Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-30
Scl,o(ield Notes
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ScH0FfELD BARRACKS, March
2s.-Col. BENJAMIN w. Atkinson, who
recently relinaHished command OF the
ed Infantry and was ordered on duty
with the. National Guard at Kansas
City. has been detailed as division in
spector Instructor of the eighth tenta.
tive National Guard division. He will
proceed to Baltimore. Nd, and ppon
arrival there will report by letter TO
the Chief OF the Militia Bureau at
Washington. for. duty. ....s. :.-..>
First Lieut.. GustaVe J. Gonser. in
fantry, inspeCtor-instructor of the Ma
tional Guard on Kauai, was a visitor
at Schofield this week. He was or
dered here to take the annual physi-
cal examination. aud on its completion
will return to, Kauai He was former
Iy On duty with the LIST Infantry.
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The S2d Infantry, temporarily on
duty at Fort Shafter and Pearl Har-
Dor, viii be relieved and viii return
to Schofteld about April 6. Six troops
of the 4th Cavalry viii take up the
guard duty at those places, relieving
the-32d With three troops of the 4th
Cavalry now in the field at Kuhuku
and Fort kamehameha, there Will be
left. but three troops on duty at the
cavalry garrison at Cashier. ,E.~.
Second Lieut.. Charles A. McGar-
rigle, one of the recently appointed
officers, who has been undergoing a
course of instruction at Sehofield Bar
racks, has been ordered to proceed to
Fort Shafter to join the I'd Infantry.
First Liett. Robert NJ. Cheney, 4th
Cavalry, mas been granted a leave of
absence for one month. which he will
take advantage of upon his arrival in
the United States. Lieut.. Cheney has
finished his tour of duty on Oahu.
First Lieut. Harry NJ. Kerns, Medi-
cal Corps, has been ordered to the
Department Headquarters for his ex-
animation for promotion to the grade
of captain. He is now on duty with
the Motor Ambulance Company at this
post. The beard of officers appointed
to examine Lieut.. Forms consists of
Coils. Rudolph G. Ebert and Frank R.
Keefer and Mai. Charles B. Reynolds,
Medical Corps, ~ 49, .~ -.-@ ,
Word has been received from the
states that Maj. julius A. Penn, who
was on duty at Sehofield Barracks for
three years as major of the LIST In
fantry, has been appointed to the
grade of colonel, his commission being
dated from March q Col. Penn was
promoted lieutenant-colonel in Octo-
Der, 1915, and has since been on duty
on the border with the 18th Infantry,
Sgt. 1st Class John G.. Dawson,
Quartermaster Corps. now at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. has been ordered
to Schofield Barracks for duty. He
will arrive i'm Honolulu on the May
transport. = s@a>s.s.
Capt. Charles L. Willard, Quarter
master Corps,tswill complete his tour
of duty on Oahu on April 20, and will
proceed to theu United States on the
May transport, He has been assign
ed to duty at Bort Rosecrans, San Dr.
ego, Cal. Capt. willard was former
Will JitC AObh aA4h ilcho =
Gently been stationed at SchOfield Bar
racks as assistant to the construction
Iquartermaster.
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An extension OF IA days leave of ab-
sence has been granted LIST Lieut..
Cuthbert P. Stearns, 4th Cavalry.
Lieut.. Stearns is now in the states en-
route to Join the 4th Cavalry, and has
already had one months leave. He
will arrive on the April transport.
A number of the first lieutenants
at Schofield were made happy this
week by the arrival Of their commits
sions as captains, for which they have
waited several months. The officers
and their new assignments are as fol-
lows: Capt. Edgar NJ. Whiting. to 4th
Cavalry; Capt. George L. Converse, to
4th Cavalry; Capt William McCleave,
ITO LIST Field Artillery, and Capt. Chas.
d. DAILY to the LIST Field Artillery