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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18
ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR
CIVILIAN RIFLE CLUBS NOW

After many years OF effort by a co
terie of rifle enthusiasts and patriots
in this country, legislation has at last
been secured, and Congress has auth
Orized the War Department TO begin
the training of civilians in rifle prac
tice. says the Army and Navy Jour.
nal. 1t was due to the efforts OF the
National Rifle Association of America,
which has been the pioneer in work,
ing up sentiment throughout the Coun-
try for the promotion of rifle shoot
ing as a sport as well as means of
strengthening oar national defenses,
that Congress has at last taken action
by authorizing the War Department to
issue to civilian rifle clubs Krag rifles
and ammunition free. The new law
provides that ten citizens in any 10.
cality may organize themselves into a
club, after which they adopt the by
laws furnished by the War Depart
ment, and affiliate with the N. r. A.
with and by the approval OF the Gov
ernor or Adjutant General of the state.
After this has been accomplished the
club is eligible to receive the rifles
and ammunition on the basis of ono
rifle to each five members of the club
and 120 rounds Of ammunition for
each member Members of clubs re-
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by bringing all up to the weight Of thf
heaviest by adding sand behind tbs
base. The weights are then marked
plainly On the proiectiles for quick
handling
The rotating band which circles the
base Of the prOiectile is caIIipered Il
Cne-thCusandth Ct an inch, and what
is known as the hourrelet. the swell
Immediately behind the head. which
grips the rih:ng, is carefully scrape
and cleaned.
The "blending' IF the powder is
enc of the most delicate and interest
ing operations. for no matter how care.
fully this is done originally. some Of
the powder dries out faster than other
portions, under apparently the same
conditions. and there are other vari.
atiCns in the same lot Of ammunition.
To make it as uniform as possible
then. the powder is piled in a great
heap and ten men with wooden SHOW
els divide il into ten equal piles.
These ten piles are then remiXed. the
operation of separation and mixture
being known as a "cycle.' Several
cycles are required to assure the prop
er blend.
The charges are then weighed down
to fractions Of an ounce, sewed in bags
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ceiving such ammunition will be re-.
CURED TO shoot over a course of in
struCtiOn laid down by the War De
partment, which provides for rapid
fire at 300 and 800 yards. and slow
fire at 300. 500 and 500 yards Those
members who qualify as marksmen,
sharpshoCter or expert are given de-
COrations by the War Department and
their names are recorded In the office
of the Adjutant-General of the state
and of the War Department. Clubs
will be required to give bend for the
safe return OF the rifles issued to
them. One serious difficulty in &C.
complishing the purpose OF the law IL
the lack of proper rifle ranges. Only
one state in the Union, Massachu-
sets, had the foresight to acquire
local ranges and bar against future
encrCachment OF building operations.
In that state every large city is COM
PEELED by law to purchase and main
tain a rifle range for its home militia.
There has not been a session OF Con.
gress for many years that has not
had presented to it propositions to
acquire target ranges and maneuyer
grounds in different parts of the coun.
try, all of which have failed TO secure
recognition. ..E-
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and tried out in the mOrtOTs - h.
sure that they will go in sm1othly
when required. There have been in
+ stances when an entire target practice
has been thrown cut because the pow.
der bags did not fit.
The target itself is a small pyra
midal che, to be tOwed SEQ Yards be,
hind the mine planter. Any splash
coming within a 50-yard radius Ct the
target is considered a hit, the fall
Ct the prOiectile taken by the splash.
Colonel Rafferty, has issued the fol
lowing warning TO shipping, in con
noctiCn with the night practice:
Night firi1g will he held with the
sea-cOast guns at Fort Kruger lDia-
mCnd Head, Fort De RussPy CWaiki-
XII, Fort Armstrong (kakaakol, and
Fort Kamehameha pear HarbOr)
beginning at 7:15 p. m, July y to
29, inclusive.
The sea area fer SIX miles off shore
between lire running due south Of
Black PO:r (Kunikikikiol and a line
running due south Of BARRIERS Point
will be unsafe for shipping on the
nights above mentioned so long as
the searchlights are burning. When
all searchl;ghts are out the firing is
completed"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18
FIRST BATTALION OF
2ND RETURNS FROM
EAST END OF OAHU

