The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-24
MARCH HOME
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left to guard the life and property At
the infantry post of Schoheld Bar
racks, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson y.
Stamper being in command of the
home guard
The Fifth Cavalry Colonel Wilbcr
L. Wilder, left che squadron of his
regiment to hold the cavalry post dur
ing the three days absence Of the
two squadrous, national and regimen
tai colors and machine gun platoon.
Major Nathaniel Z. Mcclure, Fifth
Cavalry, was the ranking officer left
at home Of the Fifth Horse.
The First Field Artillery com
manded by their Colonel David J.
Rumbough with the Second Battery
band. his official staff, national and
regimentaI standards, four pieces and
four caisson battery came for par
ticipaton i'm the parade.
Engineers Coming.
The U. S. A. T. Thomas, which is
scheduled to leave San Francisco on
March 8. will bring to this Department
for station Company f, Third Bat
TALON OF Engineers.
This company will embark for the
journey here at the transport wharf,
San Francisco. 1t was first ordered
or thought the troopship would so to
Seattle, Washington, for the company
of engineers, but the embarkation
will take place at San Francisco in
stead.
Company f comes here to relieve
company G., Second Battalion, which
has been stationed at Fort De Russy
| for the past three years almost Com
pany G will take station at Fort Leav-
enworth, Kansas, on reaching the
mainland
All of the army officers, except Ma
ior William p. Wooten Corps of En-
gineers, will accompany the battalion
of engineers from their present sta
ton at Fort De Russy to the United
States They will go on the March
troopship Logan, which is due here
about March for the coast.
Lieutenant Barnard Goes to Omaha.
Lieutenant Joseph H. Barnard, Fifth
Cavalry, who left here on the U. S. A.
T. Thomas early in this month for the
coast in search of medical treatment
for his eye that was injured by pol1
ball, has been heard from. He was
stationed at Schofield Barracks, where
he was popular member of his reg
ment, serving as post exchange Officer
of that post for several months.
On reaching San Francisco, Lel'
tenant Bernard reported to the Lieu
5 termant General Army Hospital TO
t treatment for his eye. After a shol
;. stay there, the surgeon here sent Liel
t tenant Barnard to Omaha, Nebraska
o for treatment by an eye specialist.
l. is sincerely hoped that this care an
attention win cure and restore thi
d useful young officer to his troop an
-, station, at no distant day.
0 Lieutenant Fields Trouble.
And now comes the news from tn
n mainland that Colonel Edgar
r. Steever, Fourth Cavalry, commandiu
=, at Fort Bliss, Texas, has preferre
charges against Lieutenant Ben. V
T Field, Eighteenth Infantry, for vi
r lation of the neutrality act.
1t was all an unfortunate mistal
and can only be attributed to the lac
q on Lieutenant Fields part, of watc
p 'fulness enough to attend to the mi
/ tary detail upon which he was sen
Any one who has visited Ju5re
q Mexico, or Ell Paso, Texas, crossir
c the boundary line at ibis poin5 of Il
n Lone Star state, can most readily a
4. preciate how easily a mistake sucn
Lieutenant Field has made could Q
Is cur. For near the dividing line 0. Il
"a two Republics on the street q
d course, it is an open country, and
q this time of the year. generally, Il
Rio Grande River has run dry,
n nearly so, consequently a person II
r, familiar with the lay of the land con
N easily and quickly be carried from ]
~ United States to Mexico on the sire
cars before realizing he was on tC
e. eign soil The landscape in the
d. cinity of the dividing river appears
ID Juarez just as it does in Eel Pas
n There seems very little choice in Il
quality or quantity of sand on the ty
ne shores.
i'll One care fare of an American fl
lg cents will take a passenger boardil
n a car anywhere in the pretty and bu
city Of FL Paso. Should the car be
en- the sign ITO Mexico" displayed
n the front, the fare is the same a
nd you are taken through many windi
til streets and are across into Mexi
up before you scarcely know you ha
left the homeland,