Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-19
Fort Shaffer Notes
tspeoial star-BulIetin Correspondence


Especial star Bulletin Correspondence
FORT SHAFTER, Mar. 19-The
assignment of time for target prac'
tice on the local range has been an
nouHced from post headquarters, and
as was the case last year. the first
battalion will lead off. beginning
April 1st That battalion will be fol
lowed by the I'd and the third will
close the season so far as the I'd In
fantry is concerned The turn that
should have been followed as to the
order OF firing was necessarily chang
ed by reason of the fact that the Sd
battalion has NJ company still hard
al work on construction duty in the
environment and that company will
not have completed its special duty
in time to take up the range work
until just before the end of the per.
iod assigned to the I'd infantry The
preliminary training of the men that
is known as push and pull" drill has
been begun in the various companies
and for that reason the members OF
the LIST battalion that have been on
special duty as carpenters ON the new
barracks and quarters have been or
dered relieved from that work and
returned to straight duty" with their
respective commands. The recruits
that recently joined from the depnts
will not take up the course on the
range until later in the season, since
they are to be held in camp on ac-
count of quarantine for some time.
1t is probable that the whole detach-
ment of recruits of the regiment will
take their individual target practice
as detachment with a special as
signment of time on the rance at the
end of the season Tho Engineer
company will probably fire in the
month of July as the month of Aug
ust has been allotted by orders from
department headquarters TO the Sig
nal Corps company.
Under the new firing regulations
that will govern for this season the
amount of time heretofore required
for individua range practice has been
materially shortened and in conse.
quenee but about two weeks will be
all that is required for the organiza.
ton actually on the range.
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Yesterday morning firecall sound.
co just as the guard detail and the
band were assembling for guard
mount and that ceremony was forgot,
ten for the moment as the trooDs and
apparatus hurried towards the depart,
Taant hospital where the sickcall fol
lowing the fire call announced the
danger to be located The fire was
in group of tents back of the main
hospital buildings These tents with
others are used as dormitories fol
members of the hospital corps for
whom no room at present is available
in the hospital buildings owing to the
crowded condition due TO the large
number of patients CHARTERED in the
hospital and under treatment. The
prompt arrival of the chemical en-
CINE ana bucket companies of the
local fire department made the fire
one of short duration and with the ex
ceptiOn of the tents in which the fire
started no damage was done, al
though some clothing and bedding oil
the occupants of the tents were well
water-soaked by the energetic efforts
of the men handling the buckets. The
cause OF the fire is reported as be.
ing from sparks blown from some
distant brush piles that fatigue par.
~ had fired to dispose of One oil
the night nurses who was taking his
sleep in one of the tents was the in.
diyidual that discovered the fire and
he learned of the danger by sparks
from the burning tentage over his
hear dropping on him. His action as
may well be imagined was commend
ably prompt and it is said that his
time as he broke from the burning
tent to give the alarm was approx
nate to the short distance record
The value of the tentaga destroyed
will aggregate about 800. After the
recall 10 the firefighters had been
sounded the night nurse sought a
hunk in neighboring tent and re.
sumed his interrupted slumbers and
the band and guard detail that had
waited on the parade during the ex.
citemeIt proceeded to go through
their ceremony.
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The regular band concerts have had
their schedule temporarily abandon.
ed in order that the band may pla.
q daily concert in the recruit camp
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