Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-27
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Fort Shafter certainly observed and
celebrated Christmas Day in man
ner which equaled ii not surpassed al
former observances Gifts were ex
changed between individuals, com
panies entertained in their barracks
much more laYishly than ever before
and the decorations were on much
more elaborate plan than any hereto
fore attempted Company f, in add
ton TO the usual barracks celebra.
ton, had a Christmas tree laden with
gifts, one for every single man in the
company, and every company had
some similar diversion and entertain
ment for the soldiers The dinners
were splendid, and if every single per.
son in the garrison was not satisfied
il was the result of temperament and
not of. opportunity to be as happy as
one can be away from home
Sunday morning the children OF the
Sunday school were given the usual
gifts of toys and candy by Chaplain
William Reese Scott In the afternoon
the chapel room was decorated for the
great Nativity, and in the evening the
post celebration for the children and
the troops was held in the Fort Shat
ter amusement hall under the auspices
of the post exchange In the early
morning of Christmas Day greetings
were exchanged by everybody at the
post; and at the post chapel room,
which was decorated in a beautiful
and yet dignified and reverent man.
ner. the chaplain celebrated the Holy
service at 10 a. m the congregation
filled every available place and the
music by the choir, accompanied by
the six-piece string orchestra under
Sgt Eckhart and the organ under the
able management of Band Leader
Francis Leigh of the 32nd Infantry,
was beautiful The solos by Miss
Elizabeth Rosenbaum and Miss Bon
ME Scott were deserving of much
praise and elected much favorable
comment After the service came the
Christmas dinners for the men, and
after the usual visiting of the various
Christmas trees of the children and
the merrymaking of the elders, all
voted the day at its close as one of
happiest, brightest and best Christ.
mas Days for years in Fort Shafter
or any army post. ..~...>
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First Lieut.. Ralph c. Holiday, End
Infantry, has been appointed recorder
and member of the board of exam
liners, consisting or Maj. Joseph Ben
iamin j.. Edgar, Medical Corps; Maj.
Joseph B. Douglas, C. A. c.; Capt
Raymond w Bliss, Medical Corps, and
Lieut.. Holiday, to determine the fit
ness of candidates who apply for ap-
pointment in the aviation section of
the Signal Officers Corps
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. A notice has been received from
the war department, date of December
4, 1916, which is directed to be placed
in all mess rooms, organization rooms
and libraries, posted on bulletin
boards of post and organization and
read to each organization at retreat
Immediately upon receipt, which
states: Organization commanders in
the Hawaiian department will be di-
rected to instruct the enlisted men
of their commands that if furloughed
to the regular army reserve, either
upon completion of three or four
years active service, their reenlist-
ment prior to completion of their en-
listment of seven years, is prohibited.
Discharges from the regular army re-
serve will not be authorized for the
purpose of feenlisting."
This has been sent through depart
ment headquarters and posted and
read as directed at Fort Shafter.
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FORT SKATER, Dec. 27.-The ex-
element and delights CT the Christ:
mas season are not yet at an end, for
there will be a perfect avalanche of
fun created by the Christmas sports
arranged by the third battalion to take
place on the cantonment parade
grounds on Friday and Saturday, Dec.
80 and 80. These sports will consist
of a series of grotesque baseball ex-
hibitions, not games. The suits will
be the epitome of the ludicrous. the
players will be the worst that ever
we're born, inasmuch as no company
in the battalion will be allowed to Sc
lCCl ilo O"u bul L COMPANY
choose the entire outfit to represent
K Company, K Company will select
those of L, and so forth, and there
will be the funniest series of aggre-
cations gamboling on the green that
we're ever seen and the champions
will not belong to the same class as
the Bostonians" or the "Phillies.
The noble umpire will also be in some
class of his own.
The final series will be played Sat
urday, but if the weather is unpro
Ditious New Years Day will see the
grand finale. .s.= T.. -. T..
1t is expected that all the sports
will commence each day: at a. m. !
On the last day of the. circus" there
will be fat mans obstacle race and
he corpulent representatives of the
Sd Battalion will puff and pant to
victory or defeat to grace the holidays |
md to spellbind the entire garrison,
and the band will be compelled to |
blow mighty hard to be heard above
the "heaves' of the obese sprinters in
he cantonment aerodome. ~..E..%
This is not all On Saturday. the |
great day. there will also he mig