The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-20
Army and
Navy News
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on the mainland of the United States
is something in excess OF 10000 since
5000 troops were returned from CUBA,
in the philippines, about 1900, in
GLIDING the scouts; IN Alaska 100; IL
Porto Rico, 600; in Hawaii something
more than that number The major por
tion of the army is kept in the West
With the acquisition of the Philippines
and the progress OF events IN tie Oh
ent, the tendency toward massing the
troops in that quarter seems to have
increased. Then the military AFFAIRS
committee of Senate and House have
been dominated during the last ten
years by Western men. Frontier posts
housing two or three companies or sol
diers as in the days of Indian fighting
are being abandoned in considerable
measure and the effort is to establish
a few large posts, where the army can
be CHARTERED in brigades, The Chair
men Of Military committees in Con
gress have looked to it that these big
posts were west of the Allegheny noun
tains. The War Department. also fav-
sors this policy.
OF the fifteen cavalry regiments, two,
the 1st and the 9th, and all but one
troop each of the 9th and 10th are in
the Philippines. The Department Is
building up a large army force at Ho-
nolulu, where eight troops of the Fifth
Cavalry have recently been sent. There
is one cavalry regiment at Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga, several troops each at Fort
Meyer, Va, near Washington; at Fort
Ethan Allen, near Burlington, Vt. Prae-
tically all the rest of the cavalry is
at such large posts as Sam Houston,
Tex; Meade, S. D.; Smelling, near st.
Paul; Riley and Leavenworth, Kan, D.
A. Russell, near Cheyenne, Wye; Du-
ehesne, near Salt Lake City; Fort Des
Moines, Iowa; Sheridan, near Chicago;
and the Preside, at San Francisco.
The six regiments of Field Artillery
are almost exclusively in the West
at the Preside, Forts d. A. Russell,
Sam Houston, Sill, Smelling, Leaven-
worth, Riley, Sheridan and Vancouver
Barracks. Three batteries Of the two
mountain artillery regiments-the End
and the 4th-and three batteries from
the 9Th (ight) Artillery are in the Phil
ippines. Two batteries of the End and
one battery of the 3rd (light) Artillery
have been serving in Cuba. Two or
three batteries of artillery are usually
kept near Washington City, along with
two or three companies of engineers.
OF the thirty Infantry regiments
about five regiments in the aggregate
are quartered along the Atlantic coast.
Eight companies of the 9TH have been
in Cuba, the rest at Plattsburg Bar
racks, n. Y. The 18th is at Forts
Jay, Porter and Niagara, n. Y; the
18th at Fort Mcpherson, Ga; the oath
at Madison Barracks and at Fort On
tario, n. Y. Most of the 10Th Infantry
companies that have been in Cuba will
be brought to Atlantic coast forts.
One of the big army problems of the
day is to quarter the soldiers of the
various branches of the mobile force
in as few centers as possible. The Gen
eral Staff would assemble the regiments
by brigades and new plans are being
constantly perfected to that end. II
encourages the military spirit, promotes
soldierly efficiency, and gives the Off
GERS larger experience in handling men
This also is in line with the practice
of foreign armies. Japan, for her high
ly organized army force, already has
| not brigade posts but division posts
centrally located in every province Of
| the empire The problem is a more per
picking one for the United States thar
for any other nation that maintains {
large standing army, because of tht
greater distances here and the resist
ance of civil authorities to the policy
of abandoning minor posts. The cen
| tralization of troops also favors NOR.
perfect organization of staff corps, es
pecially in the eommissary and quar-
termaster departments.
Artillery Post Plans.
The plans submitted by the United
States Army engineers for the new
artillery post at Waikiki have met will
the approval of the War Department
at Washington, but the funds for th'
| buildings are not yet forthcoming. Thu
| buildings are to be erected at Fort D,
| Russy, Waikiki beach, on or adjaeen
! to the old Along property, where tw,
| big gun stations are to be constructed
Captain Dixon Dead
A dispatch dated from New York
| March 10, announces the death Of Cap
tain Albert Firman Dixon, U.S.N., In
speetor of Machinery, United State
| Navy, for the Atlantic Coast. Captain
Dixon was well known in Honolulu. H
married Miss Stella Wood in this cit.
| in 1874.
| Fate of the Marines.
i From Washington comes the new
that the marines NAV not be reassione