The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-04
Automatic Ten.shooters.

cial)-The time-honored army six
shooter, dear to the heart of the nov
elist, will become obsolete next Aug.
ust, giving way to the march of i'm
prOvement as represented by the
automatic ten-shot Luger. This
weapon has finally demonstrated its
great superiority over the old-fash-
toned revolver, and has already been
extensively adopted in the regular
army.
An order just issued from militia
headquarters provides for the ex-
change of all 3S-caliber revolvers now
in the hands of the militiamen for
the 45-caliber automatic pistol next
August J. A. B.
General Bliss on Discipline.
Military discipline is as repugnant
to the average man as school discip-
line is to the average child, but the
administration of corrective punish.
ments is beneficial to both the man
and child" says Brigadier General
Tasker H. Bliss, commanding the
Department of California, in report
to the War Department made public
in Washington recently.
There was a material decrease in
the number of courts-martial in the
Department of California, he says,
during the last fiscal year, as COM
pared with the preceding year, when
discipline was considered eminently
satisfactory.
General Bliss directs attention to
the fact that the majority of the
cases came under the head of cor
receive or disciplinary punishments,
and of the "vindictive or purely pun
tive" class.
"They indicate discipline, and not
the lack of discipline; they indicate
discipline in the process of making"
he adds.
Both in the cases of the soldier and
the school child, General Bliss CON
tinues, the habits of obedience sub
ordination, promptness, respect for
authority, and cleanliness have to be
taught. rs- -.,
an the case of the soldier" he
adds, they have to he taught in
very short time; most of his habits
of life have to be promptly reversed"
While expressing the belief that
the result is accomplished in both
cases only by thu administration of
corrective measures, he says the pub
| LEGATION of the figures relating to this
subject in the army causes as great
an injustice to the military establish
ment ''in the effect produced on the
unthinking public" as would follow
in the case of the school system if
the figures relating to the punish
ments inflicted therein were annually
published
General Bliss pleads for the CO.
operation Of the military and munic-
ipal authorities of cities near which
| troops are stationed. This co-opera-
ton, he says, will lessen the tend
ency of the soldier to offend
Maryland Sailor Honored.
VALLEJO, Sci TENDER 24-F. Da-
mask, a water tender on the cruiser
Maryland, was decorated with the
medal and diploma of the Italian Rel
Cross in the presence of the entire
ships company yesterday. Danask is
native of Greece, and in the earth
quake of Messina, Italy, a few years
ago, performed heroic feats of BRAY
cry and saved many lives. The pre-
sentation of. the medal was made by
Captain Ellicott, commanding the
Maryland, amid rousing cheers from
the crew
Pacific Coast Defense.
WASHINGTON, September 90
Complete plans have been formulated
by the War Department and are to be
carried into execution at once to pro-
vide full and adequate protection to
the Pacific Coast in the event of an
invasion by a foreign power. Not
only are the coast Notifications to be
amplified and extended so as to afford
a complete defense against any effort
to capture the harbors, but a sufd-
cient land force is being organized to
repel an invasion from that direction.
Orders will be issued soon, accord
ing to authoritative sources of infor-