The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-12-02
MACOMB HERE
IN JANUARY
Col. Schuyler Goes to Washing
ton Next Week-Local Orders
Are Made Public.


Among the army orders arriving here
yesterday from Washington was one
ordering Col Walter Schuyler 60 Wash
ington, the order, dated November I,
reading as follows;
BY direction of the President, Col.
Walter :. Schuyler, Fifth Cavalry, is
detailed as "a member OF the general
stan corps and upon arrival at Homo
lulu OF the transport from Manila
about November Is for San Francisco.
he will leave aud report to the com.
handing general Department of Cali.
fornia, for duty on his sta6. -
Colonel Schuyler will not leave for
Washington however, until about De.
eember 8, taking passage on the trans.
port sherman. Brighten. Montgomery
NJ. Macomb has been relieved from
duty at Washington and has been order.
ed to sail from San Francisco for Ho-
nolulu on January to assume com.
mand of the district of Hawaii.
During the interim between the de-
parture of Colonel Schuyler and the
arrival of General Macomb. Lieutenant
Colonel Wheeler of the Fifth Cavalry
will be the ranking line officer here and
will probably be designated as tempo.
rary commander of the district Of Ha-
wall.
New Commissary Coming.
Maj, Alexander NJ. Davis, who has
been purchasing commissary at st.
Louis is to be relieved by Lieutenant
Colonel Davis, whereupon Major Davis
will leave for San Francisco and take
passage for Honolulu on the transport
leaving February s, 1911. On arrival
here he will relieve Major Hart, as
commissary, Major Hart is to report
to Lieut.. Col. Albert Kniskern, deputy
commissary general at San Francisco,
who will be assigned to duty in the
Philippines, sailing from San Francisco
about April .. In Manila he will re-
lieve Col. David Brainerd as chief COM
missary. Colonel Brainerd won fame
as Sergeant Brainefd in one of tho
Greely's expeditions in the arctic
regions. Colonel Brainerd goes to
Washington for duty.
Elliott Retires Today.
Another item of local interest is the
announcement of the retirement of
Maj.-Gen. George +. Elliott, command
ant of the United States Marine Corps,
who leaves the corps today The navy
department is considering appointing a
successor pending action Of
congress upon Secretary Meyers plan
to decrease the tenure of office of ma.
rine eommandant to four years, instead
of until retired or death, as at present
General Elliott retires because of ad-
vaneed age. Col. William Z. Biddle,
now attached to the marine headquar-
tiers in Washington, is the ranking Of
ticer. 1t could not be learned whether
he will succeed General Elliott. Gen
eral Elliott will terminate an active
career in the marine corps of more than
forty years.
Chaplain James i. Houlihan, Fifth
Cavalry, has been granted leave of alb
sence for two months on surgeons
of disability. He has been
IN the hospital Mt Fort .Shafter.
Capt. Elmer j. Wallace, signal corps,
has been ordered to Honolulu for the
purpose of inspecting the telephone
ines at Fort Shafter and Schofield Bar
'acks, and probably at other posts.
Dunning's Force to Utah.
The Second Infantry, according to 4
schedule just arranged by the war de-
Dartment, is to come to Honolulu about
March, 1911. About the same time the
me battalion of the Twentieth Infan-
ny now stationed at Fort Shafter will
20 to the mainland and be assigned to
Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah.
rhe Second Infantry is now at Fort
thomas, Kentucky. Major Dunning, on
rriving at Fort Douglas, will find him
elf in an old home, for he was station
d there in the early nineties with tho
sixteenth Infantry.
Completed Riding Test.
On Tuesday six line officers complet-
d the three.day riding test prescribed
y the war department. The party rode
rom Leilehua to Kahuku, with side
rips to complete the prescribed course
he officers taking the test were Col =
V. NJ. Schuyler Fifth Cavalry; Lieut.
'ol. Homer Wheeler, Fifth Cavalry;
Iaj. Fred w. Foster, Fifth Cavalry;
Gajor Winslow, Corps of Engineers;
iaj. j. NJ. Kennedy, Medical Corps;
Iajor Hart, subsistence department.