The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-05

in the Advancement of your interests
here
at is happy occasion to come here
on this patriotic day and those of us
who have left our homes behind, find
here the same declaration u indie
pendence, and the same fl6g aud those
who are part and parcel Of our own
people and as essentially A erican as
we are. (Applause.)
''With these few short and ramhl' lg
remarks desire to thank yer for the
courtesies yru have extended to me. :"
No Time Lost.
When the Siberia was moored at the
Alakea wharf, where the Hawaiian
band rendered a musical greeting, the
secretary of war, General Edwards and
other military officers in his party, to-
gether with the local reception COM
mittee, Acting Governor MottISmith,
Rear-Admiral Rees, U.S.N.; Capt. Hugh
Rodman, U.S.N., commanding the spe-
cial squadron composed of the cruisers
Cleveland and Chattanooga; Captain
Mcdonald of the Chattanooga, Col.
Walter Schuyler, US.A.; Major Long,
USING, and other officers boarded the
United States lighthouse tender, com.
manded by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Houston, U.S.N.; Captain Keriger, mas
ter, and the party was soon en- route
to Pearl Harbor. The debarkatior Of
the party from the Siberia and the EN-
barkatiou on the Kukui was done
quickly and with military precision.
The cruise to Pearl Harbor gave op.
portunity for the secretary of war 10
observe the contour of the hills and
mountains and the general lay of the
land, the fertilization points, and points
recommends for fertilization, being
pointed out to him.
Visited Battery selfridge.
On arriving opposite Battery Self
ridge, Fort Kamehameha, a landing
was made and the secretary visited and
inspected the battery of two twelve.
inch guns already mounted there, but
not manned. He returned to the vessel
without delay and the cruise of the
lochs was made, the Pearl Harbor naval
site and the drydock being shown. At
the Peninsula the party was met by
autos and the secretary, General Ed
wards and one or two others, accom-
panied by Colonel Schuyler, left i'm,
mediately for Schofeld Barracks, Lei
lehua, where the Fifth Cavalry is quar-
tered in a temporary cantonment. The
secretary went over the plain and was
shown the two sites recommended in
majority and minority reports of the
local army board. 1t is understood that
the secretary will cut the Gordian knot
and designate the place where the per-
manent 100000 post to be erected,
and that in few months the quarter
master-general of the army will give
orders to commence the work where, in
the course of time, the war department
plans to quarter a maximum of four
thousand troops. The secretary was
! accorded military honors at Schofeld
Barracks. The party returned to town
shortly after noon and lunched at the
Young Hotel.
Visited Town Forts.
The afternoon was devoted to an in
spection of Fort Shafter, Fort De Russy
at Waikiki, Fort Ruger at Diamond
Head, while Fort Armstrong, at the
mouth of the channel, was noted as the
Siberia came into port in the morning.
After lunch the party visited Fort
Ruger, the secretary going through the
tunnel and inspecting the trig station
in the sea face of Diamond Head. He
inspected the gun foundations at Fort
De Russy and afterwards went to the
Pail, returning to the Young Hotel
about n quarter of an hour before the
dinner hour.