Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-19

Expenditures OF Inc QuartermaSter'
Department for tie fiscal wear 1872
W':c sl54l.2i5 les rLam last year
ana mu.e than Ten millions less than
in l'I". according 70 the annual re-
l0rI IF BITE Gen. J. T., Aleshire.
quaIttrmaSrrr general. t. :. A. The
REDUCTION in expenditures was due 10
lcs-eued cost OF .cJlrren: requirements
TO Reduced appropriations for new
construction and betterments.
! ne sale 81 buffalo Oy"rcOatS. Of
= which There We're 1864 stored al the
Omaha depot. AaS been discontinued.
! Sealed bids iOr coats We're Received
and pa We're disposed Of at an aver
age price OF $34.2l. II has been found
that these COATS, made up during the
/ days when herds OF buffalo ranged
the western plains, are suitable for
{ ARM use in Alaska. and a recon-
meIdariOn that they be issued TO sol
+ d!ers in Alaska has been made:
/ There was a gratiutous issue of
clothing and equipag" supplies to Dis
! trio. Of Columbia National Guards to
! the value OF $l0,9O1 during the year.
! The use OF the pyramidal wall tent
q opposed TO wall and common tents
is commended and it is said that its
use will reduce the number Of kinds
OF tents used by the army and permit
their standardization.
! Much space is devoted to the ques-
I ton OF footwear, and it is stated that
as a result of fitting shoes instead of
\ issuing them to soldiers in hit-Or
miss fashion, no case of foot trouble
has been reported among the men so
fitted.
h In the remouEt service 3,067 horses
Irwere purchased during the year at an
average cost of $14415. OF horses
and mules used for various purposes
the United States army now has 25-
/ 0G4.
4 Fourteen senior officers of the navy
will be retired next year on account
of age. They are:
! Medical Director J. c. Byrnes, ill
command of Naval Hospital, New
York, January II.
| Medical Director D. n Bertolette
| president of the board of medical eX-
aminers, in Washington, January %
Rear Admiral }. b. Murdoch, mem.
Der of the general board, February -.
Rear Admiral A. B. Willis, director
of navy yards additional number,
March :.
Rear Admiral. Albert Mertz, COVER
nor of Naval Home, Philadelphia,
| March rs
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus,
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet. June -.
Prof. of Mathematics H. NJ. Paul,
June Is.
Rear Admiral George B. Ransome.
general inspector of machinery for
the navy. etc, on Atlantic coast TAD
ditional number, June %.
Civil Engineer Frank o. MaXson,
on duty at Key West, August 8.
! Medical Director P. A. Lowering, in
command of the Naval Hospital, Mare
Island, September 90.
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, super
visor of harbor of New York (addi-
tional number), October. 10.
Medical Director l.. G. .Heneberger
member of the. naval retiring board
October 20.
Medical Director Charles T. Hib-
| bett, in command of the Naval Hospi-
, tai at Norfolk, November 20.
Corrugated battleships will be the
subject of tests this winter by Naval
Constructor W. D. Taylor, of the
Bureau of Construction and Repair, in
the big naval testing tank at the
Washington Navy Yard.
-Four vessels have been built in
England on this plan. Two outward
curves, twenty-three inches deep, run
the length of the ships between the
load line and the bilge. Between the