Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-26
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Especial star-Bulletin correspondencel

Especial Star-Bulletin Correspondence
FORT SKATER, April 26.-Mrs.
Cooke, the wife of Capt E H. Cooke
I'd Infantry, underwent an operation
for appendicitis on Saturday morning
at the Queens hospital in town, and
! inquiries by friends of the family yes
terday were met with the information
that the patients progress was most
satisfactory in every way, the fact
that no temperature had been noted
by the nurses in attendance being an
especially favorable feature. DR.. Judd
OF Honolulu was the surgeon operat-
ing. Mrs. Cooke will probably not be
able to return to her home for some
three weeks.
The airdOme at Shafter will make a
pronounced departure beginning with
May 3. when an amateur night" will
be staged under the active manage
ment of Cpl. Francis Leigh of the I'd
Infantry band. Circulars announcing
the night have been posted on all or
ganization bulletin hnards and the
usual opportunities for the theatrical
| ly ambitious among the men of the
command will be afforded If the
venture proves successful the aer-
dome will probably put one such night
week on as a variation from the
movies, and prizes will be provided
for the successful actors. " The show
will be put on in the she'll that has
been put In for the orchestra that Cpl.
Leighsis conducting with such salts
faction, and # the crop Of aspirants, or
any member thereof, desires to essay
clog }or other dancing for a prize, q
suitable floor VIII be built to accom-
modate that class of Entertainment
1t is expected that the. number OF
contestants for the first nights per-
tformance will fill. the evening Eell-up,
and there should be a crowded house
to greet them. Applications for place
should be- made to CPL Leigh who
wifi arrange with the contestants as
to a place on the program. the neces.
sary music for vocal efforts or dane.
ling, and any other detail of manage
ment. found necessary to make go
of the performance. For the special
evening there will be no advance in
prices for admission.
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Lieut. Fred A. Cook, I'd Infantry, is
| the latest officer to receive notifica.
ton that he will shortly be relieved
from duty in Hawaii and transferred
to a regiment serving on the main.
land. Lieut.. Cook has not yet been in.
formed as to the regiment to which
he will be assigned, but, inasmuch as
there are bat four infantry regiments
in the states not on the Mexican Dor.
der out of the 90 on the mainland, it
\ is a safe hazard that, his new, post
will be somewhere between Douglas,
Ariz, and Texas City, Tex,,. as has
| been the fate Of all officers transfer
red out of the I'd Infantry during the
past few months, with the exception
of Capt. Archie J. Harris who, by
good fortune, managed to land in the
14th, in the Northwest. The following
named officers of the regiment are
4 now under orders for relief from duty
| here: Capts. Gibson. and Kay and
Lieuts. Wright, Mathews, Longaneck-
er- and Cook, with Capt. Walter H.
| Johnson expecting his orders within
the next month or two In addition
| to the above prospective permanent
losses Col. French will shortly go on
an extended leave and Lieuts. Har.
/ digg, Calder and Greene will leave on
a similar status by the next transport,
to be absent for about three months
in the states.
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The rains of yesterday interfered
greatly with the target practise of the
1st Regiment, National Guard of Ha'
vail, that had been given permission
to use the Shafter range by the post
commander during the hours from 8
In the morning until retreat, with the
exception that shooting was not to
take place between $50 and 1880
o clock on account of the fact that the
firing would disturb the post Sunday
school and church services scheduled
during those hours. There were a
number of officers and men of the
regiment that came out early and re
manned until late in an endeavor to
get the seasons target practise well
Under way, but the showers that came
ever with discouraging frequency kept
everybody we'll. soaked and would
have dampened the ardor of any com
mand less enthusiastic than were the
guardsmen. Firing will be resumed
next Sunday by the regiment and will
continue on that day of the week
throughout the season.
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/ Under the recommendation of his
company commander Pvt. William H
Stauffer of Company B, I'd Infantry
. was appointed corporal in that organ
ization, vice Berklite, discharged, or
) April "a. On the same date the fol
lowing named promotions and ap
pointments in Company D, I'd Infantry
tWere announced in regimental orders