The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-30
ARMY AND
NAVY NEWS

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covering the subject On which the ex-
| animation was being held. These pages
| he is alleged to have smuggled into the
| examination room concealed about his
| person.
| Lieutenant kinzie was promptly ex-
| PEELED from the examination room. The
news of the exposure Of the lieutenant
| spread like wildfre through the post.
| 1t became known to Monterey and ink
| lings of it were received in San Fran
| cisco.
| Lieutenant Hunter Kinzie was born
| in Wisconsin in 1876. and was appoint
| ed to the Army from civil life in 1899.
| He was assigned to the Twentieth In
| fantry as a second lieutenant and was
promoted to first lieutenant in 1901. He
| is first senior lieutenant of his regi-
ment and is with Company c.
Water Was Hot.
| When the troopers first arrived at
| Leilehua, they were delighted to find
shower baths already prepared and
ready for use. Many of them stripped
| and rushed to get under the sprinklers.
| They turned on the faucets, but imme-
diatelv there followed a howl of pain.
| The water was hot. The main feed
pipe, travelling down the hill from the
reservoir, lay exposed to the sun, and
the water got an edge on. The pipes
are being laid under ground now and
| the water has grown cold.
To Prepare Target Range.
A board of officers has been appoint
| "a 1nIa1al 10 caIoo+ q
| suitable site for a target range The
range may be located toward the right
| of the camp and on the Waialua side of
the Waianae Gap road. Target practise
will be constant during the months of
March, April and May.
Lumber for Concession.
| Lumber for the new concession build
| ing of the Oahu Service Company is
being prepared for shipment to the can
| torment. The members of the com
| pany have been quite active the past
| few days arranging for the equipment
| of the restaurant, cafe and laundry,
and they hope to be ready for service
| the latter part of next week.
San Francisco Army Notes
The Chronicle of January 20 has the
following:
Captain Henry T. Ferguson, now act
ing as chief commissary of this de
| partment, will be relieved from that
| detail in February. It is rumored that
| Captain Lawrence B. Simonds, now on
the way home from the Philippines
will be appointed to the position to be
made vacant by Ferguson.
Captain E. G. Davis, adjutant to
| Colonel J. A. Lundeen, has successfully
| undergone an operation at the general
| hospital at the Preside.
! The return to the city of Mrs. Ynez
| Shorb-White Buck, wife Of Carroll
D. Buck, Z. S. A., who is now
| stationed in the Philippines, has been
indefinitely postponed.
Big Pacific Fleet.
WASHINGTON, January 22.-Senti-
ment in favor of an adequate naval
force in the Pacific is gaining strength.
/ Many members of Congress favor it.
Senator Perkins is for it also. Sena-
/ tor Flint said today that he was in
favor of the maintenance of a feet
in the Pacific and another in the At
lantic, each to be as large as the At
lantie battleship fleet which recently
visited the Pacific Coast. Moreover,
/ the Senator is in favor of increasing
! the appropriation of the present naval
| bill SO as to provide for four 26.000-
ton battleships, instead of two. eve
should have an adequate feet he de-
clares, con each side of the continent
all the time. -
Death of Noted Veteran.
/
| PITTSBURG, January 17.-Maior
William Graham McCand1ess, who
| fought with the Army of the Potomac
in every one of its battles during the
Civil War, died here today, seventy one
years of age.
Mare Island Notes.
MARE ISLAND, January lett is
stated here that the proposed new slip
yard will be located near the present
anchorage of the receiving ship hide
lpendence at the south section of the
| island The ship is included in the
| recommendations of Admiral Richard
Hollyday, chief of the yards and docks
bureau.
The cruiser Raleigh and yard tug
Dart were unlocked here this morning
Routine at Camp Very.
The new Camp Very for marines il
now quite an up-to-date military plant
The camp is being rebuilt and changed
in every way. The old company Of
marines has been disbanded and the
men assigned to the new companies that
came on the Buffalo. Several new build
| ings as well as tents are now on The
| grounds where a few week AGO there
were but few tents and three frame
buildings.
| The new duty schedule is as fol
lows:
| neutrality-suspicious., parade and re
view
| Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Troop inspection, parade and review.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. drill.
/ Saturdays = General police worl
around the camp.