The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-14
GENERAL BLISS
TO INSPECT FORTS
Observation-Disclosures viii Ar
rive With Department
Chief.
LEILEHUA SITE NOT CHOSEN
Secretary Of War May Personally
Decide Where Brigade
Post Goes.

General Bliss, united states army,
commanding the Department Of Califor-
MIA, to which Hawaii, as a separate
district, is still attached, will arrive in
Honolulu on the liner Mongolia, accom-.
panied by General Aleshire, quarter
master general of the army.
The visit Of these two high officers
of the army is connected with the plans
60 enlarge the various posts in and
about Honolulu and to inspect the for
tifcations.
About the time the officers arrive
Secretary of War Dickinson viii have
returned to Washington from his world
tour, and it is expected that he win
then, personally, make definite selee-
tion of the site for the permanent cav
airy post at Leilehua.
Site Not Yet selected.
1t may be matter of surprise to
the community that the site has not yet
been selected. When General Barry,
who was recently in command of the
Department of California. returned to
the mainland from an inspection tour
of Oahu, it was thought that the site
had been determined upon by him.
General Barry, however, merely looked
over what are called the Schuyler
Site'' and the "'Castner Site, )" and de-
cided that as far as he was concerned,
the Schuyler site was the better situar-
ed. This site is practically the site of
the present cavalry cantonment of
Sehofield Barracks, ON which have been
erected temporary barracks and quar-
ters for the Fifth Cavalry, and to which
has been added in the past month quar-
ters for the Second, or remaining squad
ron of the regiment which is to arrive
today on the transport Sherman from
San Francisco
Secretary of War to Cut Knot.
The Castner site was the one which
Captain Castner, constructing quarter.
master, decided was better situated.
This is closer to the main road and
according to Castner it was better
located with reference to an adequate
water supply for the proposed perma
nent brigade post.
When Secretary of War Dickinson
was here several weeks ago he was
asked if the permanent site had beer
selected and he replied with some sur
prise, that he thought it had already
been selected. II is likely that Genera
Barryis recommendation may prevail
with the secretary of war, although the
latter has been over the entire ground
and knows from personal observation
the exact Law of the ground.
In addition to the enlargement OF
Leilehua, the plans for which will bC
out next month and an appropriation
of 100000 available for commencing
initial construction, Fort Shafter is Il
be enlarged to a regimental post, whicl
will make it twO-thirds larger than a
present The additional buildings viii
occupy the rise of ground to the Wal
kiki of the present post, across gulch
on the site occupied by the recent CAM
of instruction for militia officers.
Barracks for Several Posts.
Then, also, are to be built quarters
for a battalion of Coast artillery troops
at Fort Ruger, where only temporary
quarters are in position. Just what i
to be done at Fort De Russy, Waikiki
is not known here yet. 1t is under
stood that more of the swamp landi
back of the batteries will be filed il
before barracks are erected.
1t is likely also that General Bills
and General Aleshire will inspec the
battery at Pearl Harbor in what il
called Fort Kamehameha. This battery
Of two l2-ineh guns has been mounted
and awaiting men to handle them TO
about year. At present the grea
guns are inder the eye of watehmen.
Spend More Than Million.
Next in consideration is the possibl
determination of the quartermaster
general to decide whether or not a dc
pot quartermaster Is building will b
erected ON the government land o.
lower Fort street between Queen stree
and the Oceanic wharf. Bids were call
ed for a building there some time age
but the bids were in excess of wha
the quartermaster s department consid
cred should be spent, and the bids wer
called of.
All these propositions call for th
expenditure of considerably more thar
million dollars, probably not les
than 81 100000
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