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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
FOREST FIRES ARE BLOW.
TO GREEK CONSERVATION

ATHENS, Greece.-The immense
forest fires that have swept Greece
during the past few weeks have been
q source of particular chagrin to
Queen Sophie, for the Queen of the
liellenes has been the leading figure
in the conservation movement in
Greece, The barren mountains that
5000 years ago were clad with YER
dure have been text for the queen
IL her crusade to teach. the modern
Greeks the need of preservation of the
woods and streams. Each year Queen
Sophie plants tree with her own
hands as an example to the women of
Greece. But this year she had no luck
;or during the night following this
Arbor Day ceremony a wandering
shepherd passed with his flock and
the newly planted tree was ignobiy
eaten by the sheep.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
ARMY CLERKS TO
get ALLOWANCES
FOR HOUSE rent

Hawaiian Department quartermast-
er and headquarters clerks are re-
jcicing because President Wilson
signed the army appropriation bill
Tuesday. The bill makes them army
field clerks, and provides allowances
after II years of service. The amend
emit affecting these clerks was
passed and provides as follows:
Hereafter headquarters clerks
shall be known as army field clerks
and shall receive pay at the rates
herein provided, and after IL years OF
service, at least three years OF
which shall have been on detached
duty away from permanent station,
or on duty beyond the continental
limits of the United States, or both,
shall receive the same allowances, ex'
cept retirement, as heretofore al
lowed by law to pay clerks, quarter.
master corps, and shall be subject 10
the rules and articles of war.
thereafter not to exceed two hun.
dred clerks, quartermaster corps, who
shall have had IL years of service, al
least three years of which shall have
been on detached duty away from per
nanent station, or on duty beyond the
continental limits of the United
States, or both, shall be known IS
field clerks, quartermaster corps and
shall receive the same allowances, ex'
cept retirement, as heretofore al
lowed by law to pay clerks, quarter
master corps, and shall be subject to
the rules and articles of war.
Allowances provide monthly sums
for house rent, light and fuel, In adj
dition to the clerks regular salaries.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
AEROEXPOSITION
TO BE Held in
JANUARY, 1917

Plans are being made to hold the
first Pan-American Aeronautic Expos
ton in New York in January, 1917,
under the auspices Of the Aero CLUB
of America, the American Society OF
Aeronautic Engineers and the Pan
Pacific Aeronautic Federation, the last
named consisting of the aero clubs vi
the 10 largest American republics.
Among members of the large organ
izing committee of the exposition are
Howard s. Coffin Of the committee
en- aeronautics of the naval consulting
board of the U. s., who is chairman;
Brig. Gen. James Allen, U. S. A., presi-
dent. Aero Club of Washington, D. G.;
Comdr. Frederic 3. Bassett, Jr., I.
s. ~, in charge naval militia affairs;
Brig. Gen. Albert S. Mills, o. s. A.,
chief of division of military affairs;
Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary. q. 5.
", chairman, national aerial coast
patrol commission; Franklin D. Roose-
Selt, assistant secretary of the navy
Naval Constr, H. c. Richardson, .. s.
N, and Lieut.. Col George O. Squier,
IN charge Of aeronautics, q. 8. A.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
BHL PROVIDES
ARMY BUILDINGS
in CANAL ZONE

According to the Army and Navy
Register, II has been decided by the
secretary of war that the appropri
ption OF s2,00O.000 in the sundrs
civil bill for continuing the con
struction of barracks, quarters, store
houses and other buildings necessary
for accommodating the mobile army
and coast artillery troops, etc. viii
be available for the same class OF
construction and repair work as
heretofore done under the existing
provision In other years.
The point was raised that this ap'
preparation might not be available
for new construction other than for
the coast artillery and for reserve
storehouses. illasmuch as the est
nate which was prepared by the
canal authorities was limited to such
Kew construction.
II is held that the language in this
respect is plain and in express terms
authorizes the construction Of bar
racks. quarters. etc. for accommodat
inR the. troops of both the mobile
army and the coast artillery on the
canal zone.
Another question raised had to dc
with the expenditure of $4,000 tt
maintain the old posts and whether
this should be made under the su
persision Of the quartermastersgen,
eral or the governor of the canal
zone.
Attention Is called to the proyi
sion in the national defense act oil
june that all work pertaining to
construction and repair hitherto done
under the quartermaster corps shall
hereafter be done by or under the
direction of the officers of that.corps.
II Is held that this language has ref.
erence to class of work without re-
gard to location. and that all work
to be performed on the canal zone
falling Within the class is to be done
under the direction OF the quarter
master corps
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
Red and "Blue' Fleets in
Grapple for Each Other
Fight imaginary Battle

