The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-08

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l.. Freeman, medical corIs, Fort Riley,
Kas; First Lieutenants Thomas J.
Flynn, medical corps, Fort Smelling,
Mimi; First Lieutenant Edward l.. Ma
! pier and First Lieutenant Thomas II.
! johnson. medical corps, Fort mellow
ell and Fort Baker, respectively; Lieu
tenant Edward NJ. Wells, Jr., medical
corps, Preside Of San Francisco; First
Lieutenant William b. Borden, medi-
cal reserve corps, Fort Bayard, N. NJ;
First Lieutenant Albion Med. Coffee,
medical reserve corps, Fort St. Phillip,
La; First Lieutenant Wilson Murray,
medical reserve corps, Fort William
Henry Harrison, Montana; First Lieu
tenant George r. Clayton medical re-
serve corps, Fort Andrews, Mass.
To sail February for Philippines
Medical corps, Cal tain Frank W.
Weed, Fort Totten, N. Y; First Lieu
tenant Alexander T. Cooper, general
hospital, Preside of San Francisco;
First Lieutenant Condor c. McCor.
mack Vancouver Barracks; First Lieu
tenant Madison F. Bowman, medical
I reserve corps, Preside of Monterey;
/ First Lieutenant Larry B. McAffee,
medical corps, is relieved from duty at
! Hot Springs, Ark, and will proceed to
San Francisco in time to sail Febru-
airy for Honolulu for duty in Hawaii.
! The DeIaware's Grave Mistake.
! NORFOLK, Va, August 31.-Ac-
cording to a report which has caused
intense interest in naval circles to-
! day, Admiral Osterhaus, commanding
the Atlantic fleet, has demanded that
the captain of the battleship Delaware
explain how it was that the repair
ship Panther, with 500 men on board,
was three times endangered last Mon
day by shells from the Delaware.
The Delaware had been firing upon
the sunken San Marcos in Tangier
Sound, and it is declared that seven
miles away the Panther's rig made
her look like the sunken San Marcos.
The gun crew of the Delaware, it is
charged, by mistake fired their thirty
first, thirty-second and thirty-third
shots at the Panther, the first stril1-
ing within 1875 yards, the second with
in 100 yards and the third within
seventy-five yards of the repair ship.
This made things so interesting for
the Panther that its wireless was put
in operation and the firing suddenly
ceased.
The Panther has on board a mov-
ing-picture apparatus, taking scenes
of the gun tests and further destruc-
ton of the San Marcos.
Temperance in the Army.
WASHINGTON, August 9O.-"The
standard of temperance in the army
for both officers and men is excep.
tfonally high, and is not exceeded in
the other walks of life, unless in tine
church and among railroad employees,
says Major General Frederick D.
Grant in a report to the War Depart
.ment.
There was remarkable decrease,
he adds in the number of trials by
military courts in the department last
year as compared with the previous
twelve months.
Biggest Rattleship Yet.
WASHINGTON. August 3O.-The
two new battleships authorized by
the last naval act probably will be Of
2S,5O0 tons displacement, or the big
I gest war vessels in the world. The
, largest ships so far designed for the
American Navy are the New York
and the Texas, with a displacement
of $4,000 tons each, and it became
known only today that the Navy De
> partment contemplated exceeding
their size.
The new ships will have heavier
armor than ever before put on a bat
tleship, which accounts for their in
i creased displacement. The armamen
of the new vessels will be the sam,
+ as the New York and Texas, with
. main battery of ten 14-inch guns.
: With this approach to a 3O,OO0-tol
S battleship the naval ordnance expert
/ are considering the question of a II
It inch gun. 1t will require a 35,OOO-tol
# battleship to Withstand the terrif
= recoil from the main battery of te,
16-inch guns.