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

Believing that non-commissioned Of.
ffcers of the line should, Sc far as
foreign service Is concerned, be pIac-
ed on the same basis as commissioned
and non-commissioned staff officers,
the Secretary of War is seeking to
make some reimbursement of the status
Of line "non-comsn The general stan
Is preparing to arrange a. roster Of
non-commissioned staff officers, show
ing what foreign service they have
had, and seeing to It that they get
three years Of foreign work in regular
order, but this is simple as compared
to the problem Of handling line mon
coms,p inasmuch as at present q SER
geant or corporal Is appointed such
only In the particular troop, company
or battery he Is serving in, and is not
subject to indiscrimiuate transfers to
other commands with the rank held
by him In the old.
Colonel Stephen NJ. Foote, coast ar
|tillery corps, and Major James w. Me-
Andrew, infantry, are ordered to re-
port to the Army War College as as
sistant in6trnctors for the 1894
course, and Captain Oliver L. Spauld-
ing. Fourth .Efeld ARTILLERY, is detail
ed for duty at the Army service
schools at Fort Leavenworth.
Captain Ben H. Dorcy. retired, is
detailed as instructor in military drill
and tactics at the Missouri Military
Academy, and Lieutenant ussel James
uf 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., 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 1t is matter of a very short
time before Lieutenant-C Colonel Chase |
". Kennedy, Sixteenth Infantry, one |
Of the best liked men in the service. |
and who stood high on the list of West |!
roint graduates in the class of 1885,
will be advanced, as he is now fifth |
on the list of Lieutenant-C olonels.
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Captain Edward N Macon, United /
States army, retired, is detailed pro-
lessor of military science and tactics
at the New Mexico College of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts, relieving Ma
jor Charles p. George on September
LIST; and Captain Solomon P. Vestal,
retired, is detailed as instructor in mil
itary drill and tactics at the Mount
Tamalpais Military Academy, San RAJ
faeI.
Riley Scott, formerly an officer in
the coast artillery corps and since his
resignation from the army student
here and abroad of the aeruplane as an
instrument of offense 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 pachines.
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Nothing has been finally decided as
TO the itinerary of the Atlantic fleet.
N command of Rear Admiral Charles
]. Badger, for the Mediterranean
cruise other than, that the fleet will
cave Norfolk on Oct. % and return