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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02

o. thirty wears continuous service. al.
ter spending as desired uue-naf his
lay. or $l4.66G 80. have TO his account
in the bank $2S7SS 20 Chaving earned
$ll.037.59 in interest on money de,
POSTED in the savings bank provided
by the Government for the NaNy).
board and lodging and medical service
having cost him nothing during the
time. and then be able to retire from
the Navy and have for the remainder
OF his life the sum approximately
$l04.00 monthly, besides the interest
on the above investment
There are many other ratings for
entering the Navy where the pay for
the first eight years will be greater
than II entered as apprentice seaman
The man who proves himself eftl
cient will, long before thirty years
have passed, have had ample oppor-
tunity to become a Warrant Officer.
with a salary Of $500 to $3.50 a
year, and with the privilege Of retir,
ing at sixty-four years of age as
commissioned officer on three-Quar-
terS pay for the remainder OF his life.
Each year 100 men under - years
OF age may be appointed by the Sec,
rotary Of tie Navy to the Naval AGA
denny. which means that you may De
retired a Rear Admiral"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
SEND TEDDY 70 BERLIN

Now, Woodrow, stop your politics,
You can't afford such petty tricks,
But just your signature affix-
And let the game begin.
Forget the cheap Polls" attitude;
Receive a great mans gratitude,
And you will please the multitude
Send Teddy" to Berlin!
He may not be a Bonaparte,
But he has got the proper heart;
Give him now a rousing start
With all the Roosevelt win.
Let him try the goose-steE gay;
March him down the great "NElte
Way"
While banners wave and bueteE bray
On his journey to Berlin.
Yes, send, he sure will try TO 50
Through gas, or bombs. through rain
or snow;
For he can strike a strong mans blow
When e'er the fight begins.
Let him our standard-bearer be-
Twin symbols of our liberty
You will hear shout from sea to sea,
Send Teddy to Berlin!
The road may be rough and long and
red;
Rough roads were made for such as
Ted"
Americans. by such men led
Would storm the gates Of sin.
For England, France or Italy
do not care a moiety;
But Id give a bunch of kraut to be
With Teddy" in Berlin
-Enrf kampla meha
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EEH.HEE News end notes Of the Service aN.EEKKN
GNklzANwm y y in Hawaii and Elsewhere Y & zNx4Nk2a
Retirement OF MAJOR RAY ENDS
CASE Which HELD Up PROMOTIONS

vacancy, have necessarily been held
back
The senate refused to confirm Mai.
Ray on account Of the charges that
had been made against him and also
refused to confirm any junior officer
for promotion over him. IN the last
Congress the President failed to
make any nomination. II evidently
being considered that it was Of no
avail to take any step so long as the
senate failed to act. no matter who
the President nominated for advance
ment. Maj. Ray will be retired with
the rank OF lieutenant colonel because
Of disability, and 1t is an interesting
legal question whether he should be
retired as OF the date OF February 16,
1912. or March 4, 1873 one or the 9th.
or date being, Of course, that On which
Maj. Lord Will he promoted.
Ray occupied the higher grade for a
year and failed Of senatorial Confir-
nation. but It IS understood he did
not draw tho LAY Of lieutenant colonel
If he reverted &C the grade Of major,
it may be determined that he was
never entitled t. he regarded AS more
than a major al any time since Feb
ruary Is, 1912. In any event, the in
CiGCnt of retirement relieves an an
rOying situation which has unjustly
delayed the Advancement Of officers,
and it avoids the precedent Of promo
ton hy selection, which at one time
Threatened the army by the promotion
Of Maj Lord over Maj. Ray.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02

News from WASHINGTON that Maj.
BeeCher r. Ray former paymaster
here. las been retired with the rank
OF Neutenant-ColOnel. makes the fol-
lowing summary Of bis case, from the
Army and Navy Register, timely
After delay. unprecedented in mil.
itarv records. Of more than five years,
the block in promotion In the quarter
masters department on account Of
the Ray case has been relieved by
the decision to retire that officer for
physical disability, reported as exist
ing as a result Of an examination for
promotion Mai B B. Ray was due
fer promotion 10 the grade OF lieuten-
ant,coloncl in his corps on February
IS, 1912, on the retirement Of GcHcral
Whipple He held recess appoint
ment in the higher grade until March
4, 1913, when 1t expired tie senate
having failed to confirm the nomin'
alton
No better success attended the eff
fort to have senatorial confirmation
of the promotion of Rays immediate
junior Maj. H. NJ. Lord, and prarti-
cally since February Of 1912, and Ger.
tainly since March of the next year,
during which Maj. Ray held the re,
cess appointment awaiting senatorial
action, the lieutenant colonelcy las
been vacant Other promotions to the
grade Of lieutenant colonel. those OF
Maj. r S. Smith from March q, 1914,
vice DOWney, and Mai W. G.. Cambria
from July It.. 1914, to fill an original
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
ARMY ORDERS

