The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-25
ARMY AND NAVY
Continued from page nineJ


surgeons certificate of disability is
granted First Lieutenant James c.
Gum, Philippine Scouts.
/ Naval orders: Commander G. B.
Bradshaw is detached from duty at
the navy yard at Puget Sound to duty
as commander of The Philadelphia.
Commander Il. c. Kuenzli is detach-
ed from duty at the navy yard at
Portsmouth, n. H., to duty at the navy
yard at Puget Sound as inspection Of
ficer.
Military Department Now
The Military Department of Hawaii
comes into existence on October list,
replacing the present subsidiary po-
sition of a district of the California
division, according to a brief cable or
der just received by Brigadier General
NJ. NJ. Macomb, commanding.
The new status makes the local
military forces more Independent than
heretofore, when all communications
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through the division of California.
There will probably be little if any
change in the local administration, as
a result of the changed status.
The Wonderful Submarine. Carp.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Talking
to the water as gracefully as the deni-
zen of the deep after which she is
named, the United States submarine
boat Carp, latest and most improved
type of underwater fighter in the
world, was sent down the ways at the
Union Iron Works to the bright arms
of the sea at II o'clock yesterday
morning.
That's a pretty costly smoke" said
j. J. lyman, general manager of the
works, as his dainty little nine-year-
old daughter, Josephine, swung the
. beribboned champagne bottle against
the knife-like bows and the cigar.
! Snapped craft started on her career
He was not far from wrong in this
r respect. The little green craft, as com
4 pact almost as a watch and of as
Z delicate mechanism, represented an eX
penditure of $535,OOO and is but one d
; several for the construction of which
congress has appropriated a fortune
and which will be built on this coas
I for service in Pacific waters.
: At this stage of naval construction
development the Carp is the Quintes
- sence of perfection and involves tn
:, ideas of the experts of the Electri
= Boat Company, which holds the pa
ents on the deadly littel boats. She i
=, the twentieth built in United State
shipyards and is a great improvement
+ over the initial production.
= Others Building.
: Alongside the skids upon which tn
is Carp has been growing for two year
II are three others of her kind in cours
"A of construction. One of these, it
NJ expected, will join the Carp in te'
ID weeks, while the others will begi
their careers in a year or So Th
Union Iron Works expects to get thre
more contracts from the Electric Boz
Company, for which bids were opene
several days ago in Washington.
S Greater speed will be attained b
OF the Pacific Coast boats than has eve
IF been possible before, not even eXcep
lie ing the craft of the great French su
O. marine fleet or those of England. III
B. government will exact a surface spec
es of fourteen knots per hour from II
Carp and something more than elevt
r knots for submerged speed. The l
OF creased speed on the surface and II
greater radius of action are made pc
ne sible by the use of kerosene as III
ne in what are known as heavy OIL e
do gines, instead of gasoline, which
used in previous submarines. The O
or or internal combustion engine, can on
IL he operated when in communicate
Vs. with the outside atmosphere a
therefore the power used when |
e. boats are submerged will be elect
-n storage batteries more powerful a
u with greater endurance than have eN
before been placed in any similar DO
~, Has Eyes and Ears.
or The Carp is equipped with the mt
modern periscope and with the s,
marine bell system, aptly termed
,r+ eye and ear of the wonderful und
sea warrior. The periscope is an
genious contrivance that enables
r. navigator to survey the surface WI
. his own boat is travelling under
rolling blue. By means of the S
- marine bell communication is had W
y points on the shore or with anotl