The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-18
Army and Navy News

The Secretary of War has approved
the harbor plans for Kahului IS harbor
as sent forward by Major Winslow,
C. E., U. S. A., in charge of all Army
engineering work in the Islands. The
approval was given to the lines on
April p. The surveys were made by
surveyors under Major Winslow and
Captain Orwell, and for any future
work in the way Of dredging, etc., that
may be required these lines will be Of
fetal. Maps of the harbor can be pro-
cured from the Army Engineer s office
Engineers Paid Off.
The enlisted men of Company G, En-.
gineer Corps, at Fort de Russy, were
paid off yesterday morning by Major
Ray, paymaster, thus clearing up Their
accounts to date. Their pay included
five days of foreign service in Cuba
Chiefs of the Army Line.
While the offices do not exist by vir-
tue of law, which will undoubtedly be
enacted to that end, there are officers
on duty with the general staff OF the
War Department who are acting as
and performing the duties of, chief OF
infantry, chief of cavalry, and chief OF
field artillery. They are, respectively
Colonel Joseph w. Duncan, Sixth In
fantry; Lieutenant-C Colonel Thaddeus
W. Jones, Third Cavalry, and Colonel
Montgomery NJ Maeomb, Sixth Field
Artillery, all on duty in the office OF
the chief of staff of the War Depart
ment. Those officers were selected fol-
their duties,as representatives of then
respective arms and have abundantiy
justified the selection.
When Marines Are Needed.
Since the recent turmoil began in
Turkey the need of having marines
aboard the big warships has been more
apparent than ever. Had the Two
.armored cruisers which were ordered
post haste to Constantinople been sta
toned at Lisbon at the time the yes
sells would have proceeded to their des
tination without the usual marine
guard to guard American property, il
such an exlgency arose. This mas beer
time-honored duty Of the Marine
Corps. As it was, both vessels pickee
up marines at Guantanamo and pro
eeeded to their destination.
The Pearl Harbor Bids.
On Saturday of this week the bids
for the shortened drydock at Pear
Harbor will be opened at Washington
Up to a couple of week ago the bureau
of yards and docks had received four
teen requests for sets of plans, and i
Is supposed that there will be at leas
that many proposals opened. Insteae
OF an 1lU0-foot drydock, the Navy De
partment has cut this down nearly @40t
rect, but one end is to be constructed
SO that If the government decides TX
lengthen it out according to the orig
mai plans, this can be done readily.
Mahogany the Best.
Army and Navy Journal.-There ap
pears to be a disposition in some quar-
tiers to criticize the furniture furnish
ed to the Army, but these criticism
overlook the fact that it is impossible,
for the Quartermaster S Department t.
please each individual taste. The eff
tort was to secure a class of furnituf
which would, in the long run, give tn
greatest satisfaction. Inc Quartermas
Ter S Department had several sets o
furniture made up IN various woods o
the best obtalnaDie quality-eyen tn
mission oak that some one seems t
tnlnk would have been preferable. The
these sets were tested for stains
breaks, scratches, the various mlshap
tnaG Defan ordinary furniture, 1t Wa
found, as human experience seems t
have found from time immemorlal, tina
mahogany was the wood of durability
as it is the wood of beauty, an
strength. 1t is practically always tn
wood of antiques, the very old furni
ture in Europe and in this country be
ing so nearly always of mahogany tina
the exceptions are negligible. If til
housewife in a moment of worry set