The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-18
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Army and Navy Happenings


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ed up, however, and they have become
used to the change and new quarters,
things will run along smoothly, as be-
fore.
The new men take well to the city,
and the curio stores especially are do
ing a rushing business with them.
A Military League.
It has been suggested that an all
service baseball league be formed.
Since the Fifth Cavalry has arrived,
there is a possibility of having q cav
airy team, an infantry team, marine
team, sailor team from the tug Irc-
quois, and, last but not least, the en-
gineer team from Waikiki, who have
proved to the fans that they can play
the game to standstill.
An effort will be made to bring tie
leading fans of the various branches
together in time to begin series of
league games this spring.
Miller to Fight the Demon.
Private Frank Miller, Co. H, Goth
Infantry, will be given another chance
to show the fight fans what is in him.
He is down to meet the Punchbowl
Demon, on the evening of the 30th
Miller is the man whom Dick Sullivan
disposed of in the second round some
few weeks ago.
New Use for ohia.
It is said that Engineer Young of
the Constructing Quartermaster's force
has found a new use for ohia posts,
the wood that resists the ravages of
water and dry rot. Some of the new
buildings to be raised call for rein
forced concrete. The work has to 60
ahead and the steel rods to be buried
in the concrete are not on the ground
yet. Mr.. Young IS said to have exper-
imented with ohia posts in place Of
steel rods, and it is said that their use
is practical, and will be a money-saver
as well.
A Trooper Inventor.
One of the troopers at the new post,
said to be the color sergeant, is re-
ported to be an inventor of practical
military kitchen hanger for all uten-
sis needed by busy cook. The in
steel rods, which are easily swung on
pivots for transportation purposes, and
when raised on a central table is pro-
vided with hooks on which can be hung
anything used about the kitchen and
always near the cook s hand.
Fort Shafter Building.
For the benefit of those who either
do not know or are under the wrong
impression of Fort Shafter, it may be
said that, In one year time, the aver
age Honolulan will not know the post
to be the same one that he last saw in
| 1908. Fort Shafter is being rapidly
| built up. At present there are nine
| new buildings under construction by
Pringle, Dunn & Moscrip of San Fran
| cisco. Mr.. Pringle, when interviewed
yesterday, said he had been having a
| hard time to get the lumber needed to
| push things along, but had received
| some recently, with more coming, sc
the firm will be able to make quite a
| showing in the next few weeks. :" We
| have sixty men on our payroll now,
| said Mr.. Pringle, ''and several of them
are expert carpenters from the Coast
When these buildings are finished and
| the lawns laid, the same as they are
around the other quarters, Fort Shafte1
will be one of the beauty spots of Ho
| nolulu, as well as a far more comfort
able place for the soldiers who are
| stationed here The men are at pres
| ent a little crowded, there being two
companies in each barracks, though
! each company has room for a poo
table and library. There is plenty OF
music and games of all kinds, and the
men have fine bowling alley anG
| gymnasium, a baseball diamond ant
everything needed to keep them in per
feet health and strength.
Sports at Fort Shafter.
"Now that the time is coming fo
field sports once more, the soldiers a
| Fort Shafter are working hard, and W,
are bound to make Honolulu recognize
us as clean bunch of sports,'' sale
a member of one of the teams yester
day.
The basketball team is practisin.
every day as well. There is Away
some one anxious to make the regula
team, so it is easy to pick up a game
and when they go to practise they d.
it with will. Bowling, too, is takin,
well with the men. Every day sees
crowd in the alleys, and some of then
are quite expert with the balls AM
would make good showing with mos
any team.
Praise for the Marines.
1t is interesting to note at this tim
what the late Rear Admiral Francis A
Roe, U. S. n, one of the most gallan
and most efficient officers ever in tn
Navy, had to say of the Marines. III
entered the Navy as midshipman Il
October, 1S41, and was retired Octobe
4, 1885, during which period he had a.
active service that would be hard t
discount. What Rear Admiral Roe ha
to say of the Marines is found in hi
| work entitled "Naval Duties and Dis
cipline,' published about 1865, fror
which we make the following extracts
"The Marines of the Navy have bee
called 'sea infantry They are elias
of men apart and distinct from a
others of the Navy. They have bee
: a much abused people, although secre
recognition of their value has Away
been taeitly acknowledged by officer
and men. Much has been said abou
the natural antipathy of sailors t
marines on board our ships I thin