Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-06
OAHU TOlOsE
. Marines \ | ! BY
LlHO ORDER
Hawaii Now Has 100 Men and
the Number viii Be Reduced
to los, According to Ruling
of Secretary Daniels
By c. S. ALBERT.

v all VIII soon De N.tnuTaWn. Inc.
will be located a. some central, point
in the United States. prs Suma bly, the
Pacific Coast.
| 1t Is the intention of Secretary DAN
| .els of the navy department to issue
| orders at an early date bringing back
70 the mainland all the marines sta
Toned in me insular possessions and
ON the canal zone. This will D dC-
CompliSho1 gradually. The removal
tof detaohments will continue Gatil the
entire force has been concentrated irr
American posts.
The operation of Secretary Daniels
order vii! involve the reduction of the
tpresent mai ne brigade in the Philip
pines from 900 to q guard of l59 men,
to be distributed at Olongapo and "a
vite. The present details at Pearl
HaTbor. Hawaii, humber 1870; at Pan
anna, $50, and at Guantanamo, Cuba,
about 200. They will be reduced to
105 men at each station. The lega-
ton guaI,t at Peking also will be re-
duced. #. conditions in China become.
more stable. S..
These changes" saIG Secretary
Daniels, are made in order that men
/ may be available for the establish
! lnent of advanced base stations, where
| large bodies Of marines will be con
centFated and kept ready for instant
service whenever tho" may he re-
I quired." =. .
! This plan has been contemplated by
4 Secretary Daniels. TWAS recommend
! ed to him by the general navy board,
and it now has received his approval
Mr.. Daniels has thought that one OF
/ the advanced bases should be on the
I Pacific, coast, another at Pensacola.
/ Fla, where $50 marines already are
! established, and another. perhaps at
Philadelphia, as at present.
i No chaHge VIII be made in the ne
| tails to battleships Of the fleet.
i Secretary Garrison has announced
THAT upon the expiration of the four
Year detail of Maj.-gen. Leonard Wool
as chief of staff Of the army next
April he will be assigned to command
the Eastern department, with head.
quarters at Governors Island, N. r.,
succeeding Maj gen. Thomas H.. Bar
ry,e who win go to the Philippines de-
5bart1nent n March Secretary Carr r
son said he hal not selected Gen.
1 Woods successor as chief of staff, and
probably would not do so very soon.
Mai-gen. Franklin Bell, when reliey-
/ ed of duty in the Philippines, will take
command of the I'd infantry division
kat Texas City, succeeding Maj.-gen.
w. H. Carter. I :'.} s. -ss
] Brig.-gen. {: Thomas F. Davis, conf
4 handing the 9Th infantry brigade at
Galveston, will take cGmmaL.l Of the.
10th at the same place. 49,. 81. n
! Brig-gen Charles ]. Bailey, at pres,
ent at Fort Worden, Washington, goes
| TO command the North Atlantic coast
artillery district. g.. &. -s-t~y... -. =
! The prospective transfer of Gen..
/ Wood from Washington to New York
rext April already has started gossip
as to his possible successor as chief
of staff of the army. Maj-gens., Bell,
Barry and Carter apparently are elm
/ mated from the field of candidates.
Gen. Bell already has served as chief
of Staff, Gen. Barry has just been as.
signcl to the command of the Philip
| pine army, and Gen. Carter has been
| ordered to Hawaii. The only other
major+generalss are Gen. Arthur Muir
ray, commanding the western depart
ment, at San Francisco, and Gen. d" i
w. Wotherspoon, at present assistant
chief of staff in this city. Gen. Muir
lay will retire for age in April, 1915.
and Gen. WotherspoOn in November,
| 1914.
! Either of these officers may be ap-
| pointed chief of staff to serve until re-
tirement, thus giving more time toI
| make a permanent detail to that Of
! flee. Because of his special familiar
| ity with the duties of the office anu
| his earlier retirement, it is intimated
| that Gen. WothersDoon stands the bet
| ter chance of selection for thc tempo
rary detail. When he fetires, the pres
ident will have an opportunity to ap-
point a new major.general AIT, make
| III mchief Of staff if he SO desires.
Steps have been taken by Ike gov
| eminent of Cuba to attract to that isl
and large numbers of European work
men now employed on the Panama
canal, but for whom there will soon
he no work The Cuban representa-
tive in Panama has been instructed til
urge such laborers to 90 to Cuba. TheirI
legitimate expenses will be paid by'I
that government and steamship com
ranies will receive a bonus OF s. for
each enigraht taken 20 CUBE. No one
will be acceplcd. nUWeT>r unless he
IS in good nealtn ahG H. icCClH OIL the
isthmus is satisfactory.
The present sEgar cane acreage c!
Cuba is about 1,U0H,0,:H and il is, be-
coming apparent that The annual tran
silent immigration from Spain &Ed the
Canary Islands. added 10 that drawn
from the West Indies, viii not he SUI
ficient 10 provide ne labor necessary
to cut the cane anil provide for theI
constantly increasing capacity of the
mills A great :leai OF the cane m
Cuba was left uncut in the latesr sea-
son. and il is stated that many OF thel
mills would have ground much Tore
rha-1 +i.pv did hut Ff.r he scarcity OF |