While the coast defenses OF 0ahr
we're holding annual target practise.
which included 4S-hour war footing
test, the ships OF the Atlantic squad
ron were engaged in a mighty war
game. according to dispatches dated
August %. from Washington to the
San Francisco Chornicle They real
as follows:
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Aug. 81
Two mighty fleets were graphing for
each other tonight in the dark some
where off the Atlantic Coast in the
opening phase of the most elaborate
war game ever undertaken by the
American navy. The navy department
on war footing was invoking every
energy to aid Rear-Admiral Helm,
commanding the blue defending
fleet, which was sweeping seward
behind line Of scouts nearly 900
miles long, to repulse Admiral Mayo's
red battle fleet.
The game began at s o'clock this
morning, when. Admiral Helm on his
flagship, the Rhode Islands, received
word that an agent of the state de-
partment, aboard ship bound from
New York to Gibraltar, had reported
Is battIeships OF the ''red" fleet 500
miles due east OF Cape Hatteras, with
80 transports, bringing an army Of In.
vasion to be landed somewhere be.
tween Cape Hatteras and Eastport,
Me.
An hour after the report came the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
TRAINING CAMP
FORNORTHWESI
Is ESTABLISHED

AMERICAN LAKE, WASH, Sept 4.
-Approximately 400 businessmen
from the cities and towns Of the north
west have begun q days training at
the Civilian Military Training Camp
here. As soon as t1e men arrived they
were organized into companies and
assigned to tents in which they viii
make their homes until the camp
breaks up September 20.
Five regular army officers were as
signed to each company Of civilians to
give them as much training as pos
sible during their brief stay In the
camp. During the first week the
drills will consist Of little more than
the manual of arms and details OF
camp life with an occasional hike
to harden the civilians for the hard
work that is 20 come later on when
they are tadght to dig trenches adj
vance in closed and extended order
and to advance and rear guard duty.
For the comfort OF the men excel
lent swimming and bathing facilities
have been provided.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
AVIATION
CORPS IS CAUSE
OF MUCHDEBATE

Aviation is being taken up in the
navy, and in view of the formation
here this week of the Aero Club Of
Hawaii, the following article from the
Army and Navy Register is of inter
est:
1t was quite evident from the atti.
tuae oil the mouse conferees on the
liza al Oil THIS week Inat they regard
ca TIE senate provisions for q naval
IIying corps as defective IN some par
LlclAarS, notably Ill the matter OF
RANK Ior those officers-whetner from
tie Navy, Marine corps, or civil hte-
WHO, flaSlng served the required pc
ROO as flyers, become eligible to ell
Ter or return to the line or the Navy
or Marine corps as lieutenant or cap
tain, respectively. n..s
1 ms was regarded as an extraor-
binary PROVISION anu as likely 10 re-
suit al excessive advancement OF ma
val and marine officers over those VINO
entered the service at the same time,
amounting III some cases TO an al.
vantage OF two grades. ... .
1T was explained that this proyis-
ion was plade IN or0er tnat myers,
VINO mad become lncapaeIated tor
hight, but VINO might sun be regard
eo as lit for other duties, would not
nave 70 De retired ana their services,
useful In other directions than IN the
Iy.ng corps, be entireIy lost. .aE
AT the same time, 1t was felt by
the house conIerees tnat some cnange
snouid be maze, ana In view OF the
TACT tnat the myers Will have extra
pay during their connection with
lneir corps it was fair to provide for
the transfer or return to the line of
the Navy or Marine Corps IN the
grade and position they would have
neId If lney mad been OF those branch
es from the nrst and had never been
IN the aviation section" H..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
DRY CLIMATEOF
BORDER TRYING
TO AEROPLANES
War Department Experiment.
ing With Metal Propellers to
Take Place of Wooden

