Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-23
ARMY NOTES

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Communication OF quarters, instead of
quarters in kind, will be the rule here
for officers stationed at posts where
no suitable houses are available A
tentative order Of the War Depart
ment, covering this matter OF so much
importance to army officers. has been
received at Hawaiian Department
headquarters. ~--. "...:>~ =.
The quarters question has been a
vital one on Oahu for long time
past, especially TO medical officers on
duty at the department hospital A
ruling was given a couple of years
back that the hospital was entirely
separate from the post of Fort Shat
ter. Medical Officers, therefore, had
no government habitation and houses
were hired for them by the depot
quartermaster and turned over for
their use This was not very salts
factory arrangement. and news that
straight communication will probably be
the rule IS very we'll received.
A certificate of the post commander
that no suitable quarters are avail
able must accompany each monthly
demand for Communication. H.. =:
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Special orders received by yesterdays
mail assign Capt. Robert p. Howell,
Corps OF Engineers, to the Sd battal
ion, with orders to proceed to Hawaii
by the September transport and re-
Port to the department commander for
assignment. Capt. Cleveland s. Gee
now commanding Company /, Sd Bat
talon of Engineers, at Fort Shafter.
is ordered to sail for the mainland on
the September boat. This order
means that Capt Howell will relieve
Capt Gee as commanding officer of
the Fort Shafter company of engi
neers. 49,. III. .. 49,. -
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Capt Paul b. Malone of the I'd In.
fantry will be one of the instructors
at the California student camp of in
struction Some weeks ago he was
ordered On this duty, but the order
was revoked when it became known
that funds were not available for
versed, and Capt. Malone will leave
on the next transport. /. Other officers
detailed for duty at the California stu
dent camp are Capt. Allen j. Greer,
18th Inf: LIST Lieut.. Emmett Adds,
10th Cav; LIST Lieut.. John p. Nc.
Adams, 18th Inf; 1st Lieut.. Eugene
Santschi, Inf; I'd Lieut.. Herbert C.
Fooks, 18th Inf.
The War Department has announced
the designation of these officers to
command summer camps or regular
troops and college students: Capt.
Charles w. Weeks, 2Sth, Inf, Luding.
ton, Mich, July to August 8; Capt.
Robert o. Van Horn, 30th Inf, PIatts-
burg. Barracks, New York, July to
August 6; Maj James G. Hartford, LIST
Cav, Preside of San Francisco. July
10 to August 10.
Capt. Paul Super of B Company, 1st
Infantry, National Guard of Hawaii,
reported for duty has after a leave
of absence of three months. The COM
pany has been in commnd of LIST Lieut.
A. J. LoWrey in the meantime. Capt.
Super has called a meeting for
tonight at 1870 o'clock to dis.
cuss affairs of the company. The
weekly drill will be discontinued dur
ing June and July while the company
takes part in the shooting.
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A big reunion of the Spanish War
Veterans who passed through Homo
lulu in '9S, for the spring of 1918, is
the suggestion that has been put up
to the Hawaii Promotion Committee,
and that that body has received with
considerable interest and enthusiasm.
A. p. Taylor, assistant secretary OF
the Promotion Committee, in explain.
ing the plan, said:
sIn view of the fact that in May,
1898, American soldiers had never set
foot on Hawaiian soil and that the
month CT May. 1918. there is a possible.
ity that the United States army force
in the Hawaiian islands will be not
less than $4,000 men, and that the
great American naval station at Pearl
Harbor will be completed and ready
for service for the American navy, |
believe that the spring of 1918 would
be fitting time in which to celebrate
the Goth anniversary of the arrival of
the first volunteer and regular soldiers
in the Hawaiian islands, the same to