Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-12
Fort Shater Notes

1 fOh2 ohAF Ell, Mar. IL ne
young people Of the officers line en-
! jcyed moonlight straw ride on Tues
day night The big motor truck be-
+ longing to the I'd Infantry exchange
| was requisitioned for the occasion
and was well filled. The objective of
/ the expedition was the pavilion On the
| Peninsula and on arrival thereat dane
ing in the moonlight was the chief di-
version. After jolly picnic supper
that was served ABOUT 10 o'clock the
/ task OF distributing the party was
undertaken and midnight had arrived
before the chaperones were finally re-
! lieyed from duty. In the party were
the Misses Lenihan and 0'Brien from
! the garrison and Lieuts Polhemus,
HaIloran, Sylvester, Lyman and Camp
with Captain and Mrs. Hannum and
Lieutenant and Mrs. L. o. Mathews as
| chaDerones. Other young people from
Honolulu completed the party. -
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A large delegation from Shafter, par
ticularly from the I'd Infantry, will go
down to Athletic park today to wit
| ness the baseball game between the
teams of the All-Service and Punahou
Eaggregations By special arrangement
with the management of the park
tickets for all the ball games are on
sale at the I'd Infantry exchange on
! the credit plan and this scheme is
highly appreciated by the enlisted sup
porters of the AlEService team The
prospect for attendance for Sundays
4 hot fhD nah Ircs ,r,I-
ldier players is, even brighter as re-
CARDS numbers since that game will be
| the final game of the series in all
probability and mean all or nothing
las regards the cup that goes to the
winner. The players from Schofield
Barracks that are on the All-Seryice
squad are quartered with K company
/ of the I'd at Shafter and have made
many personal friends by their sports
manship and general conduct since
/ their arrival here. IL Sundays game
breaks right for the army team it will
be disbanded for the present and the
players will return To their respective
organizations According to proposed
plans next year will. however, see an
| All-Service team that will be hum
dinger" since company. battalion and
regimental series will be so scheduled
that no possible interference with the
main aggregation can possibly occur.
| 1t is planned to put the representa-
tive team OF the army in the field
Immediately after the close of the
proposed inter-regimenta series and
be in a position to meet all Corners.
4 Sammy Hon fTl1oocn Urito
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Qnartermaster Sergeant Michael J.
Maher Of the I'd infantry, completed
| the necessary 80 years o. service in
the army to entitle him to retirement
on the Sth of this month and is now
awaiting the orders from Washington
authorizing him to pass to that COM
| Portable BERTH
| Sergeant Maher has been until quite
recently the Isenior color sergeant oil
the I'd, having been promoted to his
/ present grade in the regimen, on the
retirement Of Sergeant Guy Weaver
/ Sergeant Maher has served long and
faithfully in the army and will pass
/ to the retiredGlist with the best wishes
of many friends among the officers OF
his regiment and his comrades in the
enlisted grade. His interest IN sports
has been keen along all lines but par
4 ticularly in ehe now completely de
/ funct amusement of boxing. A ring.
man himself of prominence in his ear
4 lier enlistmerts. he has OF later years
been called upon on many occasions
to referee various contests in the game
in that capacity and has Always gfver
i the highest satisfaction His knowI
edge of every angle and phase of tbs
art, combined with rugged honesty
made him an ideal third man in the
ropes 49,. = .~ Z.
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The 343 recruits for the, regiment
that wiz arrive tomorrow will be dis
tributed as follows: Company A 80
| Company B 81, Company G 81, Com
| rany d %, Company E 81. Company
F 80, Company G "a, Company III 80
Company q, Company K q, Com
pany L 2S, Company NJ &c. None O
these new men will go direct to thu
companies at present. although tn.
above assignments will be made OF
/ paper. This is for the reason tina
humps and measles have broken OF
| in the detachment, according to ad
vices by wireless, and therefore tn,
whole consignment will De held il
quarantine at the post unit; all fur
Their danger of spread of the diseases
shall have passed. The quarantine
station will be in the camp lately oe
cupied by the I'd battalion of the q
and the present tentage ancs mess
halls will be utilized to care for tn,
men. A suitable guard from the mail
rost will be established 20 confin
the new arrivals to their proper CAM
and proper details to administer al
fairs in the quarantine camp vii
probably be detached from the vari
GUS companies and remain on dut.
during the continuance OF the isola
tiOD