With flourishing Aero Club OF
Hawaii now in existence, having been
formed in Honolulu Thursday night,
reports made to the War Department
concerning the work of army border
aeroplanes is Of interest.
According to the Army and Navy
Register of August 10, favorable re-
ports are coming to the department
concerning the performance of the IL
Curtis RE- 160-horsepower 'aeropianes
now in the hands of the first aero
squadron at Columbus, New Mexico.
The trouble that first was had with
the propellers of these high-powered
machines, on account of the breakage
of the wooden, material of the propel-
lers after drying out in the dry at
mosphere of New Mexico and Mexico,
has been obviated to a large extent.
In the meantime, work is progress
ing in the development of a metal pro-
peller that will not be susceptible OF
climatic influences. One of the six
Curtis twin-propeller aeroplanes, with
two 90-horsepower motors, recently
ordered, has been received at Column
bus and received preliminary trials.
1t is expected that the remaining five
will be shipped shortly. Preliminary
work already is being done at San
Antonio, Texas, on the organization OF
a second aero squadron for service In
this country, to be known as the third
squadron. It will be commanded by
Mai. Benjamin D.. Foulois of the syia-
ton section, now in. command of the
first squadron. First Lieuts. Walter
g. Kilner and Harold s. Martin of the
avistton section have been detached.
from the first aero squadron and or
dered to proceed to Mineola, N. Y, for
duty as assistants to First Lieut.. JOS
eph 3. CarberrY Of the Aviation sec.
'ticps In charge Of the aviation school
at that place. ( - Z ..#
First Lieut. Arthur R. Christie OF.
the aviation section also has been de-
tached from the first aero squadron,
and will proceed to Chicago for duty
as assistant to First Lieut.. Joseph G.
Morrow, Jr, aviation officer, who will
establish a flying school on Auburn
field, in that city. ...e~."....
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TO THE SLAIN HEROES OF THE
GALLANT TENTH CAVALRY.

Without a word of discomfort
Across the border the troopers went,
With jolly minds and hearts so gay,
To perform the duties of the U. 8. A.
They did not go to murder men,
Their orders were to mot offend"
BY this is known both near and far
That they were for Peace and not for
War. ....- .S."
In the meantime Trevino had his men
concealed .5,~
And with a flag Of truce rode across
the field; .a.
Had fake conversation with Capt.
Boyd,
The latter not knowing he was being
decoyed. ..-.... ......@.... =.
So in his sly undermining way
He left and said, "Senor, good day"
Then with a signal from his hand
The shots rang from the Mexican
band. %. ....s =.
At first the troopers were surprised
But all at once they realized
That they were in Trevino's snare,
So they prepared to take their share.
Although they were outnumbered
I twenty-five to one
And hanked by the fire from a ma.
chine gun, ~
They formed in skirmishers and
nuicklv, donIovod r.. -.
Under the orders Of the brave Captain
Boyd. = ....@> :..., 80.
Twice they charged the Mexican line
In a manner that was brave and fine,
But finally their ammunition gave out,
Their horses stampeded and began to
rout. ..s..
Then all at once the Mexicans charged
In forces that were enormously large
And tramped "our boys" so brave :
Into a cold and heartless grave. i
But, not one of them did regret
The fate that they so bravely met,
But in their sleep they dream and
brag
Of how they died for their country,s
flag. ...s
Oh. gallant troopers, our noble braves,
Though you are sleeping in your
graves,
You are remembered by comrades
true .-- a..
That will fight and die for the Red,
- White and Blue.
Edward Euvaughn Marshall, Co. H,
25th Inf, Hawaii.
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j. S. TROOPERS
CARE OF MOUNT
Wins HIM MEDAL

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. LA col
ored trooper OF the 10th United States
Cavalry, who was surrounded with
his detachment in the fight at Carrizal
in Mexico, was yesterday voted
silver medal by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, at
it's forty-cighth annual meeting, as 3
reward for the care he bestowed on
his wouHded mount after the fight.
Sam VI. Harris of Troop G, the recipf
ent, also will receive resolutions
adopted by tho society, commencing.
him for his bravery and his devotion
to his horse.
Harris and C Troop we're surround
ed in the fight at Carrizal, Chihuahua.
June q. He escaped by driving MS
horse through circle OF the enemy,
and both man and horse were wound
ed. Thereaftef the trooper, himself
bleeding freely, devoted his efforts TO
staunching the wounds OF his mount.
He gave it the water from his canteen,
bathing its nostrils and mouth. Finally
the animal died, but Harris had es-
capped capture.
An interview, widely published. In
which he attributed his escape to the
courage and faithfulness OF his horse.
came to the notice OF the local society
and was confirmed by Lieut.. BENJAMIN
F.. Hoag. commanding the troop.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
uncle SANS BOYSN Mexico
SALUTE PERSHING in REVIEW

