Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-24
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SCH0FIELD BARRACKS, July "a
Much favorable comment has been
made by officers of this garrison con.
corning the service uniform worn by
Lieutenant Rhodes, of the GrenadieI
Guards, at the review for the British
naval officers on Thursday last
Lieutenant Rhodes is the A. ID. c. to
the general commanding the British
forces in New Zealand. and was q
Euest of his cousin, Lieutenant Boyd
i. N. and the wardroom Of the New
Zealand, for the voyage to Canada
and accompanied the officers of the
tattle-cruiser to Leilehua for the cere
mony.
The uniform is the newly adopted
service dress of the Brigade of foot
guards Of the British army-the brig
.ade comprising the Grenadier, Cold
stream, Scots and Irish Guard regi
ments land in color greatly resembles
the olive drab uniform of the Ameri
can service. The departure from the
model in use in our service which
most pleased officers here is in the
cut of the blouse, which does away
with the high stiff collar, and substi
tutes the collar and lapels of con.
yentional civilian coat, showing q
shirt similar to the flannel shirt in
vogue here, with neat crayat of like
material.
The blouse is built with straight
lines, with no attempt to fit the fig
ure snugly, with pleat in the back,
and the four patch pockets of the
American blouse. These changes,
particularly in the collar, were voted
first rate by the Leilehua officers. and
the change of the present service
blouse to some such loose garment,
would be acceptable.
In the matter of the collar, Lieuten-
ent Rhodes stated that if the guards,
who have been welded to the high
stock since the days of Wellington,
could make such a radical change in
favor Of comfort, that the American
service should have no trouble in hav-
ing the model'adopted. There are no
conspicuous insignia of rank, or of
the sbranch of the service, on the
blouse, the British service having
learned by experience in the Beer War
the wisdom of abandoning such de-
vices, but instead, Lieutenant Rhodes
wore on his shoulder loop the bronze
star of his grade. and an embroidered
grenade, the Distinguishing regimental
mark of his regiment, which device
resembled the bursting bomb and
flame of the ordnance department of
the American service The breeches
showed a noticeable absence of the
fullness Of our riding breeches, and
were laced, not buttoned, in front of
the knee. He wore also the spiral
wooden puttee, and the marching shoe
of the British army, shoe with no
cap on the toe, and one that resembled
the good old-style garrison shoe, now
discarded by the quartermaster au-
thorities. The service cap resembled
the American head dress in design.
except that the visor had much less
slope and had a band of gold lace
about the edge. The leather service
belt was wider than the American
model, with a strap. over the right
shoulder, which the guardsman ex-
planned, did much to relieve the
weight of the kit from about the
waist. There is not point about the
Uniform that did not meet the unqual-
flied approval of the officers here.
Water Famine.
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Word has been received in the field
artillery garrison that the first bat
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Manila on the 25th of this month, and
it is expected to arrive here about
August 18th. For time at least,
the incoming battalion will be forced
10 go under canvas; a sharp con-
trast to the splendid modern quarters
left behind at Camp Stotsenberg.
The field artillery ball team is much
interested in this early arrival, for
the team can avail itself of the sery-
ices of the ball players of the incom-
ing battalion with about six weeks of
the post series still tel be played
The dry weather is causing another
water famine in the garrison and
while the authorities believe the short
age will be but temporary, orders
have been issued directing that the
water supply be denied the post be-
tween the hours of z in the evening
and 4 the following morning. With
the removal of the First Infantry to
Cashier next month, the conditions
will be relieved.
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The officers who recently joined the
Twenty-fifth Infantry have been as
signed to companies as follows: Cap
tain Jitchell and Lieutenant Wyman
to Company A; Lieutenant Canoe to
Company g.
The 4th Cavalry lett on a six days
practice march around the island on
Monday morning. but owing to the
shortage of mounts, several hundred
men had to be left behind
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