Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-28
FORT SKATER
BECOMING VERY
IMPORTANT POST
Best Element In the Army Sure
to Build Up Country Ada
cent, Is the Prediction
Special star-Bullctfn Correspondence

TSpccial Star Bulletin Correspondence
FORT SHAFTER, H. T., Nov. rs
The improvements now under way and
; those contemplated in the near future
at this post will make this one of the
largest posts in the Island of Oahu.
When occupied by the goth Inf. it
was only intended that the garrison
would consist of a battalion. 1t Is
now occupied by a war strength regi-
ment of infantry, a full company OF
engineers, a field company of signal
corps, a half company Of telephone
and telegraph signal corps, a large de-
tachment of @. NJ. corps, school for
cooks and bakers and upon the COM
pletion of the additions now being
constructed and other improvements
assured. one of the largest military
hospitals in the United States. While
the personnel necessary to operate the
department hospital is even now en-
tirely inadequate, every effort is being
made to have the full quota Of sur
geons, nurses and corps even before
the completion of the new wards, OPP
Grating room and store rooms. Ground
has been surveyed and plans drawn
UP for permanent buildings, quarters,
etc, that will house another brigade
of foot troops. Schofeld Barracks, it
Is understood, has its complete garri-
son, plus two squadrons of cavalry not
called for in the plans were drawn up
for the permanent post. AS there is
no room for the post to spread further
toward the city than the Kalihi resi-
dence section, all future buildings
will have to extend either toward the,
mountains or some arrangement made
toward securing more of the Damon
property. -.
The troops at Shafter have every
convenience of living in the city as
far as afnusenents, sports, ETC., go,
and for that treason a great many
more are re-eniisting than at any of
the other more distant posts. Many
of the non-commissioned officers have
purchased property just outside of the
reservation and with their families
have settled down to make life job
of it.
1t is appropriate to state right here
that there is not a better citizen in
the world than retired or active nom
COMMISSIONER OlHSCL VI INC ShtICN
States army 1t is pretty close per-
diction that in the next three or four
generations the Eva side of Honolulu
is going to be controlled by this class
of citizens-that is, if the people Of
Honolulu, like the people of kalihi, got
together and make any sort of bid for
this betterment, and offer the slightest
inducements.
Outside of Fort Thomas. Kentucky,
the former station of the I'd Inf. there
grew up in about twenty years a COM
munity. numbering about 5000 souls,
seventy-five per cent of whom were of
good old army non-cOm. stock-and
this same little burg called Fort
Thomas is the best run community in
O. the State of Kentucky, excepting none.
To my mind, there could be no more
ideal place in our country for a man
to "soldier"-not the ordinary man
who is in the army for temporary
employment, but one who has settled
down with a little family to make a,
life work of soldering in Hawaii"
than this heart of the Paradise border
ing on fairyland park and conven-
lent to good schools, churches, amuse-
ments and people who are proud to be
friends of the soldier.