of the pack trains danced by.
With the appearance Of the mount,
ed troops the bands "brassy bIare'
was succeeded by the shrill notes OF
the bugle corps. Horses pricked w
their ears and there was slight
commotion among the staff officers as
their mounts. Troop after troop ot
cavalry filed past, each trooper ridins
with the easy grace accorded popu
larry only to cowboys, their align.
ment perfect.
Even Mules Fit
The big mules, carrying the noun.
tain batteries and hitched to the
wagons, strained at their traces, ap.
parently as willing and in as good
condition as they we're at the outse:
OF the expedition. Even to the
trained eye of officers there was no
discernmable flaw in the condition CT
the men, stock, equipment and ord
nance. The troops looked as, indeed
they were, "ready. for duty" to quote
Gen. Pershing. Five months of ardu
Gus service under burning sun, fol
lowed by rest, drill and good food, had
welded them into fighting machine
that, according to one high officer,
was ready to face an equal or a
greater number of any of the worlds
best fighting men.
Following the review, regimental
officers hurried back TO camp to pre-
rare for a general inspection OF every
department OF the expedition. This
Is expected to take three or four
days and will include an examination
Of quarters, picket lines, cook tents.
drainage, equipment, ordnance trans
portation, sanitation and communica.
ton.
Similar reviews and inspections OF
troops at other points of the Ameri.
can line will be held. Officers of the
expedition, including Gen. Pershine,
spoke enthusiastically of the condition
and morale of the men revealed In
the review, which was Witnessed by
no Mexicans.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
GREAT BATTLESHIPS ENGAGEIN
WAR-GAME Off ATLANTIC COAST

IL battleships of Admiral Helms main
fighting fleet, manned In part by
civilian volunteers and naval militia
men. were headed seward from Mar.
rangansett Ahead OF them were
speeding nearly score OF swift le
stroyers and q cruiser squadron.
Rear-Admiral Gleaves commands the
scouting fc-ce. which Is converginr "a
the point where the enemy was known
to be at daylight this morning
Admiral Mayoss problem II 10 force
way tb~ou9h the sblue fleet for
his transports The game board
within which operations must be con.
fined Is virtually 500 miles square, and
with the Is active battleships of the
Atlantic fleet as his main fighting
unit, Admiral Mayo controls force
that Admiral Helm must employ STRAIT
egg to defeat Rear.Admiral knight.
head of the navy war college Is umpir
ing the game from the battleship
PENNSYLVANIA.
Signals In Cipher
The radio signals OF the enemy fleet
mean nothing to the operators on Ad
miral Gleayes' scouting ships.
The messages are in cipher code
known only t: the officers and men OK
the red" fleet. Those picked up to
night by blue" scouts, however, were
sent back through radio relay ships
to the navy department, where code
experts struggled over them throush
the night, seeking the key to the
cipher.
BY the terms of the problem. pre-.
pared at the naval war college, tho
"redn commander has until September
to effect landing.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
Soldiers Pursuing Villa Are In.
spected for First Time
Since Crossing Border
FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE

FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE
AMERICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDI
TON IN MEXICO, Aug. 81 lby aero
plane to Columbus, NJ NJ, Aug. 22).--
Punitive preparedness was exempli
fled today In review OF the 5000
American troops on station here.
The 5000 infantrymen, cayalrymen
and artiiierymen, hardened by months
of active service and reeQuippcd
after their hardships, marched past
Brig Gen. John ]. Pershing, command.
ser Of the expeditionary forces, in the
first review held since the troops
crossed the frontier on March To-
Bronzed by the sun, the men showed
In their very carriage their discipline
and their efficiency. Veteran officers,
Injured by years Of service to such
spectacles, made no effort TO restrain
words OF praise. The general, him
self, was deeply stirred.
Long before the shadows cast by
the mountains that loom east OF camp
had retreated TO their canyons, the
various commands stationed at head.
quarters had marched over the mes
quite-dotted mesa to their stations.
Pershlng Inspeets Lines
Down the front Of the serried col.
umns, Gen. Pershing. pausing occa
sionally to permit more extensive
examination of equipment. trotted
briskly with his staff Circling the
regiments. he returned to the review
ing post Just as the Gath Infantry be-
gan to move,
Headed by their band, the negro
infantrymen marched with matchless
precision past the little group Of staff
officers, their OFFICERS hands swapping
10 q salute when they reached the
generals red flag, with its single
white star. Following came q regi.
ment OF cavalry, horses mincing past,
well fed and glossy. Even the mules
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
RETIRED SURGEON OF
U. S. NAVY HAS DIED

