Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-15


m. AHA, 1t. !. cockett, 1t. Louis K.
( The secretary says that this IS only
the beginning of an extensive pro-
gram; that there will be systematic
experiments on a large scale with
aeroplanes; that private designers
will be invited and assisted financial
/ ly to produce the best form of air
craft; that the training of the person
mel will be taken up and that the
question of the purchase of dirigibles
soon will be taken up.
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If Congress approves the recon-
mendations of the military authorities
the ordnance department OF the army
will issue to rifle clubs organized
throughout the country about 100000
model 1898 .30-caliber magazine RI
I files, popularity known as "Krags,"
and $4,000 carbines, together with am
munition for them. A concerted Ct
fort is now being made by friends of
rifle practice to obtain the enactment
of law to permit the secretary. OF
war to issue these old arms for the
, use by rifle clubs under the rules of
the national board for the promotion
, of rifle practice.
The proposed law aIso' will be de-
signed to permit the issuance of sim
1 ilar ordnance supplies, not of the ex-
listing service model, and therefore not
necessary for the maintenance of the
proper army reserve supply, to schools
having uniformed corps of cadets
and carrying on military training.
War department officials are agreed
that the training of the youth of the
! country is a fundamental principle of
national defense. They declare that
although this principle is universally
! recognized, the.Ilited States is doing
less than any other nation to instruct
its boys and young men in the use and
kowledge of arms
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= The steady volume of imports, of
cattle from Australia into the Philip
pines is evidenced by the overhauling
and refitting in Hongkong shipyards
of two vessels for this trade, one of
which is now fitted to carry about 400
I head of cattle and the other about 500
head. Each is to make IL round trips
year in the +Wydham Manila cattle
| trade.
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Another scheme for saving money
| to the. government has been evolved
by the navy department. 1t is in the
feeding of recruits while being trans
ported across the country. Rather
than deal with the transportation
companies, the department decided to
feed its men from its own commits.
sary. So far the experiment has eff
footed saving of cents a day for
each man transported. |>'. '@s1
The experiment was a suggestion
of john w. Kean, a transportation
clerk in the department, and was tried
out when $50 recruits were shipped
from Chicago to Seattle. 1t has been
the custom to feed recruits in trans
portation from the dining cars at
tached to the train, under contracts
made with the railroads. But in this
instance the department sent aboard
the train enough food from the COM
missary depot at the great lakes sta
ton to feed the men until, they
reached their destination. That was
prepared by naval cooks and $50 men
were fed three good meals a day, each
with meat component, at an aver.
age of A. cents a, day. The lowest
rate the department could get from
the railroads was so cents. - ~:.
The mess calls by the naval buglers
were unique features of the trip and
excited a great deal of interest," es-
pecially when passing through coun-
try towns and villages. AT several
stations en- route the recruits were
Idisembarked and put through setting
up exercises to the great delight of
the onlookers. ss5
The Monitor Ozark has just arrived
at Hampton roads from Panama,
where she has been acting as convoy
Ito the division of four submarines.
These tiny vessels left Guantanamo,
Cuba. December Z, and proceeded un-
der their own power to CTistObel. at
the Atlantic end Of the canal. where
they now are. The trip, 700 miles IN
the open sea, marks an epoch in .the
navigation Of submarines. The sea
was rough under the influence Of
strong trade winds during the entire
journey, but the boats found no diffi-|
iculty in maintaining their speed and
position for the five days 4 took to
make the trip
1t was feared that the strain might