The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-23
Thirteen Will Leave In Sierra To-
days To Take Fitness Exami-
nations On Coast
ORDER IS ISSUED TO MEET
ARMY REORGANIZATION NEED
Officers Promotion Boards Are
Created BY Command of Ha-
Waian Department Head

various organizations of the army sta
toned on Oahu will sail in the Sierra
this morning for San Francisco, where
they will be examined as to their fit.
States Military Academy. They will
proceed direct to the Letterman Gene
raj Hospital, at San Francisco, where
they will be given the required mental
and physical tests.
Gable adviccs from the war depart
ment direct that not more than fifteen
enlisted men be chosen in this depart
ment to report not later than nine
O'Clock, June 6. The detail of these
men is made under the Act Of Congress,
approved May 4, which provides for the
appointment to West Point from en-
listed men of the army to the number
Of twentythree, each year. This num-
Der is to be admitted June 10, and to
be chosen from a list of cligibles to
be established by competitive examina.
ton. All candidates must be between
nineteen and twenty-one years old, un.
married, and must have served as en-.
listed men not less than one wear on
July 10, 1916.
Departmental Selections
Following is. the Hawaiian Depart
ment order announcing those who have
been fortunate enough to be selected
From the army of Oahu:
"Pursuant to telegraphic instructions
from the war department dated May
8, 1915, the following named enlisted
men will be sent in the steamship Sier-
ra, sailing from this port on the twenty.
third instant, to San Francisco, where
upon arrival they will proceed to the
Letterman General Hospital, the Pre-.
sidio of San Francisco, and report to
the commanding officer for mental and
physical examination with a view to
determining their fitness for appoint.
ment to the United States Military
Academy, West Point, viz; First Glass
Pvt. Frederick w. Smith, Quartermas-
ter Corps; Pvt. First Class Nelson A.
racks; First Class Pvts. Harold J.
Pvts. Anthong Carroll and Edwin 8.
Brownstone, Company I, Third Battal-
ion of Engineers, Fort Shafter; Cook
Adnell o. Acers, Troop NJ, Fourth Cav
airy; Cpl. Erwin C. Enlow, and Pvts.
Neol NJ. Bailey and Michael Stillman,
Battery E, First Field Artillery; Pri-
vate John d. Moore, Company B, First
Infantry, SchoReld Barracks; Cpl
Grant G. Carter, Company H, and Pvt
James A. Macdonald, Company G, Sec
ond Infantry, Fort Shafter.
First class accommodations will be
provided on the Sierra at the expense
Of the government.
Promotion Boards Named
Orders issued from Headquarters of
the Hawaiian Department yesterday,
pursuant to instructions from the war
department, announce the appoint.
ment of six boards of officers who will
conduct the examination of such Off
GERS of the various arms of the service
ny may be ordered before the boards
t" determine their fitness for promo
ton.
This order is issued at this time
to meet the conditions caused by the
army reorganization bill now before
congress, and which probably will be-
come law as it now stands about
July |. 1t il estimated by the war de.
partment that the increase of the army
for the first year under this new law
will bring about 1928 promotions of of
fcers to date from July this year,
in order to make room at the bottom of
the list for the new appointments
which will be made and increased from
West Point.
While the orders issued from depart.
mcnt headquarters make provisions on
Iy for the examination of officers of the
cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery
and infantry, two other boards which
were appointed by the war department
short time ago, provide for the ex-
animation of officers Of the Medical
Corps, and Engineer Corps.
Departmental order
The order issued from department
headquarters is as follows:
Pursuant to instructions from the
war department boards of officers as
hereinafter constituted are appointed
to meet at the call of the presidents
thereof at the stations indicated for
the examination of such officers for
promotion as may be ordered before the
boards. The junior member of each
board other than a Medical officer, will
act as recorder. The examinations will
be conducted under the provisions of
General Orders, No. IA, War Depart.
ment 1912, and such special instruc-
tions as may be communicated to the
boards from these headquarters:
cat SchOfeld Barracks-Cavalry:
Lieut.. Col. William w. Forsyth, 4th
Cavalry, Maj Horace ID. Bloombergh,
Medical Corps, Maj. Edmund s. Wright,
4th Cavalry, Maj. Walter c. Short, Cav,
airy, and First Lieut.. Clarence r. Bell,
Medical Corps. Field Artillery: Lieut.
Col. John +. Mcmahon, LIST Field Artil,
lerv. Maj Tieman N. Horn, LIST Field
Artillery, Maj. William S. Guignard,
LIST Field Artillery, First Lieut. Royal
l.. Cummings, Medical Corps, and First
Lieut., Charles NJ. O'Connor, Jr., Medi.
cal Corpsn Infantry: Maj. Frank H.
Albright, 25th Infantry, Mai. Francis
+. Lacey, JT, LIST Infantry, Capt. Ed
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