Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-07
BAN IS PUT ON
PICTURES Of
DEFENSES
Maj. Undertake Issues Or
derS-MeWS and Notes of
Local Artillery Posts

OhI RlGER, May b.-Ma1Or Esd-
ward j, Undertake. commanding the
coast defenSes of Oahu. has ordered
that hereafter no pictures will be
taken On the military reservations of
Forts 3uger. De Russy and Arm
strong, EXCEPT b. special permit
signed by The commanding officer or.
adJutant. The order is very strin-
gent, and also applies to officers. sol
diers and their families.
Many pictures have been taken OF
the improvements going on at the ar
tillery posts, the new barracks and
surroundings at Fort Ruger being es-
pecially popular. Tourists have found
the sea coast. fortifications points of
interest in adding to their collection
OF pictures but hereafter no person
will be allowed on the reservation
with a camera in their possession.
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Artillery practice has started in
earnest at Fort Ruger. The Matson
Navigation Companys tug Intrepid
has been chartered by the govern
ment and makes trips out around
Diamond Head. as target, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well
as on Monday night for searchlight
drill. Battle command drill will be
held on the first and third Tuesdays
and fourth Monday. and fire command
drill the second and fourth Tuesdays
and third Monday of each month. On
other days except those designated
the battery acts as a unit.
The following personnel has been
announced for the battle command
station: Battle Commander. Major
f. ]. Undertake, C. A. c.; Commune
cation officer, First Lieut.. John S
Pratt, c. A. c.; searchlight officer,
Captain Francis NJ. Hinkle. C. A. c.;
master electrician, James H. Wether-
holt. G. A. c.; observer, Sergeant
ROLAND, 159th Co., C.. A. c.; reader,
Private Without, 159;h Co., c. A. c.;
telephone operators, Privates Ryan,
Hatfield and O'Hara, 105th Co., c. A.
c.. and Privates Maroney and Pear
son. 159th Co., c. A. c.
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Taking advantage of the provisions
of General Order 5, Hawaiian Depart
ment, 1913, which encourages officers
and enlisted men to visit Hawaii and
adjacent islands for the purpose of
gaining information regarding the ma
ture of terrain of the country, First
Lieutenant Robert E. Guthrie, on duty
with the 159th Company, c. A. c., has
gone to the Island of Hawaii for the
purpose of seeing the volcano. Lieu
tenant Guthrie left Saturday after
noon and expects to return on Tues
day.
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Electrician Sergeant First Class
Frederick Werner, c. A. c., who re-
turned on the last transport from a
three months furlough in California,
has been ordered to report 20 the
Officed, coast defenses
of Puget Sound, for duty with station
at Ft. Worden. Sergeant Werner
will return to the States on the next
transport.
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Sergeant Marion A. Hawley, 159th
Co., =. A. c., plotter, returned Mon
day from a three months furlough
which he spent in visiting friends in
Oahu and adjacent islands.
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During the stay of the Second Bat
talon, End Infantry, inside Dia-
mend Head, the visiting officers and
soldiers were interested spectators at
the searchlight drill held by the ar
tillerymen on Monday night. Colonel
French was entertained in the Battle
Command station by Major Timber
lake, battle commander, while the
men witnessed the work from advan-
tageous points along the rim of the
crater. Many problems of offense
and defense were worked out which
will he of inestimable value to the
military.
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Owing to the greatly increased
amount of work to be done in defense
headquarters, the defense command
sr has made application for two more
to be stationed here.
The work now, which is considerably
more than that handled at other
Headquarters in this department, is
taken care of by one sergeant-ma1or.
Correspondence relative to new posts
IS always very heavy, this being espe-
,iaIlv true of artillery posts.