Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-10
Sehofeld Notes

/ Especial StaT-Rulietin Correspondence
SCHOflEiHs BARRACKS, July 10.
The question Of who is to be the
new lieutenant colonel CT the Twenty
NTH Infantry has been settled by the
publication OF the war department or
! der announcing the promotion and as
signment or LIEUTENANT Colonel Carl
/ Reichmann. to date from May %. The
headquarters of his regiment has been
! informed also that Colonel Reichmann
/ has teen granted leave to include
July 90 and that he will sail from
San Francisco on the transport leaY-
ing August 5th. -. :
In compliance with depar ,ment
order issued this week,sthe entire gar
risen has abandoned the wearing of
/ the campaig akiiRt for garrison duties,
and commehgfng syesterday, the cap
is the only au- noflzsd head dress for
garrison wears ltuagh war depart
ment orders have required the wear
ing of the cap only, for a year or
; more, the post commander had or
dered that the campaign hat be worn
while in the garrison, because of the
peculiar climatic conditions existing
at this post, and the appearance of
the men at ceremonies gives a tone
of smartness that has been noticeably
absent heretofore. Ill.
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An interesting decision has been
rendered by the war department re-
Gently concerning a question that had
been raised as to whether the cavalry
artillery exchange, which operates a
small electric power plant to. furnish
lighs for its. own buildings, can be
paid by the qusrtermaster for furnish
ing light Tor officers quarters in the
cavalry and artillery environments.
The department regards the exchange
as a government agency, but believes
that this fact constitutes no reason
why it may not enter into a contract
in the usual manner with the govern
ment for furnishing el~etric current
required for lighting the authorized
allowance of quarters Of officers sta
toned here. 1t holds that 1t is not un-
lawful. for the exchange to render SER
vice to the government and receive
reasonable compensation for the
service.
Another question regarding regi-
mental exchanges has. been. rendered
recently that will be welcomed by the
several exchanges here which have
feared that they were threatened with
an ARRANGEMENT to amalgamate all
regimental exchanges into a joint post
exchange, with branches, to comply
with the present law. The recent re-
port of the department inspector
called attention to the existence of
three exchanges in the post, while the
law provided for but one exchange
in garrison. Il
The war department now holds that
regimental exchanges are nothing
more or less than extensions of the
post exchanges, to meet the neeessi-
ties of the service, and while not spe-
officially recognized Ey regulations by
name. are authorized under the same
general authority, and consequently
in like manners and fou similar pur-
POSES, are governmental agencies.
t,Jj - 80 /.
Lieutenant WilliamttC. Whitener,
25th Infantry, has been appointed adj
jutant OF the Second Battalion of the
25th Infantry, vice Lieutenant Donald
d. Hay, who mas completed his two
years, tour. Lieutenant Hay will re-
main on the unassigned list for the
present, and will continue to serve as
acting adjutant of the regiment until
the return of Capt.N Doanel on the
transport, Saturday. Lieutenant
Whitener has been assigned to duty
with Company G and Lieutenant Ray
mond Baird, battalion qdartermaster
and commissary, has been attached to
Company E during the target practice
of these companies.