The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-12

Hotu Others Prepare

|THE Preparedness Information Service Of New
- York City, an organization whose aim is well
indicated by its name, has prepared the following
notes of patriotic activities for adequate military
preparedness in this country.
Police Commissioner Woods, of New York City
announced on April rs that summer camp for
the training Of members Of the New York police
force in military tactics has been established at
Fort Wadsworth, New York Harbor, and will be
opened May q. More than 5000 members from all
branches Of the department will work at the camp
in two-week periods under the tuition of army
officers and police heads A squad composed OF
three hundred men will go to the fort each week
and from the time of their arrival will be under
regular army discipline. The site was selected
that the men might become familiar with the
country's harbor defense in time Of war. The cost
Of the camp will be borne jointly by the city ant
the Federal government. Lessons will be gver
in the handling of motor boats, automobiles, mo
torcycles, machine guns,-in fact, every impemen
of modern warfare.
San Francisco yachtsmen are to be called upor
by the Western Department of the United State
Army to furnish volunteers for the formation
"a mine-aying brigade. summer camp for tn,
brigade will be formed if the yachtsmen desire
1t is respected that 100000 civilians will marc!
in the Preparedness Parade in New York City on
consider it will be the largest nonmlitary parad,
ever held in the United States. 1t is estimated
that the parade will cost between $4,000 ant
100000. At the head of each section of bushes
or professional men will march group Of me1
who have undergone training at the Plattsburt
camp or who have enrolled for the camp this sum
'mer. The parade is attracting considerable at
tention throughout the rest of the country. Me
from St. Louis and Philadelphia have seen mem
bers of the executive committee to learn the pos
sibilities for conducting similar parades in thei
home cities on the same day.
b. Harvard has newly formed regiment of 105
composed of students and faculty and equippe,
with arms and munitions supplied by the War De
partment. Ten men of the regiment were drop
ped from the rolls in week for failure to attent
drills.
military training camp for two thousand mel
will be carried out in Colorado by the Nationa
Security League under the direction and contro
Of the War Department. Expenses are estimated
at $40 week in camp Men may enter from al
of the states bordering Colorado.
To help along the matter of preparedness Pvt
William H. Forrest, Eighth Infantry, Massachu
sets Volunteer Militia, of Somerville, left Boston
on April IS in an armored car on a trip across tn
continent and back He will be liz days on tn
tour and will cover II 200 miles, "His rout,
West, says the boston OlODc, Will go thrOug
to Albany, then down along the Atlantic Coast
Washington and across by way of Pittsburg, In
dianapolis St. Louis, Denver, Los Angeles to tn
Pacific, returning over what is known as tn,
northern route. For the trip, which is taken
preach the gospel of preparedness Mr.. Forres
has constructed admirable vehicle. He tool
his automobile chassis and had constructed from
designs of Lieut.. W. H. Renwick MVM, an
ideas Of his own, that could be used 70
scouting purposes in war. No. armor is usec
and the front is built to allow the driver to handl
the car while companion may fire from an auto
matte machine-gun. A periscope arrangement
allows the occupants to work the and gu
when the entire compartment is closed for protec-
ton. The rear section is arranged for anothe,
gun, When not in the sides fold down an
form covering for the contents. In action the
sides are thrown up and used shields. The
armor weighs 500 pounds and the chassis 1850
Each wheel is solid and weighs los pounds. Lee
armor tires are used. The car can carry rations
fox days for it's crew. Mr.. Forrest is making
the trip at his own expense, but he has the mora
support of societies interested in preparedness"
What are we doing in Honolulu to help along
this work for Preparedness?