Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-12
ARMY And NAVY

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Believing that non-commissioned Of.
hcers OF the line should, sc far as
foreign service is concerned, be tlac-
ed on the same basis as commissioned
and non-commissioned stan officers.
the Secretary Of War is seeking to
make some reimbursement Of the status
OF line t'non-coms" The general stafl
lis preparing to arrange roster Of
non-commissiOned stan officers, show
ing what foreign service they have
had, and seeing to Il that they get
three years Of foreign work In regular
order, but this is simple as compared
to the problem of handling line '.nons
CONS" inasmuch as at present SER
geant or corporal Is appointed such
only in the particular troop, company
or battery he is serving in. and is not
subject to indiscriminate transfers to
other commands with the rank held
by him in the old.
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Colonel Stephen M. Foote, coast ar
tillery corps, and Major James w. Nc
Andrew, infantry, are ordered to re-
port to the Army War College IS as
sistant Instructors for the 1854
course, and Captain Oliver L. Spapld-
ing, Fourth Field Artillery, II detail
ed for duty at the Army service
schools at Fort Leavenworth.
Captain Ben H. Dercy, retired, Is
detailed as instructor In military drill
and tactics at the Missouri Military.
Academy, and Lieutenant ussel James
bf the Third Infantry Is detailed as
professor OF military science and tao
tics at the Virginia Military Institute
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Special legislation will be asked Of
Congress to enable Demetrio Castillo,
Jr, q citizen of Cuba, to receive i'm
mediate naturalization in the United
states, in order that he may be COM
missiOned an offirer In the army He
was one OF the recent graduates from
the United States Military Academy,
and stood No. IL in his class, a special
act of Congress having been enacted
to allow his attendance -
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Lieutenant-C Colonel Daniel l. How
ell, Nineteenth Infantry, is next on
the list for promotion to q colonency,
while II is a matter of very short
time before Lieutenant-C Colonel Chase
w. Kennedy, Sixteenth Infantry, one
of the best liked men In the service,
and who stood high on the list Of West
P0int graduates in the class Of 1883,
will be advanced, as he is now fifth
ON the list of Lieutenant oionels.
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Captain Edward N. Macon, United
States army, retired, Is detailed pro-
lessor Of military science and tactics
ut the New Mexico College Of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts. relieving Ma
jor Charles P. George on September
lst; and Captain Solomon p. yestal, !
retired, is detailed as instructor In mil
Itary drill and tactics at the Mount !
Tamalpais Military Academy, San RAJ |
tael.
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Riley Scott, formerly an officer in I
the coast artillery corps and since his !,
resignation from the army student |,
here and abroad Of the aeropfane as an !
instrument of uffense in time of war
is doing some valuable work IN. the
signal corps aviation camp near San
Diego in the dropping of projectiles
from flying pnachines.
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Nothing has been finally decided as .
% the itinerary of the Atlantic fleet, !
N command OF Rear Admiral Charles
!. Badger. for the Mediterranean
.ruise other than that the fleet will
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