Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-27
Restriction Against Civilian
Clothing May Attract At.
4 tenti0fi OF Visitors Z
Especial star-BuiietIn Correspondence

FORT SKATER, April 27.-Many
OF the officers OF the post are nnoffi-
Gladly hoping that the delegation OF
visiting congressman shortly to arrive
in the islands will observe that the
troops here stationed are required to
wear the uniform continually and that
II those notqbles do so observe they
will agitate the question upon their
return, to Washington Of the restric-
ton as to civilian clothing being re
moved by the war department.
! While the regulations undoubtedly
forbid officers or men from attempt.
ing to influence the department ex.
cept through the prescribed channels
! Of communication it is, nevertheless,
within the bounds Of possibility that
some reference to the existing situa.
ton as, regards civilian clothes may
be made-jllst in casual conversation,
! Of course. $50.
D. r. Anthony, Jr., Of Kansas, who
is expected to be OF the congressional
party, is a prominent member of the
military committed Of the house and,
through his long association and &C.
| quaintance with the service both at
home and in Congress, has always
| taken a practical view of the affairs
of the service and will probably de.
| vote q portion Of time. to furthering
his ..acdlaintance with the army and
to inquiring into its needs. Mr. An.
thony is connected with the army in
| family, be being a brother-ir:law Of
tMaj! lewis NJ. Koehler Of the 18th
| Cavalry.
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Owing to the continuous and I'm.
usually heavy rains that have prevail
ed during the past two days at Shatter
the camp where the latest recruits for
/ the regiment have been held in de-
| tehtion has been ordered broken up to-
| day and the men will proceed to join
their respective companies. Fortu.
pately for the men in the camp there
have been no new cases of either
| mumps or measles reported as having
occurred within the last three weeks
| and the necessity for the continuance
of the camp was therefore at an end.
!. The detachment numbers 131 men. for
the I'd Infantry and in addition there
were ten men belonging to the engi.
| neer company. This number of men
| for the I'd brings the strength of the
COMPANIES up to 140 each, the largest
| number Of men ever on the rolls of
| the regiment.
Maj. M. J. Lehman has taken over
/ the pleasant duty of arranging for the
| participation of the officers at this
/ post in the West Point reunion din.
/ ner that is planned to occur on June
/ IL In HofioliilI. Maj. .Lenihan sue.
ceeds Lieut.. col. Smith as the commit.
Iteernafl in charge, owing to the fact
| that he latter officer expects to leave
/ Hawaii for the states by. the next
TRANSPORT due to sail about May 5. The
/ officers Of the I'd Infantry who are
1 eligible to participate in the reunion
jsre Col. French, Maj. Lenihan, Maj.
i WilliaIis, Capt Janerson, Capt. Ma.
Hone, Capt. .RosenbauIrl, tLieuts. Pres.
/ ton. McAndrew, Wright, Cook, Rich.
ardson,' Barker, Reed, Foster, Polhe'
| MUS. Greene, Lyman, G. B., and Jones
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Capt. Paul B.: Malone has received
assurances that the restriction placed
/ on the selection Of officers. from Ha.
i wall for duty with the student camp
4 Of Instruction to be held in California
4 from June Is to August Is of this
year will not apply, in his case since
The was detailed by war department
| orders and therefore is not to be con.
sidered as one Of the four officers
originally authorized to be selected
and which authorization was later re-
voked by a cahlegram from Washing.
i No Mntn foH GO
| Francisco by the June transport, re.
turning in septeribeE..
.| -
Mrs Clarence Il. Lyman from Scho'
field Barracks was admitted into the
department hospital on Saturday as a
1 surgical patient. Lieut. Lyman who
| accompanied. Mrs. Lyman from their
/ home post to Shafter has been the
guest Of his brothers, Lieuts. A. X. B
and Chas. B.. Lyman, during his stay
| at this post and viii, remain over un
| til Mrs. Lyman shall no longer re-
quire his presence. a.,
~
The companies of the 1st battalion
| will at once take up estimating dis.
lance work and the required tests will
follow the instruction In that branch
The work will take place at Red Hill
as soon as the weather permits the
commands to undertake it. If tomor-
row is fair c company plans to spend
the entire day out Of the post engaged
in that duty. -
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Capt and Mrs. Jackson OF the 1st
Infantry, who were weekend guests
of Capt and Mrs. Chas.. s. Lincoln, re.
turned to Schofiefd Barracks on Sun.
day afternoon. Capt. and Mrs. Lin.
coin. entertained at an informal dinner
in their honor on Sunday, Col. and
Mrs. z. v. Smith being additional
guests on the occasion.
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Capt Robert McCleave has succeed
FED to the command of the 1st bait 9lion
of the I'd Infantry in place of Col
Smith, promoted, and it is probable
that he will be in command for some
months as no officer has as yet been
assigned to the regiment to fill the va.
cancy that exists in the grade of ma.