Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-18

/ iSINSu thdl lHe army SCuOOiS Will
open in Fort Leayenworth, Capt. John
Randolph. having been detailed to the
army school of the line, probably will
leave with bis family on the Septeln.
her transport for San Francisco.
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Master James Bell. Jr.. in acct
dentaIly falling from one of the large
trees o. the main post, sustained 4
severe fracture OF his left arm Oh
Tuesday.
The division of all regimental and
company funds to be transferred from
the End Infantry to the 32nd Infantry
will be made at the pro rata agreed
upon in accordance with the amounts
of such funds on hand August IA, the
date when the detachments of the
32nd actually left their organization
OF the End Infantry for their new as.
signments at Fort Schofield "
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Spiritual Development and Ma.
tional Growth" will be the subject Of
the address to be delivered next Sun
Gay evening in the Fort Shafter
amusement hall to the soldiers sta
toned at that garrison, At this ser.
vice it is usual to have voluntary
attendance of over 1000 men, and
since the roof was erected over the
old aerodome and the many other i'm
provements completed the congrega-
tions are larger than heretofore. ~
The hymns and the entire service
are thrown upon the screen and the
address Ii Illustrated also by artistic
stereopticon slides The singing OF
the men is wonderful, for trained in
the chorus work for almost three
years, they have improved both by
familiarity with the words and the
tunes until the result is majestic, as
the singing of large bodies of trained
male voices always is. The addresses
are historic in nature, but always con
tanning spiritual teachings that en-
deayor to develop moral improvement
and patriotic ideals
In addition to this service on Sun.
days evenings at 7:30. there is also
held a large Sunday school for the
enlisted men and children Of the post
at $3.50 a. M; q service OF holy com,
munion every Sunday at 1889 q. M
and morning prayer and a sermon al
1870 Attention Is called to these
services to show that the religious de
velopment OF the men in the army
is not neglected in the midst of its
many duties and amusements.
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Problems In terrain exercises will
be considered by the officers Of the
post Friday morning at 10 q cock in
the field, under the direction of Mai
William r. Dashiell. Officers will
meet at headquarters, equipped for
the field service.
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Many officers of the post left for
Fort Kamehameha to witness the fir
ing of the 12-inch rifles of Battery
Selfridge and the 3-inch guns of Bat.
terry Hawkins.
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The new sergeants of Company d
are Peter w. Lynsky, Theodore ].
Majewski, James F. Flaherty and
Perry L. Cornett, while the corporala
are Nathan Elmer, Eli Roberts, Frank
w. Serpy, Floyd Hollerbach, J. Dopie-
rawa, Fred A. Ebisch, William NJ.
Greens
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The breaking of the telescope |
sights OF the large 14-inch rifle of
Rattery Randolph. located at Fort De
Russy, reminded at least two officers |
of Fort Shafter of much more seri.
Gus accident which occurred in July,
1910, to a 12.inch rifle at Fortress
Monroe, Va. and by coincidence, 10
a battery named de Russy." At that |
time, owing to a probable failure in |
the mechanism of the safety device,
the breach block was only partially |
at the time of the firing and |
was blown out, with the consequent |
lack explosion, and some IL men were |
killed and seven wounded, among the |
Injured being Lieut.. George Van Deu,
sen, formerly well-known among
This accident led to such an i'm.
froyement of the safety device" that
its mechanism is now considered alb
solutely perfect. and the investigation
further revealed the fact that such an
accident in all probability will never
occur again, and that, strangely |
enough, about the safest place at the I
gun during firing is where the gun
pointer stands, that is, at the tele
scopic sight, which was twice broken
on last Wednesday at the firing at |
De Russy. But there are eccentric |
freaks among the large rifles, Just az
there are among men. One IL or IA
inch may fire perfectly and its COM
panion. identically designed and |
nodded, may betray peculiarities I'M
and the same of the gun
carriages. This is the reason whs |
such large expenditure of powder and |
are absolutely necessary |
and explains that practise firing is rs !
much for the study of the rifle as for |
the development of the gun crew in /
order to discover these unknown fac.
tors. This is not usually understood |
md tho NOR dono rim ont 10 aftop nm.