Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-25
ARMY NOTES

most successful, IL not the mos sue
cessful tests of the skill Of eoSsas ar-
tillerymen in mine planting work ever
given on the Pacific coast was that
! of yesterday at Fort .Wtnheld Scott
wnen, with Major Arthur W Chase
as mine commander, three mines that
. had been submerged for three days
blew up and totally demolished three
| targets made Of 12x12 timbers being
tCwed at the rate Of six miles an
hour by government tugsa tffA 4lsa.
In one respect the work of yester-
, day established a precedent and
! record at the same time, for II was
dencne rated that the mines that are
not supposed to remain submerged
more than two hours can be kept un-
lueT water for an almost indefinite Pc
riod, for those that We're exploded
had been submerged for three days
and exploded with. undiminished
force ,ssszse...=.-ssst, -. +. ~
f .rhe mines were planted last Satur-
day and were lifted and tested Tues
/, day. 1t was found that there had
been not the slightest leakage of wa
!. ter, and the death-dealing apparatus
were Just, as effective as they were
when first sunk. Tuesday they were
again lowered in the water.
1 Conditions similar to actual war
fare were assumed as closely as pos
! sible, and had there been an invad-
ing feet steaming in yesterday the
effect upon the hostile vessels would
] have been practically identical with
that on the targets It was, accord
ing to observers, a wonderful demon
stration of the judgment of the Off
GERS in charge of the work, the man
! ner in which the mines were exploded
! at precisely the righ1 second record
Ing percent .ge of 100 In the work..
j The Sixtieth, the Fifty-seyenth and
! the One Hundred and Fortyseventh
I companies. all listed as mine compan-
/ les, participated in the work. The
mines were laid by Colonel George
/ Armistead, Captain H. C. Merriam,
commanding, and yesterday Lieuten.
ant Max Murray, son Of Major Gener-
i al Arthur Murray, commanding Off
Ger of the western department, had
j charge OF the water end.
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/ Secretary of War Lindley M. Garri-.
son denies that in "a recent address in.
!. the east, he cast any reflections on the
enlisted personnellof the army, as he
was quoted In dispatches. He has
I issued the following statement.
What did say was to refer to the
enlisted men and indicate that +
/ wished the officers to devote as much
time AMI atten I'm 8 cult 'i..at'. {, Z ~
proper spir:. 4 tie t,sac d IS tfIss H.
4 pesrd t. Fes nrs H. ~ s,lf the
vafirIis branches, f lie (. rse fessr,'l.
i did not express any dissatlsfactioh.
/ with the MEN at al. ] do not feel
any such dissatisfaction On the c.sll-
tfary,I am highly pleased with what
- have seen OF the enlisted men, and
have seen them inspracticaily every
station In the United States. 500
Il en- a firm believer In the neces-
,sity of justice as q means aof efficient
desperation in any endeavor. aY was
Il endeavoring to disclose this feeling
to the officers, and was asking them.
&c cocperate by showing consfdera
ton, fair dealing and Justice In all
their relations with the men. The
fact that the army has made a great
Z advance of recent years along all lines
10 uCtldS d6s Gil luC6LIlt0. ssIOss us WHO
are so vitality concerned and Il feel
sure that the spirit ID atiiichs We are
attempting to act viii result in con.
slant advancement Z lei
/ - Eli
The Preside of San Francisco soon
will come into the lime4ight In many
countries through moving pictures
The war department. has given. per-
mission to picture concern that OPP
crates in several countries to use the
big military reservation as the set
/ ting for number of its film plays,
and yesterday the first play was pro-
duCed. A siage has been erected ON
The ball field near the infantry ter.
race. and it is there that most of the
/ plays wilf~be staged, although the
I wooded slopes of the reservation
grounds and the big golf links will
afford appropriate settings for many
of the scenes. aftts ~
4 The military life of the post will
be shown in many of the coming pro-
auctions and soldiers viii have the
/ opportunity 10 appearfin many battle
scenes 4, ( ~ -; ..E-.=1- 81
!. 1t Is the. policy of the war depart
ment to give the moving picture ped.
der every opportunity to catch mill
tary life as 1t is, on the films, beliey-
ing that ,true-to-life pictures, of the