The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-01-30
'MACOMB WILL
HEAD THE LINE
Commanding General Decides to
Lead Washington's Birthday
Military Parade.
(FrOm saturdays s Advertiser J

Brig Gen. NJ. NJ. Macomb, United
States Army, win command in person
the military parade or the morning OF
Washington Birthday, February %
next. This decision was made at de.
partment headquarters yesterday, and
has been received with much satisfac.
tion by Director Wall of the Floral
Parade as it will be by citizens gem
orally.
1t was announced some weeks ago,
upon the authority of the department
officials, that colonel would be IN
| command of the troops who would
march to do honor to the Father of
his Country; but since that time the
feeling has grown that General Ma
comb, the highest officer of the Army
in the Territory, should lead the pa
rade. And this appears to be eminent
ly proper for still another reason:
there will be four cofonels in command
of troops in the line.
These officers will command the
various arms of the service represent
ed Colonel Wilder, the cavalry; Col
onel Mansfield, the infantry; Colonel
Rumbough, the field artillery; Colonel
Ziegler, the national guardsmen; Major
Timberlake, the coast artillery; Major
Wooten, the engineers, and, probably,
Major Neville, the marines. While it
is more than likely that Major Neville
will be in charge of the sea-going
soldiers, the announcement can not
definitely be made.
Believes Fleet Will Be Here.
1t is impossible to state at this time
what part, if any, the sailors of the
fleet will take, owing to the uncer-
tainty as to the duration of the stay
in these waters of the warships under
Rear Admiral Thomas. The fleet com
mander hopes that the order to sail
to other parts may bedelayed by the
naval authorities at Washington, for
he is patriotically anxious to make
fine showing with the sailor boys on
this occasion. Admiral Thomas is at
present of the opinion that the fleet
will remain here until about the first
of April but, as he says this is largely
conjecture and hope, for he has no
intimation as to what the department
is thinking OF doing.
In Fighting Clothes.
1t was definitely settled yesterday
that the troops of all arms will march
in their field uniforms. At first it was
urged that the men be paraded i'll their
blue, but the department commander,
after much consideration, decided that
to march men all the way from Lei
lehua in their dress uniforms was out
of the question.
The bivouac places of the various
commands has also been finally decjd-
ed upon, that is for the troops from
Schofield Barracks; for the local com
mands from Forts Ruger and De Russy
will return to their own quarters. The
infantry troops will be taken in at
the infantry quarters at Fort Shafter,
the artillery will encamp on the parade
grounds at the same post, and the cav
airy will pitch their tents near the
corral at the same reservation.
The Reviewers.
Governor Frear has agreed to review
the parade from stand to be erected
at the corner of Richards and King |
streets Colonel Jones, adjutant.gen-
eral of the National Guard of Hawaii,
territorial officials, and prominent citi
zens will also occupy places upon the
stand. In the event that the feet re-
mains for the celebration, Admiral
Thomas and staff, and other high Of
ficers of the Navy will take part in the
review.
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