The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-07
RIFLE Range GIFT
/. TO MAUI MILITIA
|. BYFRANkBALDWIN
Fifty-Eight Acres Between Ka-
hului and WaiIuku Given
National Guard
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
VOTES INSTRUCTOR MOTOR
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New Signal Corps Company Now
Being Formed On Big
. Island

An addition to the National Guard of
Hawaii in the form of company of
Signal Corps is In immediate sight. r.
l.. NOggle has undertaken 10 raise the
company and already has nearly forty
signatures. 10 is understood that the
Hawaiian Electric and the Mutual Tele.
phone companies are backing the pro.
ject, as well as the Honolulu Gas Com
pany, the Won Hamm. Young Company,
and cation, Neilli& Go.
Mr.. N0ggle has seen service in the
United States Volunteers, and in the
Engineers of the militia on the main.
land, so that he Is well qualified to
start the new company. At meeting
of the employees of the Hawaiian Flee
trio Company Monday evening. eleven
signatures were obtained Meetings
of the employees of Cation, Neil & 20.
and of the Won Hamm Young Company
are also scheduled to take place this
week. II is expected that the company
will be illed up soon.
New Companies Active
Continued reports Of the enthusiasm
of the new companies on the other isl.
ands reach national guard headquarters
The kind of support the national guard
is receiving is shown by the new
events which are much talked about
Tn" one is the gift of tract of fifty.
eight acres in the dunes between Kahu
lui and Waikiki, Maui, to the national
guard for use as a camp and target
range. The donor Is Frank Baldwin of
Puunene, captain and commssary OF
the Third Infantry. This tract is suit.
able for the firing of an entire regi.
mCnt. and firing can be conducted at
all ranges, up to and including one thou.
sand yards. The two companies at
Wailuku and the company ct Kahuui,
arc so near the range that il is only
n few minntcs'"walk from the armory
to the target range. The county has
'oancd prisoners to dig the pits for the
targets, so that now everything is
ready for the installation of the range.
TARGETS were shipped the first of this
week. "l
moor Car For Sergeant
The other event is the donation of
an Overland motor car for the use OF
the sergeant,instructor stationed on
Maui, by the Maui chamber of com.
merce. 1T was found that Sergeant
August Wetzel, who is on duty on
Maui, was not able by ordinary means
to attend all the drills that the six
Maui companies are holding, and that
a motor ear as a necessity. These in
stances of the pa, riotism and IiberaIity
of the people of Maui are keenly ap.
prciated at national guard Headquarters
Another instance Of the same nature,
though not so recent, has been the en-
largement of the Waikiki Armorv by
Senator Harry b. Penhallow, captain
and quartermaster of the Third Infant
ry. The armory has been heightened
thirty feet, an addition which was
made possible. by the moving of the
county jail.
Guard Dance Success
The completion Of the enlargement
of the armory made possible the accom-
notation of the large attendance at the
New Year Eve national guard bali at
Waikiki, Maui. which has been pro
uounced the biggest social event that
has ever taken place on Maui. More
than three hundred couples danced up
on the armory floor on New Year s Eye
Serond Lieutenant Wallace c.. Phil
Don, 25th' Infantry, was visitor at ma
tional guard headquarters yesterday
Lieutenant Philoon has been detailed
as inspector instructor with the nation
al guard.
There are only few minor aItcra
tions remaining to be made in the pro-
gram for the military tournament in
Honolulu, in March. The program will
soon be delivered TO the printer, and
distributed. II is planned to make
this event the largest and best of its
kind ever held in Honolulu, and com
panies Of the national guard are spend,
ing all their efforts to make it great
success.
A large attendance at the armOry
greeted Captain Charles s. Lincoln,
the new inspee toT-instructo yesterday
evening. The companies are turning
out strong, and are determined to show
that the national guard means business,
and is anxious for increased efficiency.