Especial Star-Bulletin Correspondence
FORT SHAFTER, July 1S.-After
tour of ten days in the hills of
I'd Infantry returned to the post yes
terday with the prospect of remaining
in barracks but one week, when 1t
will again take the field for weeks
tour in camp with the LIST Regiment,
N. G.. H. No accident or incident Of
particular note marred the battalion's
strenuous ten DAYS while absent on
terrain study, and when II marched
into the post at IL o'clock yesterday
morning. ranks and distances we're
closed as IL on drill. The return trip
of 1876 miles was made in three
hours and % minutes OF marching
tire. MFR. Charles Lucas, ST., whose
land was utilized by the battalion as
a camp site during the latter part OF
it's absence from garrison, was out
spoken in his praises of the conduct
of the men composing the command
and in every way showed his cordial
ity to be unbounded. The officers
greatly appreciate Mr.. Lucas kind
Hess anu llUeIdltIy III pClhtlIbih6 ShC
use of his grounds as camp site and
the many other courtesies extended
them and their men.
During the continuance of the
camp of the 1st battalion at the Luz
cas- ranch, Field Company E, Signal
Corps, maintained most efficient
telegraph service connecting the
camp of the troops by field line
with the telegraph Office at Fort Ru-
ger and thence with all stations OF
the military system that have been
established by the company.
The office in the battalion camp
proved of great assistance and was
in constant service. Private Candee
of Field Company E was the opera
tor in charge and handled the buzzer
system that was installed with great
skill.
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MORTARS OF OAHU'S COAST
DEFENSES WILL BARK AGAIN
Period of Service Practice for ALI Batteries Here Opens Mex
Monday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Schedule Is Anticipated
Difficulties Increased This Year

Next week, after a year OF silence
tho big guns and mortars Of Oahu:
coast dcfenses will speak again. Tn
batteries OF Ruger, De Russy. Arm
stTCng ana Kamchameha will hur
projeCtilCs seward both by day and
by night. and the results Of months
If careful training and preparation
will he shown in a few hours Of aCtua1
firing, The mortar battery at Fort
Kamehameha now holds the Knox tro
ply for tire best shooting Of the entire
Coast Artillery corps last year. and
Officers and men Of the 6Sth and 18th
companies will make great effort 10
defend their title. Rivalry is keen
locally. and the holders will be strong
~ challenged by the other organiza.
tons Of Oahu.
The ten-day period Of service prac-
tice opens next Monday, and while
regulations prohibit notification of bat
terry commanders In advance just
when they will be called on TO fire,
IL is generally believed that this years
practice will he made strenuous and
that there will be little interval be-
tween the firing nf the different bat
teries. Colonel w G. Rafferty,. COM
mand'ng the coast defenses Of Oahu,
Is not ant to let the grass grow under
his feet, once he starts to test the
efficiency Of his command.
Mortar practice this year will be
more difficult than ever before, owing
to the firing at increased ranges which
necessitate~ the change not only OF
charges hut of proiectiles as we'll as
the target passes from one zone to
another. This adds 10 the difficulties
OF comrutat;on in the plotting room,
where the exact spot on which the tar
get will be at tho time the proiectilo
reaches IL is predicted. and the NOR
tar laid according to the figures tele-
phoDed to the PIT The extreme range
for day practice this year will be b..
600 yards. The target is any point on
the oceans surface within a 50-yard
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radius Of a small raft. used only as
an aiming point, and towed across the
! line Of fire about 800 yards in rear
+ Fl tug
Difficulties Extreme.
/ In mortar firing, ewing 10 the fact
. that the target is never visible to tho
men who are actually laying the
pieces. the greatest precision Of pro
tcCtile and powder is required The
shots fly miles skywcrd and. describ.
ing great arc. are expected to fall
on the deck Of a rapidly moving yes
sci, small mark under the best Of
conditions.
From the pOsiton-fnding station.
officers, with the most delicate instru.
ments for range finding and observa,
tiCn. track" the course Of the target
estimate where it will be after the
minute that it will take the Droiectile
to reach IT, and then by telephone no.
tify the runners hidden in the pits
what angle OF degree Of traverse is
necessary. In an instant the mortar is
laid and fred. and With roar that
seems IN rock the solid concrete walls
and huildiTgs Of the battery itself.
the pTO'ectjie goes shrieking onward.
That hits are ever recorded at all is
the marvel to the lavm"n II seems
impossible that the speed of the NOV
ing target, the exact quantity Of the
powder charge. the weight Of the pro.
iectile, the wind variation and the dis.
lance can be so nicely calculated ono
minute or so before the shot falls. But
the modern mortars do make hts. and
" the emergency arose. il is probable
that these CT Oahu's coast defenseG
would give very good account of
themselves IN keen'ng a hostile fleet
at a respectful distance.
During the last few davs the crews
of all the mortar batteries have been
hard at work doing what is known as
balancing the mechanism of the NOR.
tars." Every proiectile is carefully
weighed, and variations are corrected
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18
4 HYDRO.PLANES
ADDED TO NAVYS
FLYING FLEET
Splendid Work of Aerial Scouts
at Vera Cruz Is
Praised
[By Latest NALL

