Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-01
Fort Shpfdotes


Especial Star Bulletin troDdence)
FORT SHAFTER, IL The
md lntantT! commen4nge firing.
instruction course. at khis morn
ing and with condttlokeptionally |
favorable for good res the tar
gets. The range has completely |
Overhauled during hast two
months by Lieutenant liter and is J
now in the best COn4 that this !
post has ever seen i'll ns began !
at 200 yards with th{ panies OF
the lst battalion at ting points ,
and each company MAJ edition 10 !;
its officers. all OF the / shots on j
the line as COACHES id new and
ineXpert men OF the CRd. An i'm
prOVement TO the fOTmiipment of I
the range is a wind cid Use dur =,
ing instruction firing dictates 10 !,
the firerS the dlreCtiQ the wind !
at the moment Of tirlE pOn com
pletiOn OF the range w the com 3
panieS OF the regiment expected !
that the engineer cot Will be
given the use Of the 4 and that }
later the company OF les at Ma
rine Barracks, Pearl n. will take !
over the range for thSeular sea !
son of target practise. also prob
able that the LIST HaW regiment
will fire through the hr. course !
at Shafter, using the 8 on Sun !
days. In this respects National !
Guard of Hawaii may baned quite |
fortunate since it Is aiOnal for |
mNtia command tot a range |
so completely equipped At so con-
venient a distance fro armory.
From all OF the above seen that !
Fort Shafter is desti1b hear a
pretty steady popping 4s for the |
next few months. The Bring pro-
blems will follow the lar range |
practise and owing tOseXtended |
area now available thtter form |
of instruction may be cl on with |
out interrupting the k distance !
"OFk at the targets.
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The entire garrison Nrned out !
yesterday fo- the revied inspec-
ton by Colonel Frenchls includ- |
ed the Engineer compaa Id Signal |
Corps company. In addthe quar-
termaSter transpOrtatiOS assem- |
bled on the road arouIe parade |
and was carefully insl by the |
post commander accomH by Cap
tain Rosenbaum in who large the
transportation units arr ced. The |
parade ground at the peas COM
pletely filled when all Re troops |
were assembled yesterdnd it re-
CURED some special has of the
commands to avoid Cr0k up on |
the rear elements whenlong col
umn was passing the rting off, |
Ger. After the muster attalionS |
had been completed thSre COM
mand went into shelter lamp on
the parade. The new md the reg
iment were in ranks feir first |
review and their marchiIh steadi-
ness in ranks was favk COM
mented on by officers.
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The local champions DIT Shat
ter at baseball were def yester-
day by the nine Of COMP of the
Engineers by score of B. Mat
thews was on the mouir Com
pany l and pitched finde while
for d of the End Infanthrtin, a
new man to the post and e game,
bent, them over. D Con- was
without the services of P& Lieut..
Lyman and the work Os nine |
showed the result. Witt score |
tied in the last half of thth the
Engineers landed on oneh clean
home run and great was rejoic-
ing thereat. The two teaIal meet
in a return game next SUI and it |
is safe to say that D VI rn out
the best in the shop to m be lads |
from across the gulch. Pedl work
for D and Williams, ComH's star
twirier. will do the tossDr that
organization.
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The contractors engagebutting |
in the new sewer system about
completed the work of inhg the
main sewer and only the eh and
connecting lines yet rema be put |
down. When the works. led the
present septic tanks will bid only |
as an auxiliary to the mEstem.
The work is one that waSanded |
by the local health authorpf Ho-
nolulu county and carries b plan
whereby the sewerage is ID well
out to sea by an Is inch m3
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The post commander hash mott
fed that the paymaster n kpects
to pay the command tomofbegin-
ming at 100 p. m If this pne it
will mark an unusually date
for payment of the troops, yin be
none the less acceptable con-
cerned CaDtain Gen n FHn has