Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-25
GEN. EDWARDS IS
IN COMMAND lST
HAWN. BRIGADE
Gen. Macomb, in Command of
the Department, Is Relieved
of Part of Duties
NEW ARRIVAL HAS LONG
AND EFFICIENT RECORD
Was Head of Bureau of lnsular
AffairS-IS in Close Touch
With Military Here

Brig. gen. Clarence r Edwards, as
signed to the 1st Hawaiian brigade,
arrived last night on the Honolulan,
and will take over the brigade today,
relieving Brig. gen. NJ NJ. Macomb OF
! that command. General Macomb is
senior to General Edwards. and Of
course retains command Of the Ha-
waiian department He will not leave
! Hawaii until the April transport, and
as Maj-gen w. H. Carter is expected
before that date, General Edwards will
at no time be In command of the de-
partment during the change Of general
officers.
The new brigade commander Is one
Nof the best known officers in the
army, and has the reputation of being
beth an efficient soldier and an adj
ministrative head of unusual ability.
He was placed at the head of the
bureau of insular affairs when it was
first organized, with rank Of colonel,
and later brigadier-general, and In
May, 1912, he was made brigadiers
general of the line. Upon his super
vision the bureau grew in importance,
handling many matters other than
those military for the Philippines, Por-
to Rico. San Domingo and. to GER
tain extent, Hawaii. although this ter
ritory was never In the class Of an
insular possession.
Il am glad that my tour of foreign
service is to be spent in Hawaii" !"
said General Edwards this morning,
although I was naturally sorry to
leave the 9Th brigade, of which was
the first commander under the new
plan Of army organization. The three
infantry regiments had arrived at q
high state OF efficiency. and had we
been sent into Mexico / know my old
command wound have made a s61andid
showing. We werelt Texas City and
some of the troop had spent two
years under canvas, and were in fine
field training.
This is my first duty in Hawaii,
although | have passed through here
a number of times, and have very
pleasant recollections of my visit here
with the Taft party, on its trip to the
Philippines. am not definitely To-
Gated as yet, but will probably take a
house in or near the city. At present
/ am staying at Fort Shafter, with
Major Williams.
During the time was in the bu-
reau of insular affairs / had occasion
to learn much of Hawaiian matters,
in connection with the various branch.
es of the government service repre-
sented here. have some good friends
here. and am looking forward to re-
newing acquaintance with them
General Edwards was chief of staff
of General Lawton's division in the
early days of Philippine occupation,
and he accompanied the remains of
that gallant officer to the United
States The new brigade commander
is finely set up man of 55, tall,
erect, and looking every inch
the soldier. In spite of his
long tour of staff duty in
Washington. and the large amount
of what might be termed unprofes-
sional work in this connection, Gen.
eral Edwards always managed to keep
in close touch with the practical side
of the army, and is looking forward
to interesting work with the infantry
brigade here.