The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-15

There is to be quite moving
around exchanging of stations among
the members of the Quartermaster's
Department within the next few
months. The Department of Hawaii
is to receive a chief quartermaster,
who will become one of the command
ing generals official staff.
This latest addition will be Major
Frank b. Cheatham, Quartermaster's
Department, U. S. Army. Major Cheat
ham is completing a tour of duty as
officer in charge of construction work
at the war headquarters, Washington,
d. c. 1t is not expected, however,
that Major Cheatham will report for
duty here until another month. He
may possibly come over on the March
transport from the Coast.
Major Haldimand P. Young, Quar-
termaster's Department, U. S. Army,
who has been rendering some good
service as Depot Quartermaster at
San Francisco, in connection with the
transports, will take Major Cheat
hams desk at the War Department
building
Lieutenant Colonel John l.. Knight,
quartermaster will take station AZ
San Francisco, succeeding Major
Young. Lieutenant Colonel Knight
has been serving a detail In the quar-
termaster generals office.
Lieutenant Colonel Knight is SON
in-law of Major General S. b. M.
Young, U. S. A., retired. Many of the
service will recall that It was Major
General Young who succeeded Lieu
tenant General Nelson A. Miles as
commander, or general of the, U. S.
Army. That was in the good old
times before the DAYS of general staff
! assignments.
, When an officer became, or attained
to the highest rank of the army ne
= continued to serve as such for five,
t seven or possibly nine years as long
as his administration was acceptable
; to the President by whom he was
; named, with the consent and nonfr-
a nation of the Senate of the United
States.
The four years ruling was not ap.
f plicable to the commanding general
of the army or to department com
+. manders. They generally held over
. until retirement relieved them. The
, same rule was practiced with the
, chiefs of the various divisions of the
army at Washington.
:. Brigadier General Montgomery M
Macomb, commanding the Depart
= ment of Hawaii, will soon have the
voids in his official family filled, one
q by one, they seem to come.
The list still needs another aIde-de
camp for a brigadier general is en-
+ titled to two aids. These are gener
g ally selected from the grades of sec
O ond and first lieutenants of the army
and are considered the most desir
!. able of all line details.
o Lieutenant Frank NJ Andrews
n Eighth Infantry, aide-de-camp to Gen
@ eral Macomb, will shortly go to Sar
o Francisco and it is thought bar OF
o a first lieutenant will fall to him
4 Golf and Tennis.
n During the rainy season it was
. planned to play golf and tennis &
l. great deal at the Leilehua reserva
r, ton
e The inhabitants OF this large brig
e ade post think the coler weather
t at this time of the year would be jus
the thing for these energetic outdoor
r sports. Their anticipations have beer
a more than realized, for they have no
i. only had delightfully."- cool weather
n but glorious sunshine with it, Conse
t. quently the magnificent golf links a
& Schoheld Barracks and tennis courts
N have had long numbers of devotee
for the past few months
III First Regiment Plans.
" 1t is expected that instead OF hay
p ing to be welcomed to their new sta
~ ton in this department and housed il
tents, the First Infantry will go int
u comfortable temporary quarters.
% This regiment will 90 to the LellC
~ hua reservation and there will Short
s. be rush order for the erection q
III quarters and barracks for them q
Schofield Barracks.
The line houses and barracks builC
49, ings of the Second Infantry post wer
he rushed, as was the post for the Firs
~ Field Artillery, but they were suiI
~ GENTLY completed to offer cohfortabl
'e and attractively nice quarters for tn
incoming troops.
AS each officer and regiment gene
, ally finds some addition or improv'
ment absolutely necessary to his qua