WASHlNG1ON.-Fou new hydro
aeroplanes win be added to the Nav,
Departments sdeadron within thu
next month. Two of these are of the
Curtiss type. which has been in US.
for some time and has given general
satisfaction. The third is a Wright
flying boat, different from the Curtiss
mainly in that 1t is ''bobtailed" instead
of having a lcng afterbody, and its
rlidders are on the machine instead
of being on the boat body.
The fourth machine is of the Bur
gess-Dunne type. being the invention
OF retired British army officer nam
ed Dunno. II is modified to some ex.
tend by w. Starting Burgess. the Am.
erican expert Its special feature Is
said TO be inherent stability. II is
claimed that this machine is able to
hold its position In the air without
the use of horoscopes or other arti.
cial means. The machine is being
purchased mainly for experimental
purposes, and 1t will be used at the
navy's Pensacola aeronautic station,
Good Record at Vera Cruz.
With the return Of the navy's aero
plane squadron from Vera Cruz, which
IL left on June Is. the most success
full series Of flights ever made for
scouting purposes has been complet.
ed. Several flights were made every
day. During the AZ days service Of
the aerial squadron over ESQ flights
we're made without single accident.
The. flights varied in duration from Is
minutes to two hours and the average
speed was about so miles an hour. The
aeroplanes never failed in all this
time to respond to call for scout
ing flight -.
The number of naval officers de.
tailed for aviation duty is now being
increased from 10 to 20 by the add,
ton of a new class, and within a year
IL Is expected to increase the number
to 35. The new men are first given a
course of preliminary instruction in
the construction of motors and aero.
planes by the Burgess, Curtiss and
Wright companies. After this they
20 to the Pensacola station for siA
weeks for further instruction AMI then
are expected to begin work in the
air. They are picked from the appli,
cants for this duty in the grades G.
ensign and lieutenants, junior grade.
and lieutenants. After they have be.
gun TO make actual flights they are
allowed 35 per cent increase in pay,
mainly because they are unable to
get life insurance. .....
Special Appropriations.
While at the present time there is
money available to purchase the four
new flying.boats mentioned. which
will bring up the navy's total to IL, it
g likely that before long Congress
will be asked for special appropria'
tion for aviation purposes. The work
done at Vera Cruz has drawn general
attention to the navy's air squadron.
Because of the sale of the battle
shin Mississippi to Greece, the navy
aeronlanes must find new mother
The Mississippi has been used as the
headquarters and home for the ava
tion officers, and also as a trainee
shin for aeronautical experiments.
Cant M. L. Bristol is in charEe ~
the navy aeronautical WORK. WIN
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Good Roads for SchofieId
Barracks Are Now Assured

