The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-10
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Army and
Navy News
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on May u a detachment of one hun
bred marines and five officers, at
least. Will leave san Francisco for Ma
mia. via Honolulu, on the cruiser Buff
falo. The detachment started from
Norfolk on the cruiser Prairie for
Colon. and will cross the Isthmus OF
Panama, sailing from the Pacific side
to san Francisco on the Buffalo.
While no information mas been re-
ceived here that the local marine
camp is to be augmented by recruits
on the Buffalo, yet it is felt among
the officers at Camp Very that there
is little likelihood of the battalion
there being broken up and the men
assigned to warships. Some of the Of
fcers believe that their turn ashore
here will last almost two years.
Want Wheel of Constitution.
Negotiations are pending between the
Boston chapter of the Daughters of
the Revolution and the heirs of Ell
bert T. Stannard of Port Washington,
L. T., for the purchase from the latter
of the steering wheel of the old frig-
ate Constitution, which is now lying
at the navy yard, in Charlestown,
Mass, complete in every detail except
the missing wheel
Gilbert T. Stannard who died about
| year ago, purchased practically all
of the old battleships of the Navy, and
| the wheel came into his possession in
an odd manner 1t was worn down so
thin that it was thrown into a corner
of the navy yard in Brooklyn. When
| Stannard bought the Potomac, which
had been condemned, he discovered her
wheel was missing, and he demanded
that another be put in its place. To
| pIacate him the government officials
offered the old wheel of the Constitu-
ton. which Stannard accepted.
STANDARDS will. stipulated that the
wheel could be sold by his heirs fo1
any sum in excess of $500, which tbs
Boston women hope to raise.
Fast 'tSubs'' for Japan.
John P. Holland of East Orange, in
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his home, No. IL William street, thai
city, last night, that he had decided
to accept the offer of Japan to con-
| struct submarines of the type he of
fered the United States Government
two years ago, says the n. Y. Herald
The latter refused the new type, Mr.
Holland said, and Japan will build Z
fo,r e.
| which will have a speed of thirty
knots an hour. Mr.. Holland is to re,
cefye a royalty ON each boat to BIZ
| built.
4 Japan will send draughtsmen to tht
! inventor, who will direct them In pre-.
pairing plans.
/ THE new boat was rejected by the
/ United States Government experts
said Mr.. Holland, '.but the japanese
are alert, UP to date, and they are tt
build a fleet of submarines which will
be competent to lead an attack on al
enemy. The boats can accompany {
| fleet, travel across the ocean and vii
be small and speedy. They represent
the latest modern invention and will
be formidable in battle. The Japa
nese authorities wrote me six week!
ago and / will accept their offer a:
soon as am in better health
The new boats will be small ant
easily handled. Mr.. Hollands idea o.
a submarine is one agile in the water
and resembling the borpoise, and thi.
is embodied in the new construction
He says the naval authorities of ia
pan are almost abreast of the time!
and said the people are so honest IL
their dealings with him that theil
word is as good as bond.
Navy's Biggest Gun.
Ordnance officials expect that thf
fourteen-inch gun now under con
struction for the Navy at the Wash
ington gun foundry will be ready To-
tests at the Indian Head provins
grounds within eight or nine months
Satisfactory progress is being mad
on the gun.
Torpedo Boats as Targets.
During the battle practise of tn,
vessels of the Atlantic fleet this sum
mer' the torpedo boats O'Brien an,
Nicholson will be used as targets. I
is the intention of the Navy Depart
ment to have the little vessels takel
to Annapolis, where the students o
the Naval Academy will take thei
machinery out and afterward use
| for instruction purposes. The vessel
then will be lowed to Norfolk an
| fitted up. They will be filled wit
| cork in order to keep them afloat afte
being shot into by the battleships.
For an Aerial Navy.
| The purpose which the Signal Corp