The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-23
General Macomb Will Go
to SchofieId Today
to Determine Where
Buildings Are to Be
Plans Show That Post
Will Be One of the
Best Laid Out and
Attractive in Army
from saturdav,s Adrertiser.l }


Before the end of this month work
on permanent quarters for the first of
seven regiments at Leilehua will be
started by Captain f. b. Edwards, con.
structing quartermaster, 100000 being
now available for this work. The loca.
ton for this first set of quarters for a
regiment of cavalry will be selected
by Brigadier General M. NJ Macomb
perhaps today, and the preliminary
survey work will commence within a
week.
The layout for the regiment consists
of horseshoe shape for the officers
quarters, there being twenty-five double
sets and seven single sets of quarters
for the officers of the cavalry regiment.
The sides and center are occupied by
the double sets, while the single sets
form the curve of the horsheshoe
formation.
Barracks on Square.
Directly in front of the opening of
this horseshoe will be located three
large barracks and an immense store.
house, the four buildings forming the
sides of quadrangle. They will all
be the same size, 270 feet long and
three stories in height, each of the bar
racks having accommodations for one
squadron of cavalry, and the whole be-
ing able to take care of the men of
the regiment when it is recruited to its
full strength.
Beyond the barracks square will be
the corrals, stables, and repair shops
for the regiment, these occupying the
same width as do the officers quarters
and the barracks square, so that the
whole reservation for the regiment will
be the same width from the end of the
curve of the horseshoe
Over ALL the space occupied by the
regiment will be 22O0 feet in length
and $50 feet in width.
Seven Regimental Quarters
The plans call for the erection of
seven sets of regimental quarters the
same as the one for which the plans
have been received, these plans provid-
ing for the building of the Others, by
the side of this first construction. When
completed the brigade post at Leilehua
will be one of the most attractive ms
well as one of the strongest in the
whole army.
Orders by Next Mail.
81 have not received orders from
the quartermaster general to start this
work yet, )" said Captain Edwards,
"the plans / have coming from our
office in Washington. | expect the
authorization to commence work by the
next mail.
at will take considerable time to
build this whole post, year and half
being occupied in finishing the cavalry
quarters, probably. Before that time.
however, other money will be available
to start more work. and other quarters
will be started before these first ones
are finished
"The laying out of the sewer and /
waterworks systems will be started |
along with this first construction, and |
will be carried along with it, I" he said |
Cement Gun Again.
Asked about the construction, Cap. !
tain Edwards said that the officers |
quarters would be built by means of |
the "cement gum which has been in
such successful operation at Fort Ruger
in building quarters and barracks. The
barracks for the men viii be built by
the gun and Aiken systems both, the
first two stories by the flat wall method
known as Aiken, and the third story
with the gun.
Captain Edwards has been in charge
of all the permanent construction work
at Fort Ruger and he looks forward
with much pleasure to starting in on
this big job at Leilehua. He was the
first person to build house by means
of the cement gun and is entirely salts
fed with the way it works.
Macomb Decides.
"These plans which I have re-
ceived,' said Captain Edwards, "are |
for the layout of the buildings, but |
Just where they shall be located is left
to the department commander, General
Macomb. He viii 90 out to Leilehua
tomorrow and may finally decide on the
site at that time.
"The new buildings will be built on
the plain and nearer the main road to
Haleiwa than is the present post.
Probably the cavalry quarters, which
we shall start now. win be toward the
Haleiwa side of the reservation and
near the gulch, with the others along
side as is shown in the plans.
"I shall start the preliminary survey
this week, and as / expect orders to
proceed soon, it is probable that the
work win commence by the latter part
of this month"
Four Millions Necessary.
Over four million dollars viii be ex-
pended in building this post at Leile-
hua, nearer five then four millions
without doubt, and the making of the
start this month means much for the
future of Hawaii and Honolulu in par
ticular.
Captain Edwards SAYS that ii viii
take wear and half to complete this
first Job, but the others viii be under