x The sum of $4,000 has been
Z appropriated for the improve
Z ment of the roads on the post,
Z and the work will commence
Z Immediately under the supervi-
< sion of Capt. Chalmers G. Hall,
4 constructing Quartermaster.
Z The number of roads will be
Z reduced to a minimum, and all
4 the main roads will be covered
4 with coral rock and oiled.
Z Nothing will tend to make
: Schofield Barracks more desir-
Z able as a station than the i'm
4 provement of the roads. The
Z clouds of dust that roll from
I the almost innumerable dirt roads
Z in dry weather, and the deep red
Z mud during the rainy season, be-
Z come almost insupportable TO
Z those who have four years to
Z serve at this post. II
4 The first coral rock road at
4 Schofield was recently built by
& Colonel l.. w. V. Kennon, 25th
Z Infantry, joining the 25th lnfan-
: try cantonment with Cashier.
Z This road was built by soldier !
Z labor, and though rough and I'M
Z even in spots, is a vast improve
Z ment over the old dirt road.
{ sgssa sRga ERE q &c
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The smiling countenance of CAPITA
Guard, will be missing in the joint e
tary duties and Captain Easton, one of
at home. So also will I'd Lieutenant
ant H. NJ. Morehead, with it when it r
cent regimental orders and will repo
Company M was formerly Compa
year, the designation was changed so
The company is in flourishing condi
for enlistment :..: 49,.
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ARMY NOTES

From all information obtainable by
army officers, it now seems probable
that the Thirtieth Infantry, which will
come here from Alaska posts on July
3Oth, will remain at the local Preside
throughout the Panama-Pacific Inter.
national exposition, regardless as to
whether the Eighth Brigade returns
from the border line prior to the
opening of the exposition. The war
department has signified its intention
of stationing as many troops here as
possible during 1915, and as the Thir-
tieth is coming here first anyway, and
as the command is anxious TO have
station here during the exposition, it
is more than probable that the men
of the command will find that for
once their own desires and that of the
war department coincide.
There are, however, vague rumors
that seem to have some little founda-
tion, that the Eighth Brigade may
soon be relieved from border duty and
returned here intact. No orders will,
however, be issued until the Mexican
situation clarifies and some results
from mediation become apparent.
After the Thirtieth Infantry COM
pletes it's duty here it will be sent
to Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y, for sta
ton. taking over the post from the
Fifth Infantry. which hereafter is to
have permanent station in the canal
zone. The Plattsburg Barracks will
remain virtually deserted until the
Thirtieth goes there Movement of
trcoDC IN Donorno mill MT faLo pIona
however, until there is some sort of
settlement of the Mexican trouble.
- y .
1t has been decided by the war de-
partment that the Alcatraz island dis
ciplinary company, when it takes up
its quarters at Old Fort Point, will,
in addition to its other military du-
ties, be allowed to have regular target
practice; so that, with the program
laid down now for the handling of
such companies, there seems to be
no reason why the men composing
them will not get exactly as good and
broad military training as men III
barracks. . ..--
The decision has been reached that
hereafter, in the case of a man SEN
fenced to Imprisonment and dismis-
sal, the dismissal portion of the SEN
tence may be suspended until it is
seen whether or not he intends to be-.
have himself sufficiently to get into
company. If he does so
and shows himself fitted again for ac-
tive duty, the dismissal part will be
wiped out and the soldier will be re-
stored to the ranks. If, however, the
man shows no effort to retrieve his
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the HiIo organization Of the National
eek. Business interferes with mill,
territorial service, will have to stay
i'll have only enc officer, list Lieuten-
Cush:ngham has been attached by re-
DIS.
H.. was reorganized the first of this
de islands could be in the Sd battalion.
ok and choose among the applicants
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in Jack" Easton, commanding Co. NJ,
ncampment with the regulars next w
the NEST enthusiastic officers of tn
j. S. Caceres, SC that Company NJ W
caches Oahu. Cd Lieutenant J. l.. K.
TT for duty as soon as the outfit Ian
ny d, but when the 1st Infantry, n. G.
that all the companies on the outsi
ton and Captain Easton is able to ,pi
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mated by the delivery to Secretary
Daniels of check for $12.532,276. &c.
The check was signed by an Ameri-
can agent representing the Greek
government, which does not figure
directly in the transaction. ..
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The First Aero Squadron, which
has been on duty at Galveston. has
been ordered back to San Diego,
which would seem to indicate that the
war department plans do not conten-
plate sending any more troops to Vera
Cruz. The squadron was to accom-
pany the next brigade that would
have gone TO the Mexican sea port.
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TOULON. The French submarine
Calypso was sunk today by the de-
troyer Mousqueton during maneuvers.
The crow was saved. it is thought i
will be impossible to salvage the sub
marine, on account of the great depth
at which she is lying
The Calypso was navigating on the
suface at the time of the collision
and most of the men were on deck.
The shock was severe and a great hole
was torn in the submarines side. The
boat sank IN few minutes.
heav:' sea was running at the
time but the other warships carried
cut the rescue work with great ski
and daring.
The MouSqueton was badly damas-
ed and mt into port.
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sUResoN-GeNERAL WILLIAM c

