Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-19
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FORT SKATER. Ian. Is. = First
Lieut. William { Whitener. who MAS
recently relieved from duty With the
National Guard of Hawaii. has osen
assigned to the I'd IEfaEtry .or duty
and attached to Company g At pre-
sent Lieut. Whitener and his family
are living in Honolulu as there are no
quarters available at tic fort The
lieutenant has several more months
to remain in Hawaii before completing
his foreign tour.
Shafter has been visited by another
deluge of rain and from all accounts
IL is more violent than any for many
years. certainly worse than any since
the arrival of the troops now station.
ed here Ii commenced on Monday
about IL o'clock In the morning and
for about three hours ii continued to
pour in torrents A similar cloudburst
about the same hour on Tuesday oc-
Cured and il has continued through
out the day Considerable damage to
property has been done from the large
streams of water that flow through
the basement of barracks and the
water that has backed up here where
stores for the troops are kept The
main road across the gulch from the
main pest TO the cantonment resem-
bles a small Niagara Falls. for the
concrete bridge has been washed away
by the swollen rushing mountain
stream and the water has spread over
the road for a great distance and
falls over the further side. causing a
high water fail. South of King street,
near the car station, the outtake for
the water being too small, the water
has spread into a large lake several
hundred yards wide, completely GOV.
ering the athletic field In the can
Torment an exit Is impossible for the
large auto truck, which has ceased to
run, and private machines will not
venture out over the muddy watered
roads. The non.commissioned OFF,
GERS quarters are in possibly worse
condition than the others, for in many
instances fatigue parties had to
Ibe called out to anchor the houses
SO as to prevent them floating away
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| The annual election Of officers Tor
| the I'd Infantry mess was held on
| Monday in the club rooms at the fort
| and the following officers were elect
ed 70 rthe ensuing year: To be presf
/ dent of the mess, Cal. Walter II. Chat
field. to be vice-president Capt. VIII
liam B. Cochran; to be secretary ant
1 treasurer. Lieut. Clyde R. Abraham
| The board of governors elected arr
/ Capts. Alden C. Knowles and Edwin
| s. Hartshorn and Lieuts. John B
Richardson and Charles B. Lyman.
j ~ ~ !.
4 A board of officers has been con
yened at the fort to investigate ai1t
make recommendation and re
port upon Pvts. Herman G. Peters ant
Edmund j. Mulroy, Company F, &c
Infantry. Detail for the board: Capt
Thomas r. Harker, fst Lieut.. Lloyd K
Fredendall and I'd Lieut.. George NJ
Halloran, all of the I'd Infantry.
A new general court-martial MAJ
been appointed to meet at the fort 10
the purpose Of trying enlisted mel
who are offenders. Capt. Paul B. Ma
lone. I'd Infantry, is president OF tn
court. and LIST Lieut. Claire R. Bennett
has been named as judge advocate.
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Cpl. Clifford Burns and Pvt Isl VI
william E. Syvertsen. Company |, q
Battalion of Engineers, has been OF
dered to proceed to Pearl City In cor
necton with engineer work at ina
place.
The lecture in first aid Tor tn
wounded. to be given by Capt. A. I
Clark, Medical Corps, which was scne
duled for last Friday, was postponed
and will be held on Wednesday.