The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-20
ARMY AND NAVY
lContinued from page nine.l

small shot to hit a rapidly moving
aeroplane
Curiously enough, the one-pounIe
gun, when it was fred, proved n dan
ger to the men operating it, aud to
others aboard ship. The shot being
fired almost directly upward had, Ct
course, to come down. Being light,
the wind swayed it to and fro and it
was impossible to ascertain lust
where it would fall Naturally If a
one-pOund shot fell on any of the crew
it would mean instant destruction.
Rear Admiral Twining explained
that the heavier shot would follow a
straight course in falling, and conse-
quently it would DE easier to get out
of the way. But v!tn the time-fuse
high explosive 5hei! the danger will
be entirely eliminated.
The high explosive six FOUNDER
shells can be fired from different guns
with different time fuses, so that
when they burst they would form
veritable zone of flying fragmentary
projectiles, which, it is believed,
would make it hot for an aeroplane
in the vicinity. The effect would be
like a charge of buckshot fred into
flock of birds.
Tests of the army's aoroplane guns
are to be made at Sandy Hook. N. y.
within the next two weeks. They are
to be tried out on Gig kites and bal
loons.-J. A. Breckons.
$12e,ooo,ooo for Navy.
Especial Correspondence of The Starr
WASHINGTON, Oct. '1O-One hun
dred and twenty-nine million dollars
is the amount Secretary Meyer esti-
mates as. necessary for the mainte-
nance of the navy for the next fiscal
year.
rms includes a provision for two
super-dreadnoughts, probably of about
the size Of the projected Nevada and
Oklahoma, which will displace about
$4,000 tons, and a suitable number of
auxiliaries.
This figure marks low water in the
retrenchment policy of the admins.
tration, SO far as the navy is concern |
ed. The estimates are the same as
the appropriations for the current
fiscal year.
These appropriations were S5,OOOOOO
less than the estimates for the pre-.
ceding year, and these in turn were /
$lO,OOO,OOO less than the estimates for
the fiscal year 19OS-19O9, which was
the last year of the Roosevelt admin
istration.
1t is believed by Secretary Never
that the present estimates, therefore.
have brought the expenditures on ac-
count of the navy down to the lowest
point consistent with its healthy de-
velopment and maintenance. A
Breckons.
Schofield Barracks and the Naval
Station in Honolulu are now in touch
by wireless telegraphy. Fort De Rus.
sy' Fort Armstrong, Fort Ruger and
Fort kamehameha will eventually be
connected up, and there may be es-
tablished an Independent army wire
less station in Honolulu.
Through the wireless at the differ.
ent posts the officers and others trav-
cling on the transports may keep in
touch with their late home, or the
place to which they are speeding for
new term of service.
Colonel Mansfield of the Second In.
fantry has issued an order announc-
ing that number of changes among
the officers will take place.
Lieutenant Colonel Stamper will
the first battalion and
Major Bandholtz the second. Both
battalions are stationed at Schofield.
Major Wholly will command the third
battalion, stationed at Fort Shafter,
and Will also command the post.