The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-20
NEW ESTIMATES
FOR EXTRA WORN
Congress Asked to Appropriate
Nearly Half Million for
SchofieId Barracks.

In ADDITION to the SZOO.OOO alreadl
available for the new cavalry post
Leilehua, congress has been asked Il
appropriate $4,000 more. this bein,
the recommendation of General Ale
shire, head of the quartermaster corps
The 100000 has not been sufficient ID
carry on the work steadily and the de
partment hopes that the new funds will
| be early available IN order that th
post may be completed at an earlJ
date. General Aleshlre's note accom-
panying his estimates, follows:
90 In the estimates to congress for th(
fiscal year 1910 (Book of Estimates. p
34S) was an item of $6T2,75O for thd
construction of a cavalry post in Tho
Hawaiian Territory, anu or the amount
requested there was appropriated in th(
sundry civil act of March 4, 1909, Tho
| sum of 100000. In the sundry civil act
of June %, 1910 Digest of Appropria
lions, Fiscal years 1911, p. 3l1), the fol
lowing language appears:
! " For continuing the construction OF
| the officers quarters, barracks. store
houses, and so forth, necessary for the
accommodation of headquarters and two
squadrons of cavalry, a contract is here
i by authorized to be entered into, in ad
dition to the appropriation of $200,00CN
heretofore made, not to exceed $4,000 NJ
subject to the appropriations to bd
made therefor by congress-, making q
total of 100000, the expenditure of
which was authorized lor this work.
''No expenditures were made or con
tracts awarded under the above au
thority because of the fact that theI
exact location of the post and the com
plete garrison had not been determined
upon by the war department.
Quarters for Regiment.
con November 20, 1911, board off
officers was appointed to submit to theI
chief of staff recommendations relative
to the location and construction of
posts in the department of Hawaii. This
board, after considering all the facts
in the case, and taking into considera1
ton previous reports, reached the con-
cusion that the cavalry part of the
proposed permanent garrison of the Hal
waiian Islands should consist of one rel
giment of cavalry instead of two squad
rons, as formerly DECIDED upon. This
recommendation was approved by the
secretary of war, december %, 1911.
con December 81 the secretary of
war directed the quartermaster general
to commence the construction of bar
racks and quarters necessary for a regi-
ment of cavalry at the Schofield Bar
racks reservation, but the question hav-
ing arisen as to the legality of con
structing accommodations for more than
two squadrons of cavalry under the au-
thority above cited, the secretary of
war, on January 8, approved the rec
; ommendation of this office to construct
on the Schofield Barracks reservation
accommodations for regimental head
quarters and two squadrons OF cavalry,
work to be done by purchase of mate
rial and hire of labor
Study Conditions.
ga special study was made of con.
ditions in the Hawaiian Islands and
plans prepared with view to the con-
struction of barracks and quarters un'
der special systems of construction
work to be done by purchase of material
and hire of labor, under experienced of
ficers of the quartermaster s depart
ment, with view to materially reduc-
ing the cost of construction. 1t was
believed that if this work could be done
.
labor, and by contract, as might appear
to the best interests of the government
2 as was contemplated, that accommoda
tons for more than two squadrons OF
T. cavalry could be provided for the
$4,000 above authorized.
|, "However, in view of the fact that
: congress did not appropriate the
100000 estimated for, it became nee
cssary to enter into contracts for ma
. terial and labor as authorized by the
said act of June %, 1910, above quot
: ed, with the result that considerably
higher prices will have to be paid thar
if cash funds were available for the
!, purpose, and it will not therefore bt
possible to construct accommodation
= for full regiment with the $600,00C
I, authorized. An estimate to complet,
i the amount originally asked fol
u ($672, 750) is therefore submitted
y New Estimates.
i Cavalry Post, Hawaiian Territory
t Estimates for 1914: Purchase of mate
d rial and hire of labor or job and con
tract for buildings, the construction OF
!, officers's quarters, barracks, storehouses
k ETC., necessary for the accommodation
/ of headquarters and two squadrons o.
cavalry, $472.75o.
;. Cost for 1912: Purchase of materia
I and hire of labor or job and contract
o for buildings, the construction of of
L icers' quarters, barracks, storehouses
etc, necessary for the accommodation
:, of headquarters and two squadrons o.
s cavalry, $l96,540.92.
Q Seacoast Defenses, Philippine Island
and Hawaii-Estimate for 1914: Fo
continuing construction of necessar.
accommodations for seacoast artillery
u in the Philippine Islands and Hawai-
o dob and contract), $250,000.
;, Cost for 1912: For continuing con
struetion of necessary accommodation
for seacoast artillery in the Philippine
Islands and Hawaii (job and contraet)
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