The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-16
lTentage Torn to shreds and
Buildings Twisted and Damaged
During Unusual Blow. XIX

FORT SKATER, January 10. ~
Somebody said II was windy out here
last week. Compared to the weather
Of last night and today, that Of last
week wins q regular midsummer calm.
Old Boreas himself arrived last night,
and no Inspector ever went through the
post more thoroughly than he has done.
Not even the company records were
neglected. The orderly tent Of + Com
pany, Signal Corps, went down this
morning, and official papers were scat
tered all over camp. At last reports,
some of them were still going, with lit
tie likelihood Of their being caught.
SSOne Of the new infantry barracks in
| the, cantonment, which was, so badly
, twisted last week as TO necessitate its
being torn down, was sufficiently re.
built last night for the wind to exert
| its full force against IL, so that this
morning II was in even worse condi.
tioh than after last weeks blow. Such
Interruptions are very diseouraging to
those engaged in the construction work,
but there is nothing for II but to 20
ahead and rebuild, making the best use
possible Of the damaged lumber.
Troops Kept Busy. s.
! Several squads were busy all morn
ing trying to hold down the paper
roofs Of the cantonment buildings
with mQresor less doubtful success. In
some cases, whole sheets Of paper vert
torn of and thrown into the gully
Doubtless the next heavy rain will de
velop enough new leaks In the houses
to make shower baths a drug on tn,
market. 49,.
Naturally, the greatest discomfort
was felt by those unfortunntes whC
were still under canvas. The seeont
battalion, Second Infantry, Company
Engineers, and Companies + and M
Signal Corps, bore the brunt OF tn,
storm. Tents were blown down ant
whipped to ribbons in almost no time
One non.commissioned officer report
that his kitchen stove was overturned
and several shelves full of dishe
smashed, when his kitchen tent col
lapsed. ,...s..
The Engineers were more fortunate
than, the other campers. Their new
quarters were finished yesterday, so II
Iiiost cases where a tent blew down Il
their camp, the occupants merel,
showed the canvas aside, and carrie,
their belongings into the barracks. b,
noon the whole company was establish
ed in its new home, and where the cam
stood there lis now nothing but seat
tered heaps of badly torn canvas.
The enrichment buildings were no
the only ones to suffer The bachelo
quarters on the post, now being occu
pied by families, on account of tn
] Sh 80 "a ~
q verely damaged. When the gale wa
at its strongest, the entire lanai roo
and part of the main roof on III
windward side Of the building wa
torn of bodily and, thrown into th
road iatqaidgRH nc isYiigFH9s \
The big barracks on the post weT
somewhat twisted by the wind, in on
or two cases, 50 much so that it wa
practically impossible TO open or shy
the doors and windows. on the wint
ward side of the buildings. T
! Some of the FRANKS played by III
wind had a humorous aspect. Viii
the commissary wagon from the 20.
was MAKING deliveries. to the officei
: in the cantonment, il was twice upse
! much to the disgust Of the Nd mule b
! tween the shafts. As for hats On
caps, the sky was dark with them.
! Promotions Announced. r.I
The following regimental promotion
!. in the Second Infantry have been a
Y nOunced: r., ..'l.. l
. , TO be regimental quartermaster Sc
geant, Color SerGeaut Michael Maize
S vice Weaver, retired.
/ To be color sergeant, Sergeant Har
J. Burns, Co. L., Second Infantry, vi
!, Maher, promoted. ,.s:"u. " #.rI -.
n The Logan brought ten recruits
+. the organizations at Fort Shaft,
4 seven of them going TO Company
4 Signal Corps, and the other three
Q the Second Infantry,