of Baltimore light station, caused
by the transfer of George A. Dow to
York Spit light station, has been filed
by the appointment of James T. Park
of Virginia to. the vacancy.
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