The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-24
Orders Received Yesterday Take
More Officers Out Of Local
Garrisons For Mainland Duty
ELEVEN MAJORS GET
,ssT Their PROMOTIONS
ReserVist Of ouartermaster
Corps Summoned For Duty
and Others Expect Call

Orders upon orders reached army !.
headquarters or military circles yester.
day in general, making further sweep
ing changes In the. commissioned per.
sonnet, taking more officers out of the
garrison for duty on the mainland. call
ing out certain reserve officers and as
signing others and generally playing
hob with the records. .,.qr-
Most important 20 the local garrison
came the order yesterday for the re.
lease from this department Of eleven
/ majors now with troops or on stan
duty, and their promotion TO the grade
| Of lieutenant colonel in the national
/ army They are: lY3
Lieut.tCol Thomas X. Harker, cay.
master. b ....f4
Lieut.-col. James G. Hannah, First
Infantry. ...,ah FEt"
Lieut.. Col. JOsephus s. Cecil, Twen.
| ty-ffth Infantry.
Lieut..col. William f. Hunt, Second
Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. Jack Hayes, Q. NJ. @.
Lieut..CoL Charles L. McKain.
Lieut.Col. Frank Halstead, First In.
fantry. ti.t 49,. r..a
Lieut. Col. Alex. J. McNab, Twenty
NTH Infantry. st
1 Lieut.-Col. Robert NJ. BrambiIla,
! First Infantry. ...
Lieut.. Col. Paul II. MeCook.
1 Lieut.. Col. Theodore A. Baldwin, Jr.,
Second Infantry. .....sH sy,s
Rapid Promotion ...
These men ore to leave as soon as
( possible and report by telegraph for as
signment upon arriving at the main
land. II is but short time since some
Of them were captains.
The entire garrison awaits eagerly
the names of the 1913 new brigndier-
generals, just confirmed by congress,
. but the list does not come through. Col.
Joseph Wheeler, Jr., @. A. O., Fort Ka.
mehameha, however, received by cable
= Monday night list of eighteen col.
onels Of the coast artillery corps who
had received their star. The new brig
ladders from this corps are:
| WilliamiC Rafferty,, formerly of the
Hawaiian Department and later of Fort
Hamilton, New York; Charles l.. Phil.
lips, Stephen ~. Foote, Ira A, Haynes,
John b. Barrette, Richmond p. Davis,
JohnEL. Hayden, William G.. HAN,
Henry d. TODD, Jr., Clint @. Hearn,
Frank G. Mapldin, Andrew Hero, Jr.,
George Blakeley, Frank w. Coe, w. r.
Smith, Henry H. Whitney, James A.
Shipton and Gordon @. Heiner.
OF these men, one is now in this de-
partment and two others are well
known here. Colonel Hero--now Gen
eral--,is fort commander at Fort Ruger.
News Of his appointment was heralded
by kilograms of congratulations last
week. Colonel Rafferty, was here a
! short while ago, and Colonel--then
! Lieutenant. Colo1el--(,oe was here last
year. , Ila N, =, .s. n 81 ~
Still another order was received yes.
. terday at army hendouarters relieving
1t. Col. Robert r RAYMOND. Third
Engineers, from duty as district and
denartment engineer and from station
in Hawaii. He IA 10 leave at once and
will be assigned To the slstb Eno;neers
nj Campr Dodge. Des Moines. o.l.
Colonel RAYMOND has been in charge
of harbor and other federal engineer.
ing projects throughout the Territory
and has been Intimately connected with
Hawaii,s growth in this direction.
The arst eall Far. 4 reserve aft,cer az
the ouartarmaater eorns came yester.
day for Frank IL. Howes. automobile
salesman OF the Won Hamm .Younp Com.
many. Howes. n captain En- the o1arter.
masters division haz been ordered TO
} active duty and Instructed 10 proceed
b by the first transport TO Fort sam
Houston where he win be assistant 10
D the department auartermaster of the
3 Southern Department. 4
8 The order relating to Howes has
+ caused the reserve corps men in Homo.
a lulu not yet in active service, TO sit IN
, and take notice. They have always
been prepared, they state, Tor n call