The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-12-05
MAEAPUU POINT
FORTIFIED POST?
Fleet on inspection Trip and the
Army Officers Picking
Easy Spots"
CFrOm sunday's Advcrtlssr.)


Following the sailing Of the arst
division Of the feet from tho harbor
yesterday morning, tho fagehip Cali.
fornia anchored or waimanaio Bay
and an inspection was made Of the
coast there and Of Makapuu FONT
which may we'll result in important OK.
tensions Of the island Notifications to
that district.
Similar inspections will be made to.
day of the landing places at Waialua
Bay and other spots along the wind.
ward coast which might well be utilized
by an invading force to make a land
ing on the island, practically un.
molested under the guns OF battle
ships.
In waialua Bay.
For the first time in about hun
dred years ships of war anchored off
the entrance to Waialua Bay, late yes
terday afternoon, and rode at anchor
during the night. About hundred
years ago a Russian warship sailed up
to the entrance of the bay and fairly
into it and was blown upon the shore
and wrecked.
Two of the diminutive eannOns on
board the luclless ship-of.war were
discovered in blight of the bay few
years ago by Colonel Curtis Iaukea
and now form part of mound in the
grounds of the Haleiwa hotel.
At four forty-fve in the afternoon
the flagship California, the Maryland
and South Dakota anchored off the bay.
Although the Haleiwa hotel people, who
watched the unusual sight of ships of
war remaining off the bay, hoped that
the admiral, and his two guests of the
United States Army, would come
ashore, they were disappointed, for the
admiral had planned an elaborate en-
tertainment during the evening.
From the Haleiwa hotel last night
the three warships appeared like ocean
liners, as they were all brilliantly
Illuminated. The searchlights were not
used in the early part of the evening,
but the three vessels were constantly
signaling with their Illuminated sema-
phores.
Start on Cruise.
The cruisers left Honolulu yesterday
morning at eight-thirty O'Clock, the
flagship leading. They passed out of
the channel and into the open sea
rapidly and then headed for Diamond
Head, rounding that point and anchor
ing off Waimanalo Bay about noon.
Major General Murray, commander of
the Western division of the army, and
General Macomb, department com
mander, with Captain Bruhn, command
ing the steamer J. A. Cummins, went
ashore at Waimanalo and made an in
spection at Makapuu point, which is
regarded as a particularly vulnerable
place along the coast, as it is practical
ly side door to the rear of Fort Ruger,
and it is understood that the war de-
partment will receive a recommends
ton for a strong fortiication to be
located there.
The army men were making an un-
usual cruise and it will undoubtedly
be replete with results for the further
defense of Oahu, for it is generally
understood among military men, at
least, that the island is still deplor-
ably lacking in complete defenses to
ward off hostile feet.
Past Pearl Harbor.
The three cruisers will weigh anchor
about eight o'clock this morning and
return to Honolulu, via Pearl Harbor
entrance
Before leaving the Islands Rear Ad-
miral Chauncey Thomas may receive
authority from the navy department to
take the flagship California into Pearl
Harbor. 1t is his ambition to be the
first naval commander to do this and
he is particularly DESTROYS that the
California shall be the vessel to have
this honor.
The cruisers will return to Honolulu
this evening.
Shifting of Berths.
The Colorado steamed out of port at
two O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
anchored at the quarantine grounds,
giving way to one of the vessels Of the
first division which will 60 into the
naval berth on Monday. The West
Virginia, at eight clock this morning,
will shift from Fort street to naval
wharf No. l to coal.
Chewing Gum Pau.
A high officer in the navy must have
sat down on wad of chewing gum on
board a warship, for the navy depart
ment has just issUNd an order which
puts the ban on the ale of chewing gum
from ships stores, and the blnejackets
of the Pacific feet win hereafter be
required to forego gum while they are
in Hawaiian waters and will have to
use less sticky substitute.
The order was issued upon the rec.
ommendation of Captain William Full
liam, commanding officer of the battle
ship Mississippi, which was approved
by Rear Admiral Osterhaus, commander.
in-ehief of the Atlantic feet. Captain
Fulliam's Recommendation was as fol
lows:
81 beg to recommend that chewing