The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-18
ARMY AND NAVY
vail after the shoe, is complete at
ohofield Barracks Board.

Fort Shafter.
Schofield Barracks Board.
A board of officers is appointed to
meet November / for examination Of
enlisted candidates to determine their
fitness for appointment as second lieu
tenants as follows. AZ Scholield Bar
racks, Naturalization William NJ,
Cruickshank, first field artillery; Capt.
Wallace b. Scales, fifth cavalry; Cap
tain Robert NJ. Cutler, First Lieuten-
ant Charles c. Demmer, medical
corps, and Second Lieutenant Cary l.
Crockett, second infantry.
Lieut.. Lincoln to Eighth.
Second Lieutenant Rush b. Lincoln
of the second infantry is promoted to
first lieutenant and assigned to the
eighth infantry, and will remain on
duty with the second infantry until
the arrival of the eighth infantry from
Honolulu, when he will proceed to the
Philippines.
Paymasters Clerk Short.
LOS ANGELES, oct. 1O.-A mes
sage from the flagship California re-
ceived today via the navy wireless
station at Point Arguello requested
the Los Angeles police to hunt for
Charles Aurelius Gibbons, paymas-
ter's clerk of the flagship. The mes.
sage read:
CLERK to paymaster wanted for
considerable shortage in accounts Of
government funds"
According to the message, Gibbons
left the flagship while it was anch-
ored with other cruisers at Santa
Monica, two days ago. His age was
given as twenty-eight years. Gibbons
is married. His wife, Mrs. Edith Glib.
bons, lives at 1903 California street,
San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, oct. 1O.-The Navy
Department has been notified by Rear
Admiral Thomas, commandant of the
Pacific fleet of an alleged shortage Of
about $4,000 in the accounts of Charles
A. Gibbons, paymasters clerk on the
battleship California. The Depart
ment of Justice has been requested
to locate and arrest Gibbons who is
bonded for more than twice the
, amount involved.
Death of Prower.
Private Mckenzie, United States
Army, who was shot last week by
1 Sentinel Gretsch at the Preside, while
prowling about The batteries in civil
ian garb, died at the General Hospital
on Sunday afternoon from the effects
of the shot which passed through his
body. A board of inquiry convened
! yesterday at the Preside concerning
the facts in the matter, composed of
| Captain Sam Bottoms, Captain Myron
S. Crissy and Lieut.. r. ID. Bates.
Though held to be blameless in the
discharge Of his duty, Gretsch will be
tried by a courtmartial.
Assigned to Honolulu.
Major William p Wooten, corps OF
engineers, is assigned to duty as as
sistant to the chief engineer officer OF
the Western division, with station at
( Honolulu, Hawaii, vice Captain Alfred
b. Putnam, engineer, relieved.
An Officers Suicide.
T SAN ANTONIO, Oct. Second
Lieutenant John X. Lynch, Third Cav
airy, United States Army, who was
married at 1 o'clock this morning il
Fort Sam Houston, after routing the
army chaplain from bed, killed him
self in his quarters while his mess
mates were at breakfast He shot him
{ self twice, first near the heart anc
again through the brain.
The young woman he married wa
Gladys Caruthers, II years old, VIII,
lives at a fashionable hotel and i
known in army circles.
To his brother officers the weddin
was as great a surprise as the suicide
because Lynch had mentioned his at
tachment to a young woman in 10
Angeles, where his father, w. {
Lynch, and three brothers live.
Lynch, who was 26, was in debt T.
the extent of $l2CO, chiefly for tn
outlay of clothing and horses require
by an officer in the mounted service
After the wedding the couple re
turned to the hotel, where Lynch cha
ted until nearly 1 o'clock. He left, say
ing he would go to his quarters.
About Z o'clock officers heard shoe
= ing in Lynchs rooms. he was dea
when they broke open the door, II
left no letters,