Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-04
ARMY NOTES

or special interest to army people
on Oahu is the assignment of col
onels OF infantry to regiments, con.
tanned in war department orders that
have Just reached here,
Following Is an abstract Of the or
ders issued April 81
A quartermaster corps depot order
ed established at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas; Major Robert H. Rolfe. quar-.
termaster corps, assigned as depot
uuartermaster.
Captain Perrin L. Smith. quarter
MASTER corps, to Galveston, Tex, tenn
porary duty assistant to depot quar-
termaster.
Captain Lawrence B. Simonds, quar-
termaster corps, TO Fort Sam Hous.
ton, Texas,
Colonel Samuel w. Cunning, 18th
Infantry, incapacitated for active ser
vice, retired
Colonel Daniel A. Frederick and
Harris L. Roberts, I'D Infantry. to
Southern department
j The following changes were or
6ered:
Colonel Charles R. Moves to 22d In
fantry.
Colonel Francis ]. KernaR. infantry.
to 9Th Infantry.
Colonel Edwin II. Glenn, 23rd In
fantry, relieved from that regiment
Colonel Samuel w. Miller. infantry,
to 10th Infantry.
T. Colonial Charles E..sW. Kennedy. In
fantry, to 23rd Infantry.
Lieutenant-colonel William F.. Blau-
welt, 10th infantry, to rejoin his regi-
ment.
LIST Lieutenant William H. Lloyd,
NJ. r, c.. TO Fort Bliss. Tex.
Captain Harold w. Jones. medical
corps, to Texas City, Texas.
LIST Lieut.. Louis Al. Meraux, M. r.
c., to jackson Barracks, Louisiana.
LIST Lieutenant James s. Kennedy,
medical reserve corps, to Galveston.
Tex.
Retirement of Colonel Henry p.
kingsbuTy tcaralry). inspectors
erai, announced.
1st Lieutenant Victor E. Putnam,
NJ r. c., to Fort Mfley, California.
LIST Lieutenant Norman d. Morgan,
M. r. c., to Preside, San Francisco.
1st Lieutenant, Charles III. Mason,
signal corps, Seattle. Wash, to Fort
LeayenWorth, Kansas.
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Army officers will watch with a
good deal OF interest the working out
of the new Benet-Mercier machine gun
in actual war. The gun, now in uni
yersal use in all infantry commands,
takes the same ammunition as that
used by the infantry in its new Spring
field rifle, shade less than a 80
caliber.
The heavier machine gun used pre-
yiously had the disadvantage of re-
curing a half-dozen mules, where the
same number of shots may now be
packed by two.
Previously it required >two mules to
carry the barrels of the machine gun
in the field. Another was necessary
for the tripod and a number more to
carry ammunition. : 4
Now the two barrels are carried by
one mule and the ammunition by a
second, increasing the efficiency of
the machine gun company by render.
ing the equipment more compact
. With the new gun the gunner may
register more shots and It is beliey-
ed gain a higher percentage of hits.
The feature of ammunition exchange
between, the machine gun and the in
fantry along the firing line also makes.
for Increased efficiency.
The gun is served by an assistant.
who feeds belts of cartridges contain
ing 20 shots each. into the gun. As
long as the gunner holds the trigger
the gun continues firing. The gunner
is able to use the weapon much as one
would use a hose, and by watching.
his hits sweep an advancing line in
an incredibly short length of time
The 9Th, 18th and 18th Infantry.
which left San Francisco for the front,
are all armed with the new gun, be.
fore which it is believed a regiment
OF Mexican infantry will be unable
to stand more than a few moments.
The two barrels carried for each
gun make it possible, in the twinkling
of an eye, to remove the superheatedl
barrel and continue firing through a.
cool barrel.
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Preparations to cover the eventual
tiles of war with Mexico have been
actively pressed by the war depart.
ment in all posts. Not only, is equip
meQt being gathered and sorted for
an immediate entraining of transpor-
tation and troops, but officers in