Pursuant to instructions from the
War Department. the following named
enlisted men now sick in the depart
nent hospital. this city, will proceed
on the first available transport to San
Francisco. Cal. where. upon arrival,
they will lie reported to the command
ing officer. Lotternan General Hos
pital, the Preside OF San Francisco,
for further treatment:
Private Jack Staloy. Medical De,
partmcn,, Ambulance Company No. 9;
Private George Gridley. Troop l. 4th
Cavalry; Sergeant Arthur + priode.
RGterT F. LIST Field Artillery; Private
Ray Bielema, Battery c, 9Th Field Ar
ullery; Private Edgar Marshall, Bat,
terry D, 9th Field Artillery; Private
Carl L. Bartlett, Battery F, 9th. Field
Artillery; Private Virgil Byers, Coast
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
ADVANTAGES Of NAVY ENLISTMENT
IN HAWAII TOLD IN OTHER ISLANDS

Join the Navy Now" is the head,
line in bold black letters over a re-
cruting notice which is to be put up
on the islands OF Hawaii and Maui.
soon TO be visited by special navy
recruiting party. The poster sets
forth the advantages Of naval enlist
ment as follows:
1T should be a source OF great
pride for young man to feel that he
Is serving his country. 1t Is a pleas,
ure to travel and see foreign countries
and an added pleasure to come home
and tell your friends about it. u
should be a satisfaction to know for a
certainty that you have a steady job.
That you will have free medical at.
tention. That you will have the best
food obtainable and under govern
ment inspection. That you are work.
ing under the best possible conditions.
That you will have a sure paymaster
and a certain advancement. with III.
creasing salary, if you will only reach
out for it.
If serving your country means
nothing to you, read the following AS
a business proposition.
"A capable man entering the Navy
at the age of twenty, in the rating OF
apprentice seaman, may, at the end
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
'3rt ShaferNote

Especial Star Bulletin Corresponderce)
FORT SKATER, June 2.-Sergeant
First Glass William Shaffer. Signal
Corps, Fort Shafter, will be sent to
Fort Mcdowell, California, by the first
available transport and from there to
the Army Service schools at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, for assignment
to duty.
y y
On June l, 1917, Corporal Charles S.
Marek, Troop c, 4th Cavalry, at Soho,
field Barracks, was transferred as a
private to First Battalion, Co. E, Third
Telegraph Battalion of the Signal
Corps at Fort Shafter.
y y
The Fort Shafter Theatrical News
was issued on June l and the pros
pect Of some very fine attractions
seem assured. This little magazine is
eagerly looked for every month, as it
contains, besides the names OF the diff.
ferent pictures. little description of
each play. Beside this there arc many
good advertisements of firms who
cater to the trade Of the men and Off
GERS at Fort Sh2fter Among the list
Of attractions for the month of June
are "Tho Travelling Salesman" with
Frank Mcintyre in the title role; Kath-
ryn Williams in "Redeening Love-"
DeWoit Hopper in Don Quixote;" the
cver-popular Marguerite CLARK in
Snow White" Tie Evil Eye" with
Miss Blanche Sweet as the heroine;
Romeo and Juliet" played by Thcda
Bara; Tho Yellow Menace" serial,
also the Lass Of the Lumbcrlands. ,
and Pearl Of the Army," both serials;
Pauline Frederick in the Slave Mar
ket;" E. H. Sothern in An Enemy
to the King and many others.
q y
At the Department hospital a board
of three medical officers are examiL.
ing a number of corporals to deter
mine their fitness for promotion to
the grade Of sergeants. Among the
number is Charles w. Henderson, cor
poral.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
PERSHING'S MEN
GOING TOFRONT
KNOW Army LIFE
Eleven Months OF Hard DRILLING
Since Punitive Expedition
Has Kept Them Fit

