Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-11-17

duiHolllleS 10 prevent lne govern
ment from being defrauded by the
sale of clothing drawn by the sol.
der in his current enlistment. Also
the public will be protected In the
purchase of such clothing; It is with.
in the power of the military authori-
ties TO retake clothing wrongfully
sold and disposed OF by soldier du =
ing his current enlistment, to which
he has only qualified title.
Cadet Frank Is. Clay, LIST class,
Y. S. Military Academy, son OF SEN
ator Clay OF Georgia. was recently
tried by general court martial at
West Point, n. Y, on several charges
of misconduct. He was found By
the court to be guilty of two of the
charges-absence from his tent be.
tween tottoo and revellle and going
beyond cadet Iimits-both charges IN
violation of regulations of the Mill.
tnry Academy and of the 62nd ArtI.
Gle OF War. or the other charges
and specifications against him he.
was n quilted by the court. He
was sentenced to be suspended from
the Military Academy. without pay
and allowances, until August 2S,
1911, and then to Join the then first
class. The sentence has been cora
muted by the President so as to re-
quire Cadet Clay to be confined to
barracks, area of barracks and gym
nasium until May II, 1911, and dur
ing that period to serve punishmen.
tours every Wednesday and Satur-
day at the usually prescribed hours.
Major William w. Harris, Corps OF
Engineers, U. S. A., formerly U. s.
Engineer, with headquarters at
Nashville, has been given high
honor by the Institution of Civil En-.
gineers of Great Britain, which re
Gently conferred on him the Telford
gold medal. The honor came to
Major Harris not also as a result ri
his reputation as an engineer, buC
also because of n paper which he
wrote and whi.h was published In
the annals OF the British organiza-
ton. The Telford medal is a prize |
which is to be coveted by engineers
of every country of the world, AMI
is seldom given an American. Major
Harris was several months ago ap-
pointed a member of the U. S, Rec
lamatiOn Board.
Lieut.. Colonel George Barrett, U.
S. NJ. c., has qualified for promo.
ton to succeed Colonel p. st. c.
Murphy, who retired October 1914
Major Charles G. Long has been Or
dered home from Honolulu, and Cap
tain Henry w. Carpenter from the
to take the examina-
tons for promotion to the vacancies
created, The other officers desig-
mated to take the examinations for
are Lieutenant Fred Ken
sol and end Lieutenant +. II. Dreos.
so2retary of the Navy Meyer.
while at New Orleans recently. Il
quoted rs saying: III there Is ever
to ho lighting, Il will not he on the
Gulf OF Mexico. but viii be around
the entrance Of the Panama Canal.
Or course, none Of MS anticipates n
conflict, but II 1t should Come the
canal will be the place which will
need fortifying," ..~,
The horse transport Dix sailed
from San Francisco at o'alock yes
,erday afternoon for Honolulu
bringing a large number OF horses
or army ,nosts here, The Dix took
IN hoard l0s horses at San Franz
,isco, but as to how many were
AIKEN on at Seattle is not known
Il the depot quartermaster's Office
lere. ..,
On November 81, Third Lieuten-
mt of Engineers ii. u, Robinson or ,
he Thetls 10 ordered to report to
he president of sub-board for en-
mlnatlon for promotion. The hoara ,
onslsts of Captain C. s. Cochran OF
he Thetls and Second Lieutenant OF
Engineers j. Z. sheedy.
The Buffalo. which has been at
Ianila for some time, sailed yester- I.
nv aud will to,,ob N, .r,,a,s, 40 A. a.. | q