Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-04-24
Army And navy
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WASHINGTON. d. C.-Capt. Powell
Clayton Jr. Of the Eleventh Cavalry,
attached to the general staG. has M.
ported at the War Department for
duty as one OF the assistants To Major
General Wood, chief Of stat. He is
the son of ex-senator Powell Clayton
of Arkansas and is well known in this
city.
Prior to his present assignment he
vas stationed with his regiment at
Fort Oglethorpe. Ga He relieves Cap
tain George S. Patton. of the Fifteenth
Cavalry. who has. rejoined his regi-
ment at Fort sIysf. Va.
Secretary of the Treasury acAdoo
will not reconsider the action taken
by the Treasury Department under tte
old administration in the case OF the
100. 900 p0HndB.o OF tea brought to New
York by the Career. Macy Company.
and ordered deported or destroyed by
The department The case Is now in
the courts on injunction proceedings
To prevent the collector at New York
from destroying the consignment, and
the secretary has refused to inter
fefe. M ~ aissaass1 as.s
~ So 1ss
One million letters and papers have
been removed from the Bureau of
Ordinances In the Navy Department by
direction Of Rear Admiral winning
The papers have been stored in fling
foomsin order 20 make room Tor work
i'm the ordnance Offices, which had
grown almost too crowded for work.
IN MS ~ ~ as-------s-4e a. assk
s The Secretary at the Navy has di-
rected that the hull Of the new naval
fuel ship Mhulnee be constructed at
the Mare Island Gals navy yard.
y Secretary Daniels has decided that
the Maumee shall be equipped with in
tefnal combustion oil engines, which
flerefofore have been atried In this
country only 10 - small way with sub
marines Tiiisswill be tfeslfirst time
steam hass been abandoned complete
lya as q, motive power In an american
naval vessel Of any size.
The Maumee is to be an exact dupli-
cate of the Kanawha, now building at
the Mare Island yard Completed each
vessel will cost about 81 100000.
Examinations will be held at all
army posts July IA next of civilian
candidates for appointments as sec
ond lieutenants in the mobile army.
There are only a fews vacancies and
applicants have been Instructed to adj
dress the adjutants generals office
here for papers and information.
Uncle Sam demands that his army
officers shall look neat, yea, even re-
splendent, on certain occasions. This
demand costs money $500 for an out
fit at the lowest. possible estimate.
And where does this money come
from? Many people answer right
away that Uncle SAM pays for all
the gold lace and braid. Not so,
however. Mr.. Officer pays for It.
And while Uncle Sans officers are
reimbursing tailors to the amount of
$500 or more for complete outfit,
army officers abroad are getting off
at such low rates as $40 q suit Even
American army men say that many
of the foreign uniforms look and
wear better.
An army officer here starts in the
service at $500 year. Five hundred
collars Immediately disappears over
the tailor's counter for dress, full
dress. service uniform (woolen). and
service uniform (cottonl. Then the Of
fieers, whom many people think, eats
at Uncle Sans expense, has to pay
from $50 to $50 a month mess. After
he diyests himself of these sundry
expenses he has less than $1,000 to
maintain his social standing or to sup
port his family. If he has one.
Here is the list of dress that the
American army officer must have:
Dress uniform, blue coat, SIS to
$50, trousers, $40; If mounted officer.
blue trousers, 500 additional. black
boots, $11s to SIG: Yeggins, s4.59 to
S.; shoes, SIS; spurs. $3.50; sword,