Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-25
Fort Shafer Notes

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! FORT SKATER, June 25.-Princi.
pal Musician RaDp and Color Sergeant
GARRISON were the only members Of
the noE-Commissioned staff and band
OF the % Infantry that succeeded in
qualifying as expert pistol shots in
the course for those detachments In
the lst battalion Of the regiment, no
enlisted men qualified as first-elass
men with the pistol. and among the
officers OF the battalion the following
named secured frstclass qualification
and will fire the expert test as soon
as the range is available: Lieuten-
ants Longanecker, Wright, Sylvester,
Polhemus and Lyman.
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Considerable speculation Is being in
dulged in by the officers OF the I'd
Infantry as TO who may be detailed as
additional nspectors-instructors for
the battalions of the militia during the
prospective joint encampment Of that
organization and the I'd Infantry. II.
as understood, the Manchu law is now
suspended, then all OF the officers are
available; but, should that fearsome
law be operative in it's restrictions,
few, if any, officers are eligible for de-
tachmen from their respective compa
MES for the duty in question without
Col. French taking the risk OF having
his own pay stopped during the period
that any officer remains away from
his company. While, as above intimat.
ed, it may be true that no officer,
whatever his grade, is Manchu,
owing to the Mexican situation, it is
certainly a fact that no official init
matiCn from army headquarters has
been received that establishes the
question as one settled beyond risk
or doubt. The matter Is an important
one both to the I'd and to their broth
ers of the militia, as such details are
important to the latttr in that they
supply additions to the list OF trained
instructors for the various companies
and to the I'd Infantry it means that
certain officers will be detached
throughout the entire period of the
camp from their respective and proper
commands. Col. French, who has been
assigned to command the joint camp
by orders from the headquarters of the
Hawaiian Department, will be the Of
ficer upon whom will rest the decis.
ion as to whether he Is able to COM
ply with orders directing him to sup
ply such details. without risking his
pay as colonel during the period of
detachment. Il is believed that the
fact that the officers who may be de-
tached are in the same camp with
their respective companies is not a
compliance with the Act of Congress
and would not be so held by the
Treasury authorities. :
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Two vacancies now exist in the
grade Of 1st lieutenant in the Cd In,
fantry. The additional vacancy has
been caused by the transfer Of Lieut..
Evan e. Lewis from the regiment to
the unassigned list as directed by the
latest orders from Washington. The
other vacancy in the grade was caused
by the resignation of Lieut.. Herndon
Sharp. Unless these places be filled
by the transfer Of officers now in the
is probable that they will remain un-
filled for some time to come as no
to the list may be expect.
ed until the fitness for promotion of
LIST Lieut.. Bruno T. Scher shall have
been determined. This latter officer
has been blocking promotion for some
due to his failure to pass the !
physical examination. II is understood
that he will come up for re-examina-
ton in July OF this year.
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The proficiency test for the compa.
MES OF the I'd Infantry will be under.
taken on the Fort Shafter range this
year and not be held at Schofield
Barracks as was the case last sea-
son. This decision is most satisfac-
tory to the regiment as 1t will enable
the various companies to go through !,
the prescribed test under conditions
those under which in.
Struction and record individual firing
was performed. In addition it will OBJ
viate the march to Schofield Barracks
and return, and the consequent alb.
scence from barracks for an indeterm-
mate period dependel.~ upon the wa
Their that may be encountered at the
Leilehua post during the time set
apart for the test.
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The Sd battalion of the I'd Infantry
will not take part in the camp at Red
Hill with the LIST Infantry, N. G. H.,
and the LIST and I'd battalions of the
ID Infantry, but will remain at Fort
Shafter and will later take its turn at
field duty when the entire I'd Infantry