Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-08

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
FORT SKATER. Aug. S.-Lieut.-
Colonel B. F. Cheatham, department
Quartermaster has been directed by
the war department to arrange for
the establishment Of a school for
cooks and bakers and this institution
will be located at Fort Shafter, This
school will take the place as far as
this department is concerned Of the
school at the Preside OF San Fran
cisco and thus will do away with the
necessity of detaching men for In
.structicn for the long period hereto
fore required. Colonel Gheatham has
not yet selected the officer to be de-
tailed in charge Of the school but IL
Is known that some difficulty may be
encountered in making this selection
on account of the restrictions due to
the .Manchu'' law Two officers In
the department are by reason CT for
mer service and experience well quail
fed to undertake the important duty
but may not be available. These are
Captains Lucius r. HoIbrook and
Sherrard Coleman of the 4th Cavalry.
1t is possible that an officer Of the
subsistence branch OF the quartermas.
ter corps may be specially called for
by name and sent here from the main
land. The school will require a small
amount of additional equipment In
the matter Of dormitory to house the
class of enlisted men that will be dc.
tailed for instruction, but as the bak-
cry at Fort Shafter has only recently
been enlarged and Is OF the latest
type as to equipment, il is not be-
lieved that any additional machinery
or capacity of building will be requir-
ed. The school will undertake to in
struct at least one man at time &C
q company cook from each CT the or.
ganizations serving on Oahu and vii,
also have an additional number OF
men under instruction as bakers. The
tour OF instruction will be minimum
Of two months for each class and the
usual regulations for. the relief from
prove to be inapt or unsuited other
wise will be in force. The expense for
material and supplies consumed by
the pupils will be borne by the appro-
priations especially made by Congress
for the purpose and the prizes award
ed those excelling in their respective
classes will also be drawn from the
same source. IL is Colonel Cheatham's
intention to hasten the preliminary
steps incident to opening the school
as much as possible so that the first
class may take up its work by the end
of the current season of field instruc-
ton. The details for the class will
be made by company commanders
from among those men of their COM
mands who are DESTROYS Of taking the
course or from men who are in the
early part Of an enlistment period and
who have shown aptitude in this line
of duty The whole undertaking while
primarily to provide trained men as
cooks and bakers for the troops may
we'll be considered as an additional
step forward in the lines of vocational
instruction and training now deemed
to be of importance in the army and
rightly within the expectation Of the
man who enlists in the service. The
navy has recently been made to APP
pear as pioneer in this class of train
ing but it is well known that this par
ticular class OF instruction for enlist.
ed men has long formed a part of
the army's work with its men. The
original school for army cooks and
bankers was established at Fort Riley
Kans.. by orders from the then com.
missioner7general. Henry G. Sharpe,
and proved a great success. Later
the school at the Preside of San
Francisco was established and it is
TO that school that the men from
Hawaii hitherto have gone for instruc-
ton. The journey involved and the
necessary detention Of the men both
here and at San Francisco while await.
ing the sailing Of transports was a