The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-01
I.0nIy Matter Of Time When Some
One win Be injured q
Or Killed
.GovERNoR IS ASKED TO
HAVE BUTTS RELOCATED
Harhormaster Foster Fully Clear.
ed Of Blame Over Hitting
Of sKiyo Maru'
tFrOm wednesday Advertiser

i tFrom Wednesday Adyertiser.)
n owe recommend that copy Of this
report be sent to the Honorable L. Il.
4 Pinkham, Governor Of the Territory Of
Hawaii, respectfully recommending
\ that he take such steps as may be ne,
eessary to canse the. removal Of the said
| Kukaako rifle range from its present
i location. y Vi.
4 This Is tho recommendation and con
clusion arrived at by Commissioners
i II. M. Church and James Wakefield,
appointed MS COMMITTEES of the har.
Tor board to investigate in the recent
Z. episode Of the hitting OF the Japanese
steamer Kiyo Marn by rih bullets, said
to have been fired at tho Kakaako rife
range by members 'of the National
lGuard OF Hawaii, while the vessel was
anchored outside Of Che Harbor Of Ho-
nolnln. The report Of the committee
as well as that presented by Chairman
Charles r.. Forbes were approved by
the board 81 Its meeting, held yesterday
morning. Z.
The Committee Findings
The findings Of the committees a, :
as follows: @s7
/ 1.-THE anchorage ground OF Honolu-
IN harbor in line with the firing at the
7 rifle range at Kakaako Is not under the
control Of the harbor board but Is un.
der the control of the United States
authorities.
The anchorage ground on the .Ho-
nolulu harbor as appearing on the Coast
and Geodctic photographic Charts ID
within direct line Of target firing al
the National Guard Kakaaio range or
within the danger zone Of ricochet rifle
shot. y a
THAT the s. s. 'Kiyo Maru arriy.
ed of port about midnight Saturday,
November IL, and was anchored by her
master and not BY the harbof master
and that she was anchored as far from
the direct line Of firing as possible
without Interfering with the channci
| or hafbor antranee w
! kiyo Marf Was Iiit
"That The s, rs, tKiyo Mafn va.
evidentiy Mt a number Of times by
i rife shot hred from the rife range.
\ ssIt Is ubyious that rife firing at
the ,KakaBko range Is dangerous to
Life and shipping property. M
me attach ytU and make a part of
1 tl.io pcROtt Aotter rum INC cnahIman
! of tho board, Mr.. Charles r. Forbes,
dated December 81 and addressed TO
the board Of harb0r commissioners,
i I'VE recommend that copy Of this
report be sent TO the Honorable L. e.
| Pinkham, Governor Of the Territory of
Hawaii, respectfully recommending
that hettake such steps as may be
necessary TO cause the removal Of the
said Kakaako rife range from it,
present location.
Chairman Forbes Explains
In his communication to the board
Chairman Forbes discusses the rifle
range subject " some length and he
too, Is of the. opinion that the rang,
should be removed, Gas Il - only =
matter Of time when some one will b,
injured Of killed. /" IN part Mr.. Forbes
says; Rsbgt u, Il
ITO limit the zones; We have al
sumed that a man at the right hans
end Of the pits may at times shoot al
the left hand target and similarly th,
man at the left Of the pit may shool
:, at the right hand target, these tvs
diverging lines form the danger zone
The azimuths we're obtained by needl'
readings with the variations correction
and may be assumed to be. as correct
as this method permits A man 'maS
shoot from q position further 10 tn,
i extreme right and left Of the pits ans
thus widen the zone, or q man mas
shoot without proper wind correction
on his rear site, or he may miss on
tirely the target and thus shoot out
side Of the plotted areas
How Bullets Rieochet
Should the bullets stay within
these danger zones, It might be possibly
!, to safeguard the shipping In a way
However. this is not the ease. TIL
proiectile from the modern rife tray
/ ! cling with muzzle velocity of SOM
l27O0 feet per second and having !
: rapid revolution elOckwise, rieochet
at wide angle to the right and | az
n Informed that on perfectly smooth wa
ter this ricochet Is lt As to the lin
/ i Of the targets and the danger zone o.
smooth water is 1000 yards. Wit
]. waves running in a northwest diree
ton the angle Of Iricochct may b
J. larger. sHt
Some More Ricochct Dope
HIt Is Impossible TO plot absolutcl'
!. correct the danger zones Of tho ricoelie
|, shots. The first ricochet takes plac'
! where the bullet first impinges agaipa
/ the water and this point varies witt
the height Of the bullet as IL goe
] through the target and will be ais
!, changed by man lying or standibg q
! the rife pits. We have assumed ~
J line 1000 Yards from the target an
I have plotted the rieoehet areas the SEQ
I ment Of n circle with l000-yard radius
|. [ "It will be noticed that the KIyl
! Maru. whose location 10 plotted by Cap
ltain Foster. lies in both fieochct dan
! ger zones and very close 10 the diree
I danger zones from the 5OO.yard butt.
Abolish Danger Zone fNYE58 ~
. $50 after all is argued, the fact n
! mains that the vessel was hit by bullet
and that D.her vessels and smaller Graf
have heen under fire from this rhnss
aud thisl fact Is conclusive eyidene