The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-28
Army and
Navy News !
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Among the Marine Corps officers who
may pass through Honolulu on the
transport Thomas is Lieut.. Colonel
Lejeune, although he may have left the
Thomas at Nagasaki to go homo on
liner Others expected are Lieut.. Ed
ward Conger, Major Edward Powell,
Captain Frank c. Lander, Lieutenants
s. w. Began, A. +. Randall. Fred Ken
sci, Harry Bartlett.
Hervey's Remains on Thomas.
The remains of Captain Eugene z.
Hervey Jr., 10th Cavalry, who died re-
Gently in the Philippines are aboard
the transport Logan. They are accom-
panied by the widow and sister, Mrs.
Stuart, wife of an army officer. The
funeral will take place in Charleston,
s. C.
Coal for Navy Yards.
WASHINGTON, May l4.-Contracts
were let today by the Navy Depart
ment for the transportation of about
1000 tons of coal from the Atlantic
Coast to the navy yards at Mare Island,
California, and Bremerton, Washington,
Mt 1920 ton. The New York and
Porto Rico Steamship Company of New
York secured contract for three
fourths of the quantity, and Bowring
g. Co. of New York the remainder.
Naval Hero Dying
LOS ANGELES, May 14.-Ensign
Benjamin H. Green, United States
Navy, is dying at the home of his sis
ter Mrs. j. L. Redmond. For fourteen
years, Green, now only thirty-one has
served his country, and earned four
medals and a commission by bravery.
He enlisted in San Francisco when sew
enteen, was in the battle of Santiago
and through the west Indies and Phil
,ippine campaigns.
AS an ordinary seaman on the Uni
ted States steamer Independence, he,
with n comrade, was captured by the
Moros. He and his comrade escaped
and lived week on snakes and frogA
Once he carried Lieutenant Wood,
wounded on his back and swan a river
to save him. Stricken with malignant
fever, he was long in the Mare Island
Hospital, but was brought here re-
Gently.
Chart Of South Atlantic.
AS a result of the growth of trade in
| already to be noted in the bureau. Some
time in June there will appear the first
| pilots chart of the South Atlantic
ocean ever published by the United
States. Thereafter similar charts of
that section of ocean will be printed
quarterly.
This chart is now being prepared in
the photographic Office. 1t will be pat
termed after pilot chart of the North
| Atlantic ocean, but, on account of the
lack of data, will not be so complete.
1t will contain information concerning
the expected average condition of wind
and weather and recommended routes
for steam and sail.
| Derelicts, wrecks, drifting buoys,
ocean currents, storm tracks and mag
netic variations will be represented on
the chart by appropriate colors and
symbols. From time to time special
subjects of interest to the Navy and
commercial vessels will be included on
the chart.
In December similar pilots chart
of the South Pacific ocean will be pub
lished for the first time and will APP
pear thereafter quarterly.
Information for the new charts will
be obtained in much the same manner
as that for the pilots chart in the
North Atlantic and North Pacific
oceans. Data is collected for these at
| fourteen branch offices, from observers
aboard ship and from publications of
other governments. The observers are
usually officers of vessels touching
American ports
Quiz for Mariners.
The Navy Department has found
that while the mariner is good OBJ
server he is likely not to be good
writer, and therefore it has been desir.
able to have representatives of the n.y.
geographic Office visit the ships and get
| by word of mouth such information
as can be obtained. An increase in the
force at branches in southern waters
is desired by the Navy Department.
| Tho only survey work now in progress
under the direction of the photographic
Office is in southern waters. A vessel
is engaged in gathering data along the
coast of 'Hayti and another in Cuba. A
land force is making Typographical OBJ
servations in Cuba.
1t has been the desire of the Navy
Department officials for some time to
procure authorization and appropria-
ti0ns to make surveys of the unsurvey-
ed waters in Central America, where
it is probable that the local govern
ments will not undertake the task. 1t
is also desired to have the force at
Washington increased so that the
American Navy will be independent of
the world in its supply of maps and
charts.