The finest body OF troops in the
world that is what q foreign mill.
tary observer exclaimed as PershingS
veterans swung across the Mexican
border four months ago.
And these. says the Chicago Trto-
une, are the men that Will make UP
the first American force ordered to
France. They are the men that push.
ed across g miles without water, IN q
whitening sun and in one day, and
pitched camp singing.
America and the Allies will be
proud Of these men. They are the
flower Of the army.
Train For II Months
After the first rush into Chihuahua
the little army settled down on the
sun baked plains to wait. While they
waited Pershing gave them the hard.
est continuous round Of training any
American force ever has undergone.
For months they drilled. drilled,
drilled.
The war department was waking
up The lessons OF the world war
were learned Every phase Of Euro
pean warfare was studied and the re-
suits drilled into the men.
Modern trench fighting was prac-
tised day by day Under men who
had watched Kitchener whip his mil.
lions into shape and seen real trench
fighting on the Allied fronts the army
dug the new style trenches and prac.
tlsed going over the TOP.
For months they ployed across the
desert on hikes Of 10. IS and 90 miles
1t was severe training. But the fruits
should send a thrill through the ma
ton when they go over the front
trenches the first time in France.
Finest In the World
AS the army marched across the
international line at Columbus, y. NJ,
stood at the side Of a foreign mill
tary attaChe In a l3,mile column,
with Pershing at the head, they pour.
ed silently down the dusty slope
Then the attache, who had seen
thousands Of men train, fight and die,
broke the silence
They're the finest body OF fighting
men in the world" he said They've
had such training as no other army
has had. And in them is the spirit OF
you Amercans-I don't know what 1t
is-but | can see it in the swing Of
their shoulders and the rhythm OF
their march
AS an old. grizzled first sergeant
said while the troops were marching
out: They'd follow Black Jack
Pershing to he'll"
And Black Jack" Pershing is the
man to lead them there If need be.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
ORDER APPROVES
Y. N. E. A. EFFORTS

Official recognition has been ex-
tended by President Wilson to the
Young Mems Christian Association as
valuable adjunct and asset" to the
army. although it will continue as
civilian organization. The Presidents
ruling was published on May 10 in
the general orders of the war depart.
ment. Officers are instructed to give
assistance and cooperation in the
maintenance and extension of the as,
sociation both in camp and ficIG
"The Young Mems Christian Asso,
citation says tho order. is prepared
TO serve especially the troops in camp
and field.
at seems best for the interest Of
the service that it shall continue as
n voluntary civilian ORGANIZATION.
However, the results oh'a;nr5 are 50
beneficial and bear such i circct re-
lation to efficiency hat official reoog,
milton is hereby gwen tho Young
Mems Christian Association rs val,
uable a6jun2, ano asset to tie service.
Officers are en2o.ned , SIZE "" full
Get practicable assistance drl co.,.
eFetio1
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02

signed to duty at various division can
Torment camps about to be construct
ed: Captains Frank c. Walesch, John
NJ. Taylor, Francis S. Palermo, Charles
F. Coffin, Frederick A. Smith, Gustav
Stromberger, Edward P. Farley, Law
renee M. Graham, Charles P. Hill,
Daniel B. Kimball, Frank H. Foster,
Victor H. Bridgman Jr., Harry D. Fris-
bic, Edward B. Metzen, Dwight L. Van
Auken, Walter NJ. Crunder, Charles
". Noble, Clement L. Speiden, Theo
dore H. Skinner Ego F. Cook, Louis S.
Munford, Raymond E. Adams, Louis
R. Douglas, James S. Smith, George
B. Darby John B. Coleman, Joseph D.
HAHN, Arthur D. Allen, Edgar A
Grove, Herman Kohlwes, George A.
Christensen, w. E. Goode, Arthur S.
Dascomb, Samuel A. Martin, Paul V.
Hollenbeck, Roy W. Johnson, Frost
Snyder, Andrew T. Corbett, Louis H.
Fuchs, Hamilton c. Dinkins, Theodore
L. Fichtel, Harry G. Palmer, Samuel
J. Harges, Arthur L. Israel, IVine Will
burn, Lewis H. Greene, Frayne Baker,
Howard NJ Smitten, High ]. BOWelL
Lewis F. Moore, August c. Jensen,
George NJ Thompson, Horace N. Han
bury, Benjamin K. Russell, Lawrence
w. Kessler, Ralph H. Hess, Alfred H.
McComb, Mark o. Danford, Ira J.
Hooks, Hugh B. Holman, Edwin L.
Springmann and Frederick r. WareiCk
Jr
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Artillery Corps, LIST Company. Fort
Armstrong; Private Vernon F. Mercy
nolds Coast Artillery Corps, 9Th Com
pany. Fort kamehamehd; Private Al
fred ParsCn, Coast Artillery Corps, LIST
COmpaEy, Fort Ruger: Private James
f. Jenkins, Private Fat +. Kennedy,
Private Homer 2 Kenyon. Coast A.
tillery Corps. I'd Company, Fort Ru
ger; Private Willie Poag. Company l.,
18th Infantry; BugIer Louis Strothers,
Company NJ. 18th Infantry; Private
Milton II. Altman, Company B, 32d In.
fantry.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
PUT HOSPITAL At
FORT SKATER IN
EXCELLENT Trim