HAGERsTowN, Nd. Aug. 20. -
While instructiug a Sunday school
class at Zion Reformed church today,
DR.. Edward Kershner, u. S. N, re,
tired, was stricken with paralysis OF
the brain and died IN ten minutes. DR..
Kershner was q graduate of the Uni
versity of New York, 1861. He en-.
tered the navy as assistant surgeon.
He was serving on the sloop of war
Cumberland when that vessel was
sunk by the Merrimac in 1862. When
the Cumberland sank the doctor went
down with her, but was rescued. He
was on the old Ironsides in the first
attack on Charleston.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-02
new YORK Will
RAISE FUND TO
AID VAR MOTHER
Americans Asked to Assist in
Project to Supply Beds
for Soldiers Wives

Copies of the San Francisco Chron-
Icle of August % reaching Honolulu
this week say the New York Herald
of August 4 had the following on the
war baby fund that has been started
in that city.
Countess Marie de Hemptinne, who
has charge of depot in Paris where
clothing and food are received for
distribution among the destitute, has
made a special appeal to Americans
tor funds with which to supply beds
for women who are about to become
mothers. The appeal was sent to Mrs.
Jules s. Bache, whom the countess
has asked to become the head of a
branch here of the War Baby's
Cradle.
The special appeal I wish to make
to you is for beds for the poor wom-
en- who are about to have babies, the
countess said. In thousands of cases
these poor creatures are destitute and
will have to bear the pains of child
birth on straw, strewn on the floors
OF miserable cabins, If some one does
not go to their assistance.
You can scarcely picture to your.
self the situation, but you can well
appreciate the fact that 1t is really
terrible that the wives of the men
who are fighting for their country
in the trenches should be compelled
TO bring their children into the
world under such frightful conditions.
81 have seen many of these homes
and many soldiers when returning to
the firing line who said to me that
their great anxiety was about their
little ones lying on the straw on the
wet floor.
81 have done all / could. / prom.
lsed them each, time to give a bed to
the mother, but unfortunately I have
nothing left, and we have decided, a
few friends and I, not to take any rest
until we have given a bed to each
woman who is about to become a
mother. We will ask all over the world.
We are sure that Americans will not
refuse to help US. We want beds,
sheets, blankets, cradles, baby blank.
cts, milk or money to buy these things
and to pay a woman during ten days
to take care of the mother AID child.
Contributions to the fund my be
forwarded to Mrs. Jules s. Bache, AZ
broadway, New York.
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STORY or cHiRoPRAcTic
lnstaImenf No. 8

Deafness was the first disease that
responded, following Chiropractic ad-
justings by the late DR.. d, d. Palmer,
in 1895. Deafness IS still responding
=. G. MleHToN, D. G.
chieopraetor
S04 Boston Bldg. Over Henry Mays
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Donald R. Willis of Cincinnati was
fined $50 and costs for driving his
automobile at the rate of so miles an
hour at Atlantic City. s s..@tE....z.
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Howard c. ParmaIee of Denver was
elected president of the Colorado
States School of Mines at Golden.
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bat exercises to be finished before the
commencement of the field or open
season.
- ~ 49,.
With the ordering of the militia
from the border, and the sending back
to the mainland of certain officers
whose three years of foreign service
were completed very recently, the
shifting of many officers can be ex-
pected in the near future, as many
are due to return In the California
papers of few days ago, the state
ment was made that the students OF
certain colleges serving with the mill.
tia on the border anxiously inquired
as to whether they would miss the
fall course" in their various uniEer-
stiles, and the answer was made that
''if they we're not ordered home by
Sept l, they need not expect to be
able to return for some time This
statement together with the order for
the militia's return Aug. 81, will have
some significance to the Fort Shafter
''holdoyer" officers.