recently appointed to be chief of the
medical corps of the army with rank
of brigadier-genera Surgeon general
Gorgas has recently returned from
South Africa where he went to study
sanitation problems. He won fame
and promotion ny transforming the
Cnal Zone from a fever jungle to one
G the healthiest places on the map
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A board of officers has been ap
pointed by orders from post headquar
tiers to consider and recommend 3
course of instruction to be followed
in the post graduate course for off
GERS at Fort Shafter during the schoo'
year l91+1915. The board will br
composed of Lieut-Col B. W. Atkir
son, Maj. Erneste V. Smith, Mai. NJ;
chael J. Lehman and Maj. Herbert 9
Williams. all of the I'd Infantry.
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July IA, 1914.

July II, 1911.
General Orders No. %.
1. Lieut.-Col Charles S. Bromwell,
Corps of Engineers, having reported
this date in compliance with para
graph 6, Special Orders No. Sc, war
department. 1914. is announced as De-
partment Engineer, vice Major Will
liam P. Wooten, Corps of Engineers,
with station in this city.
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The promotions in regimental and
company officers which will probably
result as the promotion OF Colonel
George Bell, Jr., to the rank Of Brig
adier-General, are as follows: Lieu
tenant-colonel Charles II. Barth, Ad-
jutant-generaTs department.; Major
William F. Martin, Fifth Infantry;
Captain John McA. Palmer, Fifteenth
Infantry: First Lieutenant Ned NJ.
Green, Fifteenth Infantry, and Sec
ond Lieutenant Walter S. Greacen,
Twelfth Infantry
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afford ample facilities for service
with the city system. In consequence
of the installation of this government
system all instruments of the local
company have been removed from the
post and no more will be contracted
for by the individuals or the depart
ment
All of the technical work of plac.
ing instruments, laying underground
and overhead cables as we'll as set
ting up the big switchboard was
done by the men of the detachment
of the telegraph and telephone com.
pany of the Signal Corps stationed at
Fort Shafter under the direction of
Lieut.. Frederick F. Black of that
company
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record, the suspension of sentence or
der will be vacated.
- y
Following Tie announcement Of ap-
preparations for the purchase ~ field
guns and ammunition for heavy ar.
tillery, comes the news of the forma-
ton by the government of a new reg
iment of field artillery, which will in
clude the coast artillery companies
from Forts Williams, prebIe, Levett,
Mckinley, Lyon, Baldwin and Pop
ham. which compose the Portland
fMe) defense district. To this regi-
ment will be assigned twenty-four D
inch siege guns and 6-inch howitzera.
This heavy artillery will follow the
first evolutionary force into Mexico.
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July II, 1914.

= - = ! |.----|" July II, 1914.
Special Orders No. 133.
/. Private First Class Roberts A.
Tibbitts, Quartermaster Corps, Soho
field Barracks, H. T., is transferred
as private to Battery Z, LIST Field Ar
tillery, at that post He will report
to the commanding officer of the or
ganization to which transferred, for
duty. II. .:. -.-.
The expense of this transfer will
be borne by the soldier. (S70S).
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ORDERS OF THE
HAWAIIAN DEPT.
July 16, 1914.

July 16, 1914.
Special Orders No. 1872. -.s. .
2. Under exceptional circumstan.
ces, leave of absence for one month
and % days, with permission to
leave the department, to take effect
upon arrival at San Francisco, Cal,
of the August transport, is granted
Captain Joseph c.. Kay, End Infantry,
Fort Shafter, II. T. .....- -
Attention is invited to the require
ments of General Orders No. 1876, war
department, 1907. and General Orders
No. AZ, series 1913, these headquar-
tiers. (S717). ~..-. "-
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Captain Benjamin H. Watkins has
been detailed asa member of the spe'
cial court martial at the post, vice
Major f. V Smith, relieved on ac'
count Of absence from the garrison
Oh field service.
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Lieut. Commander H. c. Muslin il
charge of the station at Pensacola.