The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-05-18

That General Elliot. conimandant of
marines. Is dissatisfied with the man
ner In which certain unnamed officers
Of the Marine Corps perform their
duties is clearly evident from the char
acter Of recent general order.
Having In view" says the general
comma ndaut "the fact that the inn
rortant duties OF officer OF the day
now fall to many officers OF the Ma
rine Corps who have had but limited
experience In the performance OF gar
rlson duty IN the United States, and
| In consideration OF the further fact
that such duties have been recently
carried out In a manner highly unsat-
lsfactory to the majnr general com
mandant. Il Is directed that command
! ing officers enforce n rigid perform
ance OF such duties"
II was also directed that certain in
F, structions be observed TO the letter
unless prevented by an unforeseen
emergency one of these Instructions
is that the officer OF the day shall re-
main In his office during his tour OF
, duty, except when purely official du-
ties require his presence elsewhere.
| Absence for meals Is authorized The
officer of the day is required to visit
all sentries three times at least during
his tour OF duty. Whenever he leaves
his Office for any purpose he must
! wear side arms,
"The occurrence OF tour of duty
says General Elliot, will not be made
the occasion for making social calls
in the navy yard and obviously not
elsewhere. Ignorance OF post orders
viii not eNonerate the officer OF the
day from their non-fulfillment."
Army Woman's Peril.
NEW YORK, Aprl so.-Mrs. Edwina
Hathaway, wife of Captain II. $.
Hathaway, u. S. A.. and daughter of
Louis s. Berg, president OF the Mobile.
Jackson and Kansas city Railroad,
was probably saved from death OF Sc
rious injury late yesterday. when she
was thrown from her automobile In
Central Park. through the fact that
she had a remarkably luxurlant
growth OF hair.
When the knuckle joint OF the steer
ing gear broke, the machine crushed
into a tree and hurled both Mrs. Hath
away and Howard Hoffman, the
chauffeur out. Mrs Hathaway's head
struck the tree. but she was not in
jured because her hair acted as
cushion.
The chauffeur was so badly injured
that the doctors at the Roosevelt hos
pital believed his condition today 10
be critical
Wireless Telegraph Tower.
Upon the advice of experts in wire
less telegraphy in the United States
Navy no action will be taken by the
Navy Department in awarding the con
tract for the construction and equip
ment Of the wireless telegraph tower
at or near Washington until the com
pany seeking the contract has fully
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
department its ability to fulfill the re-
quirements.
For this purpose n series Of tests,
lasting probably three months will
take place at the company's station at
Brant Rock, Mass. Lieutenant George
c. Sweet probably will be the officer
detailed by the department TO go to
Brant Rock and witness these tests.
New York for Europe.
AS soon as the New York goes in
commission this month she will be sent
Ito eastern Mediterranean waters if con
ditions there still warrant the presence
of the armOred cruisers North Carolina
and Montana. The purpose of sending
the New York to join the other armor-
ed cruisers is Co have the three vessels
together for drill purposes. 1t is the
intention Of the Navy Department TO
have cruiser squadron attached 20 the
Atlantic feet, and the three vessels
named will form tho nucleus of that
squadron, The presence of the war
ships in the eastern Mediterranean will
depend on conditions there.
The gunboat Scorpion, which is at
Naples having her boilers repaired and
which will be sent to Constantinople
for the use of the American ambassa-
dor as dispatch boat, will not be
| randy fnr garvian far nj Last a month