With additions already begun or in
course of planning for the department
hospital at Fort Shafter, the big insti-
tuition gives promise of being in the
near future one Of the foremost Of its
kind in the entire military organiza'
ton.
These additions. range from new
roads about the hospital grounds to
more apparatus m the operating
rooms, and all are in line with Uncle
Sans purpose to give his soldiers the
best care over bodily ills and ailments
to be found anywhere.
A new road for the hospital, con-
Meeting the King street station with
the rear service road on the Waikiki
side of the hospital Is to be fconstruc-
ted soon, approximately 1900 feet in
length and of macadam coral.
Two new automobile sheds are also
to be built, one on each end OF the hos
pital building and large enough to
hold a number of machines.
1t is also planned to install a new
hydro-therapeutic clinic in the big in
stitution. Advertising is in progress
now in the office of Lieut.-Col. R.
MICA. Schofield foc new X-ray labOra-
tory equipment Of modern design, and
for a new invalid lift for hospital
patients.
The Won HammI Young Company has
been awarded the contract of install
ing new toilet accommodations for the
hospital.
Patients are also to be kept free
from the annoyances of buzzing flies
and mosquitoes, and with this in view
six wards are to be screened. The
constructing quartermaster is now ad-
vertising for tenders on this work.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
TAFTS SON ENLISTS
IN ARTILLERY CORPS

Charles P. Taft, the nineteen-year.
old son Of former President Taft, has
enlisted as a private in the artillery.
Taft is under the legal age, and it
was necessary for MIN to obtain con-
sent of his parents.
Robert Taft, another son of the for
mer president, failed to obtain admis-
sion to the army on account Of his
eyesight
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
WOMEN STUDENTS IN
WAR SERVICE STUDY

More than 220 women students are
actively preparing themselves to be Of
service to the nation during the war
by working under the guidance of a
war council of womens service which
has been appointed at the University
Of Wisconsin. While continuing their
college work, they are devoting all
leisure time to emergency study.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02
CARS saw DUTY
ALONG BORDER

Two Dodge touring cars Of the @.
NJ. c. department, seen on the streets
of Honolulu recently, have a history.
The little fellows, respondent in a
fresh coat of khaki-drab war paint,
not long ago were tripping through
the cactus and dust of old Mexico and
although neither bears battle scars
both have seen exciting times. When
new cars we're ordered there the two
elder ones we're sent here. They ar
rived or the Last transport. 1t ls m
derstood that the government buys
them at practically the same price
paid for a Ford.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02

Increase in postal savings deposits
for March was $4,5O0,00O, or. more
than twice that for March, 1916. In
nine months deposits increased $4O,-
mn 000
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-02

Raise potatoes and help to via the
EaT," ia the t.tle of booklet d.stElo-
NED BY the Pennsylvania Railroad
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-14

