The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-11-05
QUARTERMASTER
CORPS NOW
CONTROLS

Passing property and accounts from
the right TO the left hand is theoretical.
~ what Capt. d. h. Case, former com
nissary, and now member of the quar-.
termaster corps Of the department of
Hawaii, and Captain Cooke, formerly
paymaster but now also n member of
the same corps, did about midnight
Thursday, following the receipt of
cablegram from division headquarters
directing all officers who had held indie.
pendent offices to transfer such prop.
erty to themselves as members of the
quartermaster corps.
The instructions in the order are
somewhat indefinite, but not so indef-
mite as tardy, for practically no time
was given to the officers to make any
preparations for transferring property
and accounts. The transfer is a mere
formality for the same officers continue
to exercise the same functions as be-
fore, Captain Case still being in charge
of the commissary department, and
Captain Cooke will continue to be the
paymaster.
The regimental quartermasters are
affected by the order. The department
headquarters telephoned to the various
army posts directing the post commits.
saries to turn over their accounts and
supplies to the post quartermaster, and,
when acting in double capacity, the
officers were ordered to turn over to
themselves as quartermasters, their
own funds and accounts as commits
saries.
In order to straighten out a complex
situation at SehoieId Barracks, Cap
tain Watkins, Second Infantry, who is
post quartermaster, has resigned as
regimental quartermaster He takes
over the duties of Captain Carey, for.
merly post commissary, who will con.
tinue to act as the regimental commits.
sary for the First Infantry.
Promotions Looked For.
Captain Case, who by the new act
creating the quartermaster corps, would
be promoted to the rank of major, look
ed for his promotion yesterday, the
date on which the corps became fact.
The news may come by cable, His pro-
motion would give the department an
other high ranking officer, and would
be just another step toward division
basis.
Second Lieut.. Frank Andrews, Eighth
Cavalry, aide to General Maeomb,
has been looking for advices announc.
ing his promotion to a first lieutenancy.
He received letter yesterday from
department of the war department at
Washington directed to First Lieut..
Frank M. Andrews. His promotion will
be dated back in September.
Army Offices Close Today.
General Macomb received two cable
grams yesterday from division head
quarters instructing the commander to
close all officers, half-mast all flags and
notify all officers to wear mourning
badges. The first cablegram reads:
"The secretary of war directs all Of
fees, arsenals and other army establish
ments to be closed and all labor of
troops suspended November 2, in honor
of the late Hon. James Sherman, late
Vice-President of the United States. !"
The second message read:
Funeral of the Vice President of
the United States will take place Sat
urday, November 2, 1912, at Utica, New
York. Issues orders directing that flags
of your department be displayed at
half staff, and that nineteen minute
guns be fred at noon. Usual badge of
mourning will be worn by officers of
army and colors of regiments, corps of
cadets and battalion of engineers, will
be placed in mourning for thirty days.
BY direction of the division comman
DER
Coming on the Sherman.
Department headquarters has been
notified that the transport Sherman,
which leaves San Francisco on Novem-
Der 5, will have the following passen-
gers aboard for Honolulu and Manila;
Honolulu-Col. j. S. Rogers, infantry,
Schofeld Barracks; Maj. Arthur S.
Conklin, general staff; Capt. o. B..
Rosembaum, oath Infantry, who has
exchanged with an officer of the Sec
ond Infantry; Capt. Edward Carpenter,
c. A. c.; Capt. Campbell King, First
Infantry; Capt. W. R. Davis, Medical
Corps; First Lieut.. VIM. G. Ball, Sec
ond Infantry; First Lieut.. Wilbur Rog
ers, First Field Artillery; Second Lieut..
j. II. Hineman Jr., First Infantry; Sec
ond Lieut.. 7. j. Camp, Second Infantry.
Manila-Col. II, p. Mccain, adiutant-
general; Maj. A. B. Shattuck, Goth In
tantry; Maj IL. d. Cronin, Gath Infan
try; MAJ. II. II. Harris, y. A. o.; Mai.
P. G. Harris, 18th Infantry; Maj. c.
H. Mcneil, G. A. c.; Maj. Chas. G.
Clark, 18th Infantry; Capt. Girard
Sturtvant, Gath Infantry; Capt. l.. G..
Berry, 18th Infantry; Capt. R. B. Par
rott, Gath Infantry; Capt. II. Rogers,
Philippine Scouts; Chaplain s. M. Lutz,
sth Infantry; First Lieut.. X. L. Pepper,
18th Infantry; First Lieut.. P. d. Glass.
ford, First Field Artillery; Jas. A. Ran
dali, P. A. Surg, U. s. Navy; First
Lieut.. l. Lindenstruth, Philippine
Scouts; w. E. Moorman, paymaster, u.
s. Navy; A. II. Eddins, paymaster, u.
S. Navy; Second Lieut.. G. ID. Lang,
9TH Cavalry; Second Lieut.. r. NJ. Lit
tlejohn, sth Cavalry; Lieut.. Carlo A.
Pivirotto, Philippine Scouts; Lieut.. @.
A. Gardiner, Philippine Scouts.
p{dfun, TaoA naAn.