The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-10-18
Survey OF the Worlds News
MAT 1t IL the intention Of the
war department to have a force
~ A. Ioasf 1O0n mon STA

~HAT 1t Is the intention Of the
war department to have a force
Of at least 10000 men sta
toned constantly upon the is
land Of Oahu. the principal one Of the
Hawaiian group, is certain. Very little
u given out for publication, but depart.
ment omcers do not hesitate to say that
the army here Will in every way be on
. par with the navy In the matter Of
preparedness for anything that may
turn up.
The war department II working out
Z scheme whereby opportunity may be
gfvsn 10 ex-soldisr1 to remain resi-
dents Of Oahu by forming q reserve
forca
Ths greatest Increase from a defen-
sfve standpoint will be in the coast ar
tUlsEy strength. There are two such
eompaniss stationed ON duty at Fort
Ringer. Eight more are to be added.
zach company contains los men. &C
dat the minimum peace force Of this
organization will b represented by
1y000 msn.
70 place these men VIM be one Of the
problems Of tho army board, composed
e General Macomb. Lieutenant Colonel
MorTlsoa, Major Blakely and Major
Wooeem. In addition 10 the fourteen
ineh and six inch gun batteries Of Fort
Do Russy and the twelve inch rifle
guns and mortars 1t Fort Kamehame-
-, PEAR harbor, q chain Of redouts
may b authorised TO circle the island.
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AoTRoNoMERs' CHANCE.
The totai eclipse Of the sun, which
w1s visible near Bio de Janeiro on Oct.
70, VA witnessed by eight parties Of
foreign Astronomers from Europe and
South America.
TIM WEEK IN HISTORY.
Oct 1h-Thaddeus Kosc. Isko, hero
e Poland, who entered the American
service, died, 1917.
Oct 10-John Brown, the abolition
II, astonished the world by selling
IT, United States arsenal at Harpers
ESfFy, Va, - q base for an anti
slavery insurrectjon, 1859. Meeting of
President Taft and President Porf1rio
D1as o. Mexico 1t Ri Paso. Tex, 1909.
Oct 1.-THE general court of Mas
mchusettD unanimously reversed the
attalnder of all executed for witchcraft
nineteen years before, declared It a
vie delusion and ordered an indemnity
paid TO tho surviving sufferers, iii.
Surrender Of Burgoyne's army Grit.
ihh) 70 General Horatio Gates. Ameri-
~ (Colonia), at Saratoga. Gates
took 6.7o8 prisoners, including six
members Of tho British parliament,
It'll. United States troops took for
nal possession Of Porto Rico, 1898.
Julia Ward, author Of 1.-THE Battle
Hymn q the Republic" died 1893,
horn 1915.
Oct le.-Ddward Winslow, famous
governor u Plymouth colony, born
16o6, died 1866. The United States
sloop Of war Wasp captured the Brit
~ bElg Frolic. The same day the
Wasp ana her prize were taken by
tho British seventy-four gun battle
sAip Potctisrs. 1872. Alaska formally
6nugfofred 70 tho United States by
Russia, 1851.
Oct 1o-Virst general court Of Mas
oaehuoott1 assembled at Boston 1880;
John Adams, second president OF the
Unteod States, born 1855, died 1925;
0ooego Lord CORVALLIS surrendered
- 0ooFyo Washington 1t Yorktown, |
". I'm; battle Of Cedar Greek, Va,
60ouD 6or "sheridan's ride" 1884.
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N9MUv ron SPEAKER.
Champ Clark, speaker Of the house,
WHl b opposed for the speakership !
4 To next house d Democratic. It Is
nd that Representative Robert L.