The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-09
Major General Carter Receives
Farewell SaIutes From Troops
Lining Honolulu Streets As He
Drives To His Transport
2ETIRES FOR AGE
WITHIN A FEW DAYS
Brigadier General Wiser Now In
Command Of The Department
OF Hawaii-NO Changes In
Department Staff Announced

Ma. william Harding Carter,
t. 5. A, commander of tn" Hawaiian
department, and Honolulu said farewell
to each other Yesterday. At noon the
general and Mrs. Carter sailed for San
Francisco in the United States army
transport Logan. The general will be
etirCd tor age November 10, and, rs
nc is on leave until then, his active
rarccr ended Ncstcrday-a career that
had it's active beginning, after his be-
ing graduated from West Point, when
he was appointed second lieutenant Of
the Eighth Infantry June Is, 1873. .t
Lining the streets from the depart
ment headquarters in the Young build
ny to the dock were troops and eiti-
lens. At the dock the formaI farewell
of the army was concluded, but an in
formal reception aboard ship, at which
| friends of General and Mrs. Carter
said their personal aloha, continued up
| to the moment Of sailing.
Wiser In Command .,,s....a. e..
Brig. Gen. John p. Wiser, former
commander of the First Hawaiian Bri-
gade, Schofield Barracks, took command
# the department Immediately after
the departure of General Carter. No
announcement has been made of changes
in the staff.
At ten forty clock yesterday morn
.ng General Carter left his Offices in the
Young building and entered an automo-
bile. AS his car started the trumpet
~ps and squad of the Fourth Caval-
ry, commanded by Capt. Walter C..
Short, formed ranks and preceded the
automobile, IN which rode General Car
ter, General Wiser and General Car
ter's aile, Lieut.. Richard II. Kimball,
Fourth Cavalry. We
Automobiles bearing the members Of
the staff followed. ,,'. .
Drawn Up In Honor r,@
Three troops Of the Fourth Cavalry,
commanded by Lieut.. Jerome q. Pill
low, were drawn up in Bishop street
and on the makai side of King street to
Richards street. The caValrymen
brought their sabers to the present as
the commander passed.
From King and Richard streets to the
dock the Second Infantry and battal-
ion Of Coast Artillery were drawn up
and they brought their rifles to the
present. Lieut.. Col. Benjamin W.. At.
|
command of all the troops. g..
The commands were sent back to their
posts as soon as the general lad passed.
Regrets at Parting
, Most of the officers of the army and
navy were at the dock to say farewell,
and they and civilian friends pressed
leis innumerable upon General and Mrs.
Carter. At the gangplank the band of
the Second Infantry and the Royal Ha-
waiian band were stationed. The Ha'
waiian band played "AIoha De" as tho
general boarded the Logan.
Distinguished Career
General Carter was horn at Nash.
vile, Tennessee, November 10, 1851,
and was educated at the Nashville
schools and the Kentucky Military
r Academy. He was graduated from the
e United states Military Academy, in
, 1878, and was appointed a second lieu
= tenant Of the Eighth Infantry June l3
, 1873.
lie was transferred to the Sixth Cav,
airy November %, 1874; he became first
, lieutenant April IA, 1879; captain No
I vcmhcr 20, 1889; mai. aud rs list, ALT.
| general January 20, 1897; lieutenant
, colonel May ~, 1898: Colonel April ~
: 1862; brigadiur general July Is, I9n2
| and major. general November IL, 1900
g; He was awarded the medal of honor by
congress for distinguished bravery Ia
g action against Apache Indians at Glib
: leu Creek, Arizona, August 30, 1881. '.
= The general has attained fame, also
. by his writings.
II lie and Mrs. Carter will reside IL
9 Washington.