Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-13

commissions in time of war. These
linen may be commissioned captain.
! first lieutenant or second lieutenant.
depending on their ability and all
have been recommended BY their com
pany commanders The other officers
| OF tire board are Capt. G.. de Grasse
Cat1in. Capt Elyid Hunt and Ist Lieut..
Frank v. Schneider.
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Pyts. Robert Hinzman, Troop NJ.
and a. F.. Robertson. Troop II. 4th
Cavalry. alleged deseTters. who were
arrested by the police authorities in
honolulu. have been turned over to
the military authorities at Schofield
Barracks for trial By general court
martial. Robertson was found on
/ board a whaler in the har6or. Pvt
Richard J. Moore, Company G., 32d
Infantry, is to be tried on the same
charge He was also picked up by
the police in Honolulu
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| All companies OF the 1st Infantry
were paid yesterday afternoon by
Capt Thomas H. Harker, Quartermas-
tier Corps. About $22,d00 in cash was
paid out. The 9Th Field Artillery will
be paid today and the 25th Infantry
will be paid next Monday.
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In order to assist in recruiting the
regular army in the United States, the
War Department has decided to use
the newspapers of rural communities
for this purpose Hereafter all COM
pany commanders will send all news
items relating to the men Of their
commands to the War Department
with a view to havf such items pub
Iished in local newspapers of the
counties in which the men formerly
resided. Blank forms for this purpose
have been furnished company COM
manders, who will forward them three
ftfires each month. BY adopting this
method, relatives and friends Of sol
diers will be kept posted as to their
whereabouts and duties, and the army
will be brought to, the attention of
men of rural districts who have form
erly had no opportunity to observe the
doings of the army, This utilization
of the press is expected to bring bet
ter results than the recruiting meth
DDS now in force,
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The next examination of enlisted
men for commissions as probationary
second lieutenants I'M the Regular
| Army wifi be held ons April 23. Appli-
cations to take the examination must.
| be forwarded bysFAlaTcb~f6s The ex-
Plantations will be Siffflaf to the three
that have been held this year, and
which resulted in several enlisted
men Of this post being commissioned
by the President.
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Orders recently received from the
War Department announce the names
| of the two new batteries of coast ar
| tillery in the coast defenses of Homo
lulu as follows: Battery Boyd ana
Battery Adair, in honor of Capt. Chas.
T. Boyd. 10th Cavalry. and Lieut..
Henry r. Adair. 10th Cavalry, respect
lively. Both Of these officers were kill.
ed in action at Carrizal, Mexico. June
1 21, 1916, by Carranzista troops.
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Troop e, 4th Cavalry, has gone to
Fort Kamehameha for guard and pat
roI duty. While there the troops will
Ibe qnartered in barracks and enjoy
the routine of post life instead of
camp duty which is exceedingly un-
pleasant in the present rainy weather,
Capt. Jerome ]. Pillow commands
Troop E with lSt Lieut. Richard Kim.
ball on duty with the troop.
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A new special court martial has
been appointed to meet at the. 18th
Infantry headquarters. Mai. Hugh ID.
Wise, Capt. John B. COrbley and Capt
Charles L. Wyman are members. First
Lieut.. Walter H. Frank is judge adj
yocate.
Cpls. Harold ]. Cfess and Oscar
Ramsey, Cook Joseph II. Duyall. Pvts.
1st Class Frank 4. Gilkerson and Hor.
ace C. Livingston, all o. the Medical
Department, have been ordered to re-
port to an examining board at Scho-
field Barracks to take the examina-
tion for the grade Of sergeant, Medi-
cal department.
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The following men. have been or
dered to proceed from this post to
Fort Shafter and rerort' to the officer
in charge OF the School Tor Bakers
and Cooks; For instructioh as cook:
Pvt William H. Webb. Machine Gun
Company, 32nd Inf: Cook William NJ.
Lee, Company ID, 25th Int; Pvts.
Frank H. Stodaiak and William b.
HeaIey, Supply Company. and Henry
E. MeNahee, Battery F. lst F. A.;
Pvts. Joseph Carpenter, Battery D..
Julius Strum, Battery E. and Louis
Ecke. Battery F, 9Th r. A. For m
structioa as baker PVT, fst Glass
Nels r. Jensen, Company 4, 32nd Inf
Pvt. 1st Glass Samuel Naming, Com
pany C., 18th INF. and Pvt. Raymond
F. Norton, Tfoop L. 4th Cav. The four
months course viii begin on March
15s
Boards or officers from each regi-
mcnt stationed at Schoffeld Barracks