The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-30
HAWAII IS MOST
HEALTHFUL PLACE
With Single Exception No Disease
Troubles Army MOdIOos
In Honolulu.
lrtom Monaay,l AayorlIaorA


fillhwal Ia lhr most hcnlthful place
In which the United AtAtcn Army has
eyef been stationed said Major j, NJ,
Kennedy ~ the Medical Corps, United
States Army yesterday, "fhia can
easily DO proven by elntlpllce, which
show TINT the hchlih Of the soldiers In
Hawaii Ii better by far than In any
other part " the United Alaloa, The
only exception should make TO this
bfoad statement In IN tho class Of dis
eases which accompany the social cvlll
IN lln' class Of discusses llnwnll'n ahow,
I'M II way below par
t'ainee the soldiers have been sta,
toned on oahu we have had but Quo
ease 0f typhoid foyer and mol single
ease " any kind " tropical ievorn, OK
ecpt such I'M have been Imported that
H. soldiers who were W with malaria
~ other tropical irvofa when they mr.
rived. This IA cofianly n record In tho
history Of the Army mud certainly n
record for Hawaii 10 bo proud Of, aud
Of which the promotion committee
should take notice aud push for MI II
Ia wOfth'
n ID planned 10 have NJ Fort Rhnflcr
n base hospital which Will be tho best
that money viii buy, N win parallel
The hospital M the Preside. IN Ann
Francisco, which Mai Kennedy BnyH IN
The best hospital, military on otherwise
west Of Chicago MAJOR Kennedy ought
10 know, too FOR be- haH visited every
hospital Of importance ln the United
States. aud for long time was In d.
rect control Of tho rreHidio hospital.
When tie hospital NJ Fort Shutter
becomes the baFo hospital for the island
the result VIII be-, of r0ufee, ~ Honl
here All soldiers on the island who arr
seriously M Minor ailments Will h,
lfontcd M The post hospitals, IN limo
~ pence The hospital NJ Fort bhnfte
VIII bo opofnlod I'M II viii have TO b.
IN times Of wnr
/ which statement Leads 20 Tho lnWiirl
why Hch01eld inffnoks would not b.
: tho appropriate lOonion for The bnB
: hospital, M the mhi0f part 0f the troop
viii be stationed there
nAchDheld HnHnpla,V Hnid Mnt0
Kennedy uwGuld never do for the II
cnli0n Of the base hospital IN lim0 o
wnr Even " used nH Inc bns0 hOHplin
3 IN times ~ pence, N would necessary
I hive ~ bo moved M once 10 Fort Ahnl
} TOR, for Tho reason II ID certain TIM
I M onamy would never Try 10 offoot
. landing NJ llonOlulu or poarl llnrbo
3 bh would lry 10 land, for example
. a0nlowlofc opposite Wnlua or on VI
}. other side NJ Tho island ana mnrell dow
from there 10 Honolulu, Thus bchOnol
4 ilnfrhehA would be directly on the frlD
!, liDe md The worst possible place II
/. mnn seriously NJ
Il The present hospital NJ Hhnftor IN u
Il rohdy 6yofefGwdod aud tho overflow
y Occupying tents near the hOspltl
h proper, The e0nlrnei for an addition
a he hospital whB let Inst month ~
4 work on this has nlfendy been begu
N The p0nirnpi enlln for ils completion \
= The first ~ lhnuhry, 1913, n will 20
fi20,n0D, The new building viii be
"A two stories mud contain three ward
n ehph having capacity Of forty bed
I, making Tho total capacity Of The add
l. lion l20 patients n M contemplate
!, later 10 enlnfgo The hOBpllal 10 cnDn
- lily ~ M lenH 2H0 beds.
- "1'bip hospital, payH Major 10
n hedy, nwlen finally completed, will
!. such monument 10 Honolulu NJ n
~ Preside hospital IL 10 han Tfnnclst
only moro 20, Tor there viii be noihli
NJ all comparable 70 " IN Honolulu,