Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-28

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ticn and alcng King street will be
parked and hedges Of hibiscus will be,
planted on both sides, These hedges
will continue as far as the depart
ment hospital and will add greatly to-
the appearance cfsthe reservation as
well as enhance the, drive from the
town out to MGanalua sg9rde1ls. A.
other improvement that Is planned
and is well under way is replacing the
palms around the parade that have
died out A total Of So trees will be
required 70 fill the gaps that now ex-
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The officers composing the class
engaged in pest graduate work in the
garrison school course will make a
visit to Fort Ruger tomorrow to in
spect the Notifications at that garri-
son in order to familiarize the indi-
ViduaIs with the location of the works.
and armament thereof and the char
acter of the terrain surrounding Ru-
ger. This is the first time that OFF,
GERS of the mobile. arms have had an
official opportunity to make such visit
and much interest is taken in the
forthcoming excursion. Lieut.-col' w.
l.. Ellis, sthe post commander at the
artillery station, will meet the class
and, assisted by a number of his off
GERS, will show the visitors about the
Notifications and the neighboring
country *. 49,.
Gel j. B. Mcdonald has about COM
pleted the inspection of the garrison
upon which he has been engaged for
the past 10 days. Yesterday The in
spector had all of the infantry .eole-
panies cut for close order drill and
in addition tested the organizations
as to their, knownalge of Dayonet ex-
ercise and first aid work. All dis
played great proficiency IN the work
required of them. and that fact was
commented upon by .tAe. snS;leetor.
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Unofficial information has seen re-.
ceived at the pest that the 2nd lnfan.
try may expect to recei9eta draft of
recruits by the March transport and
that this draft viii be sufficient in
size to fill the regiment up to a
strength of $50 men per company. At
present the companies are down to
about LOO men each and to bring the
command up to war strength will
therefore require about 600 new men.
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Mr.. Paul B. Malone, the son of Can't.
Malone of the End Infantry, has Just
received an appointment that author
ICES the young man to enter the com
petitive examination for an appoint.
ment to West Point. Mr.. Malone has
been designated as an alternate for
the vacancy to be filled at the mill
tary academy and is diligently prepar-
ing for the examination that is SEIZED
uled to take place on March 16.
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Pvt Jas. c. McPalmer, Company q.
Ind Infantry, has been relieved from
duty with the mounted orderly sec
ton CT the headquarters company and
transferred to Company B and In adj
dition has been appointed sergeant
in the latter company, vice Sullivan.
discharged. Sgt. McPalmer has been
detailed for duty with the machine
gun company of the regiment.
The quartermaster has installed
complete system of overhead lights
for the path that leads from the car
station to the cantonment and the i'm
proVement is one that has beer great.
ly desired by the residents of that
section of the garrison. The number
OF lights in use makes the winding
path verita5les white way in its bril-
lance.
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The new general court martial that
has been appointed at Fort Shafter
and CT which Maj. f. " Smith is pres
ident and Lieut.. C. H. Wright is Judge
advocate held its first session today
and disposed Of three cases that were
referred to it for trial.
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