Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-03

for the army on oahu, for carelully
laid plans OF the General Stan for the
CtIcnse of the island were carried out
~ part, while a fair start was made
ou a vast scheme OF Notifications and
Gcfcnses which will 1T Oahu to bear
the name Gibraltar of the PACING
that has been attached to it In re-
cent months. When the last battery
Is in place. and the last troops have
landed. Oahu will be a tight little is
lard" that nothing short OF heet' GOV,
cring the landing OF DIVISION couid
subjugate.
The year just closing saw the COM
plction OF the permanent post at tort
.Rugef, including commodious par
racks for the enlisted men and pleas |
ant quarters FOR the foficers, all OF re-
inforced concrete construction. This
worI; was finished about mid-..aar, and
n campaign of land clearing, tree
nlanting, and general landscape I'M
movement has transformed the ap-
pearance OF the pott that leis In the
: stawod of Diamond Head - Ia
Fort De Russy has been but little
changed during the year, the pr1nclpai
,aent being the completion OF the D.
inch battery, and the mounting OF t.e
rms The emplacements for the a.
irch battery were competed, put the
= lie guns themselves have not arrived
improvements at Fort Smarter IN
,lrde the great enlargement OF the
losuital there. and the chainngg OF It's
..fn.us from q bate hospital to de-
,,.,tment hospital. The cost OF the
,.ew wings. containing three additional
,S.ras Is abaut 100000, the contract
held BY local firm and the WORK ne'
ira well towards completlcn. -.
Az Fort Kamehamena. adlacent "
Pearl Harbor, the 12-inch gun patee cry
has been competed, ana the prs iol
tbe mortar battery constructed MOT
tars and carriages are now on on, 'nen
way here from an easten> arsenal
Schofield Ail-importart. -,
The scene for the arfnys most IN.
portant work during 1872 was lala a.
Schofield Barracks, where cohslruc'
ton work and improvements lnaI 90
gregate more than a million aoiiai 9
nave already been started. untl.
few months ago it was generals az. oe
lieyed that the main strength ol VIZ
mobile army to be ultimately slasio =,
ed on Oahu would be quarIeIeu o.
Leilehua, and that Schoneid' aireaus
the largest post in the Unlteo ota.e;
army, would consist OF elent Iss,
ments and auxiliary troops, IoI ,SI.t
ahead of any post In contlnenIAl , on I.o
81 states. the Philippines, and ia
mama in general Importance, beyon'
III comnarison. Within the pas
,nnnth however, it has becom
Known that a change in the orlgina
nIans az the general staff is contem
nIatads and that Schofield viii prot
ahIv he kept at not more than II
nresent strength of three and nal
regiments. a,,,..,,ctir
onartermaster commenced work o
tho permaneut cavalry pest, TOT on
reefment. and this is conslderaol
more than half completed to dat'
The post consist$ of-thlrty-t"o seo
of officers quarters, costing $o,iO
each: three squadron barracks, Soo
900 each; and twelve stables, $5'Ve
each.
More Money Needed.
The matter of expediting the ere
ton of the Cavalry Post has Dee
made the subject of special CORE
nondence between Secretary StmsC
and the Speaker Of the House IL
desired tn have the money necessal
made available at the earliest poss
hIe moment, and it is requested tn
tho S472.75O necessary be included
an urgent deficiency bill.
IN the sundry civil act approx
! March 4, 1909, congress appropriate
sa00,0N0 for commencing constructl'
of a cavalry post in the HaWall'
islands. and in a subsequent act
uroyed June o., 1910. authority "
piyen to enter into contract LOT
exceeding 100000 additional to c;
~ on this work, but funds under t
latter act have not as yet been app
priated. ,,,
nriated has been expended IN the p
chase of material, and in order II
the actual construction wOrk mle
nrn,red without interruption, a G.
t,a,.t was entered into at the close
l.,et fiscal wear with the HaWall
Dreuging Co. for continuing this We
for an amount not to exceed Sl"o'V
nayahle when funds are appToprl
ed by congress
included in the regular eStlma
60 tho fiscal wear 1914 is an item
sI7a 75o for completing this caNa
ast as originally contemplated,
p,,;pg to the necessity for early
|.o., IN this matter II is recomme
hat this appropriation be incl
,.i,b those embodied in the urg
s "a bill in order that the fu
may be made available at the EARL
practicable date
In addition g $ the nsH, eaTalT g,,.r p
tbirty-two sets o1s. ofncers, glar,