The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-27

wet, DuJ Qdppy.s senator dllCQllQ was
thoroughly happy With his coat
thrown across his arm, he executed a
few steps of the hula dance, and refus-
ed to respond to an encore.
OFF to Fort de Russy.
Soon the machines were speeding
away to Fort de Russy. Here the work
of construction was viewed. Every
thing looks solid. It is of reinforced
concrete, but there was not much to
see here beyond the building opera
lions, which are now going along at
a very rapid rate. 1t might seem to
many that the rate has been slow, but
the delay is accounted for by the fact
that it was hard to find a solid founda-
zion until great depth had been reach
ed.
At Fort Armstrong.
The party was soon at Fort Arm.
strong, where the work of construc-
ton was also viewed. This seemed
to be a duplication of the other work
and but cursory glance was cast over
these operations. One of the fifteen
FOUNDERS was fully explained, and rem,
,iniscences. of the Spanish American
war were told over the piece of ord
nance. Some erroneous conceptions
regarding the power of the gun and its
duties were also swept away.
Review at Fort shafter.
Notwithstanding that there was a
delay in leaving the Capitol. Fort
Shafter was reached, almost on time
The 10th Infantry in command of Mai
or Dunning was drawn up in double
rank, and they were reviewed by Brig
adler General Macomb, the Sneaker
and the President, who were accom-
panied by the Chaplain. It was a wet
time. The rain came down heavily,
but the men stood in it, and the hand
some colors dropped dejectedly, for
there was not a breath of wind stir
ring to make them lose their folds.
The other members of the party sat In
the automobiles and took grandstand
views of the review. To the strains
OF trumpets and bugles the march past
was eXcellently performed, after which
1t was done in double time. The stay
here was not prolonged, and the party
was soon on its. way to Fort Kameha-
meha.
Terrible Fort Kamehameha.
Fort Kamehameha was soon reach
ed, but it was here that the first real
incidents occurred. While waiting for
the highly-upholstered cars to come
to a stop two of the automobiles were
struck by log of wood that projected
from one of the trucks. The machines
were struck with great violence. No.
80, brand new Locomobile, had the
rear mudguard buckled up, the lamp
bracket was bent, and the horn was
severely dinted; while car No. 500 had
a door torn off and a mudguard was
bent
The party was taken in two install
ments to the fort These up-to-date
railroad cars had previously been used
for carrying gravel and cement and a
few other necessary articles of the
building trade. But the travellers
didn't care. They swarmed on. and
sat on the benches, stools, soda water
boxes, and some of those who had
short legs, hung them over the side. |
All safely reached their destination,
but the springs of the cars seemed to
be little out of order, as each passen.
ger was so shaken that he appeared !
to be giving an imitation of an animal |
ed piece of jelly.
The wonderful twelve inch guns |
We're inspected with establishment de-
picted on every face. They showed |
the terrible possibilities of war but
1t Is impossible to define whether their /.
or their wonderfulness
impressed the more. It was conceded |
that they are terrible, but none couId
overlook the master minds that had
brought them to their present stage. An
inscription on the guns tells that their |
weight is 80 tons, and that they are
twelve inch together with words Beth
lehem 1905, and they are 1895 models.
This, of course, was all very impress
sive, but what about their working?
Everything works with marvellous pre-
cision, A man turns a wheel, and the
breechlock slowly runs into position,
and a lever drops and locks it. The
gun is driven by hydraulic power into
a position set for it, and it drops back
into its bed by the force of the recoil
The demonstrations are over, and the
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