Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-13
Fort Sh0fer Notes
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post was Yesterday the scene nf a
Wedding Ia which Lieutenant MACK
Carr uE the 4th Cavalry stationed al
sca0tieId Barracks. ami Miss Edaa
May Staley oF Utah were the prtIIcs.
Rals. The bride arrived In Honolulu
+, by the transport yesterday afternoon
/ shortly before ) O'clock. and nas m2t
/ at the deck b Lieutenant Carr. ac
/ .cdEupanied by lieutenant and Mrs. Ro-
land. l. Gaggler Uf the same regiment
+. ais the groom, Lieutenant Carr had
I made all the necessary preliminary ar.
! FaugemeaLs and nc time vas lost in
! making the trip rs automobile to Fort
! ShRfter where, Upon previous Motif,
cation Chaplain William Reese Scott
! OF the % Infantry 1a5 waiting the aF-
/ Figai OF the part al his quarters. \
simple. ceremony with the groom 5
friends as witnesses WAS Immediately
concluded and after receiving the
| good wishes aud fluctuations OF the
! chaplain and attendants Lieutenant
aud Mrs, Carr Tcenterea the waiting
motor and proceeded to Honolulu
Later they went BY train H. HAelNa
and will spend short nunt-y moot at
that delightful spot. Lieutenant Carl
having been granted brief leave OF
absence by the post commander at
Schofield Barracks. taon the teTmia-
alton OF this leave Lieutenant anu
Mrs. Carr will return for duty at that
post and will be ut home 10 their
friends. Lieutenant Carr is one of
the recent arrivals among the off GERS
at Sebofield Barracks and has proven |
himself to be a popular member OF hisI
regiment Mrs. Carr is charming |
Young woman and will find a warm
welcome waiting her at her husbands |
post. With the we'll known hospitaIfsF
~ and cordially for which the 4th I
Cavalry is famous throughout the ser,
vice the young people will no doubt
be fhe center of much entertainment i
in the garrison in that regiments eE.
forts 70 greet the new arrivals with
traditional hospitality. Chaplain Scott
had previous acquaintance with Lieu
tenant Carr through their trip by thel
same transport when both were enl
route 60 join their respective regi
ments in Oahu last winter, and it was
through this acquaintance that thel
Chaplain of the I'd Infantry was ask.
ed 10 offieiate upon yesterdays happy@
occasion.
Though the affair had been kept aid
pofound secret antil the moment Oft !
The garrison at Fort /
shafter was pleasantly excited over
he novelty of i wedding in its nlidstE [
and many we're the permissible efforts
made to catch discreet glfmpses. OF
The wedding party as it was leaving /
he chaplains quarters and making its !
way out of the post. and the garrison Z
vas all aglow throughout the evening
over the pleasurable incident of the
Fl
The general eaurtmaTtial recentlyI i
n session at this post has been dis 3
iolyed by the detail of a new court d
IL which Maj. II. o. Williams. I'd
infantry, IS president and Ist Lieut. h
: r. Fedendall is judge advocate.
T y
Owing to the long drouth that hast =
PREVAILED at Fort Sbafter, and also to !
he fact that the drill ground facilities +
ire so limited IN extent, the parade 1
las become almost entirely denudedI =
f vegetation and a determined effortt :
5 now being made by the police offi.I
err Lieutenant Hoffman. to restore K
he growth Of grass BY continued and d
lentifulg watering TO accomplish {
his desirable end details oil men are E
n constant employment and all avail, d
BILE hose, including sections of the II,
afge fire hose has been put in use.I n
t is thought, however. that no great q
rogress can be made until the troops 3
cave tie post for an extended periodI b
/ maneuyer, and then the struggling d
rass roots may have chance when Il
elieged from the steady daily tramp s
ne OF mere than a Thousand pairs OF \
Get at the close order drills. a
r. - Itl
The reported accounts in the daily a
apers Of the speech al the Wednes- q
az meeting of the Al ciu0 Of Homes iiI
Ilu Of Regimental luarterrlaster Ern- e
ST w. Ely Of the I'd Infantry have met v
nth many expressions OF approval io
rom the Fort Shafter garrison Ser e
cant Ely having spoken from the Il
iewpoint of d close and unprejudieed q
bserveF in the enlisted grade, his N
feTed solution Of the question as tel
hat may be done to increase the con-
mt OF the enlisted personnel OF the lc,
rmy garrison in Oahu was d novelty fTr
} his hearers and carried weight with n
1em and is believed 20 voice the II
Jews ef the better than 90 per cent n
{ his enlisted companions.
The propositscn whereby he offered
he necessary labor fron the soldiers
) construct q great and conplete free =
winning beach has been heartily I,
seonded By the men and should 10, ~ -