asked Him to guide his footsteps dur
ing the day.
Comrades Hoot Him.
Strange as it might seem, this little
fellow, George Eckhardt of Baltimore,
was the object of criticism and "hoots"
from seven of his comrades who had
cots near his in one of the barracks.
It was the same story every night and
the same story every morning for a
while
Where do you get that stuff"
ASK Him to get you exempted"
"Cut it OUT
These were some of the many things
jeeringly shouted at the little fellow
every night and every morning. He
only smiled, and, instead of being dis
couraged as one might expect, the lit
tie fellow added a prayer for those
who Knocked his faith in God
Captain Watches and Listens.
The captain of the company heard
of the affair and he made it has bust
ness to watch and listen. For three
nights he observed the same eondi-
tion of ridicule in which the little
fellow was placed. On the third night
he broke in upon them
The seven were told a thing or two,
deprived of all liberty for thirty days,
and given extra duty as punishment
Turning to the little fellow on his
knees the captain said:
Il shall recommend, Private Eek
hardt that you be made first sergeant
of this company" and he walked from
the barracks.
The regimental commander approved
the recommendation and the little fell
low is now the topper
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in various centers, beginning with JAM
uary 5, 1918, and an order from Wash
ington urges enlisted men, if they so de-
sire, to make application to their i'm
mediate commanding officers before De-
cenber first.
The plan in brief is as follows:
Each platoon commander wilE not later
than November oath. select a group of his
men who may possibly qualify for the Of
'ficers' Training Schools Perhaps one
fifth of his men viii be thus selected. The
qualifications to be considered in making
the choice are, commanding presence,
strong voice, loyalty capacity for leader
ship and high degree of intelligence.
Next, not later than December 22nd, the
company or battery commander taking
into account his own knowledge of the
men and their educational and occupa-
tfonal history, as his records show, will
select, not to exceed 10 per cent. of the
men in his unit to be passed ON to the
general of the division for his final Sc
lection of approximately one and seven
tenths per cent. of the men of the dvi-
sion.
Therefore, any enlisted man desiring
to take the training at the Officers Train
ing Schools should apply at once to his
platoon commander in order to be assured
of consideration.
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Makes Soldiers
Feel Comfortable"
Editor Philadelphia Bulletin:


A period of nine days has been des-
ignated from November IL to 10, in
elusive, in which the American r. M
C. A. is planning to raise $35, 900 600
The Y. NJ. G. A. is bound to get it.
unless American generosity takes a
step backward, which is impossible
Wherever the American uniform is dis
cernable, the olive grey uniforms of
the Y. M. G. A. are beside it doing their
bit They are found on the eastern
front as well as in France, and it will
not be long before the American forces
will make it possible for them to es-
tablish their buildings on the eastern
side of the Rhine. Helping them
financially will make this possible
Surely if our boys in the army and
navy and these Y. M c. A. secretaries
have sacrificed all of the comforts of
home to respond to our countrys call
then at least the people in civilian life
could help by contributing to the Y. NJ
G. A. War Work Council which is do
ing it's best to make the boys comfort
able and to make them feel at home
during their leisure hours.
Boost the plan.
Give your financial support and sue
cess is inevitable.
LOUIS GEIBEI1.
Camp Hancock Augusta, Ca, Nov.
I8, 1917.
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Chaplain Wanted
To Cuss Water

IT was at an early hour on a recent
Inorning. Everyone knows that it was
khilly. Strange noises were heard
Rmanating from one of the bath
houses near a brigade headquarters
30 strange and weird were these that
they attracted the attention of passers-
BY.
900 L-o-o-o-ord e-e-e-: 10000
e-e-eee," went the sound. And they
were oft repeated and with increasing
Vehemenee
Something's happening in there,
Sure, exclaimed one of the by-stand-
PRS to another. "O-o-o-o-o My-y-y-y-
pee" came from within
Let's go see" the two outsiders ex-
claimed in unison. Let's" said the
other
A cautious approach was made. A
head peeked around the door. And 10;
pit was the chaplain taking a shower.
He was enveloped in the spray from
the aherhead shower and he was shak-
ing so that he splashed water in every
direction.
'Lawd a mercy, let me get out of
this he cried, and forthwith came out.
oh, excuse me-" he said, as he caught
sight of the two wondering invest
igators. Il didn't know there was any
one present"
we just. came to investigate.
Thought someone was getting mar
dered," he was told. Us there any
thing we can do for your"
yes, there is, since you have men
toned it, was the ready response,
Just run outside and cuss cold water
for me. I can't express myself as ]
would like to"-Camp Shelby Trench
and Camp.
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%, $780, 900 Against
10000, 900 Foe

At least 3S,000,000 men are bearing
arms in the war-27, 100000 on the side
of the world allies and 10000, 000 on
the side of the central powers, accord
ing to latest war department compila-
lions from published reports in various
countries. These figures do not i'm
cIude naval personnel strength, which
would raise the total several millions
Against Germany's 7,000,0 600. Aus
trials 1900 600, Turkeys 100000, and
Bulgaria's 5000. are arrayed the fol-
-lawing armed forces.
Russia, 100000 France, 5000, 600;
Great Britain. $1,000 600; Japan, 100000;
United States more than 100000;
China, Sal, 900; Rumania, 100000; Ser
bia, 300,0 00 Belgium, 100000; Greece,
100000; Portugal, zoo, 900; Montene-
gro, 10000; Siam, $4,000; Cuba, II, 900,
and Liberia, 400. San Marine and
Panama also have small forces under
arms