The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-08-02
GENERAL BLOCKSOM
T0NAME OFFICERS
Students To Receive Commits
sioBs Direct From Depart
5inent Commander

Students at. the two officers training
schools at Fort shnGer and sehofeld
Barracks, composed entirely Of enlist
ed men Of the First and Second Ha-
wQiian Regiments, win receive their APP
Pointments direct from Brigadier.Gen.
cral "A. p. Blockscsm, q. 8. A., com
manding the Hawaiian department au-
thorizaiion reaching the general yes
terday from Washihgton. SIS"
When the two schools we're opened
It was announced thar the men who
iualified would he recommended for
commissions by their respective regi
mental commanding officers, and these
ecopneRdationy would then be consid-
cred by o special board appointed by
the department commander, composed
Of department officers, and their rec
concentrations would then be eabled 70
the war department. The appointments
would, under these circumstance be
made by the President. ~.
The new plan will mako eonsidera-
BILE shortcut. The students who qualify
viii be recommen ded by the colonels
of the First and Second Hawaiian Regi.
ments. In turn these recommendation
will be combed over by the department
board and the results laid before Cen
eral Blocksom, who win authorize the
appoi ntlnents Of the men, thereby com
missioning them direct. r.tts.
The officers as soon as qualified will
be assigned to duty with the two local
regiments, in order TO give each com
pany q larger number Of officers than
at present. Under the new war strength
system, each regiment is to have about
1900 men, RpttNliOns will number about
1000 men each. and each company will
have about $50 men. Such Companies
are too large TO be handled by cap
'ain and a first and second lieutenant
Each company will have 10 future a
'aptRiN. three first Jieutenarts and two
second heutepants, or six officers.
day Appoint Others
The generals authorization will also
permit him to appoint other mon now
in service who may be found qualified
for appointments as officers. There are
I large number of men who have seen
| service in the "~mv but are now in the
national guard ut the two posts Such
men will be brought before army boards
and examined and If Qualified, are
| eligible to appointment. 20 Ett
Orders were also received al depart
nent headquarters notifying the com
| handing general that following the
! conclusion of the present reserve Of
fieers 'icamp al. Sehofield BarraclSs, no
others will be held in the Islands
The present camp win close ON Sep
tember l., Ordinarily il would be closed
about the middle Of August but two
weeks course for "paper work. Is
euuired for the closing work which ex-
lends il TO September ].
The students who qualify win not
be appointed by General BlOcksrsn, but
will be Recommended for oDopiRtment
rs officers and the recon,m ndations for
varded to Washington hv cable. Inas-
much % thP-e is apnarentlv q heavy de-
nand for officers the yohng men wav
ut h"~e tn.'--sit Ihr0 "a he commissions
d. They viii 10 treated exactlv rs the
Iualifiea students were in the last
ann. Those who qurified were desig-
,ated as "Ofieer Caajliatnsp and
ore white braid strip on the left
'eeve. MANY of them wore sent 10
''inlH nd army camps. All are now Of
GERS. .5
amps On Mainlsnd
"The elimination Of the officers
amp here does not mean that men
ere cannot try for eommi SONS said
'ol. H. c.. Merriam, chief of staff, yes
erday. "They will be sent TO the
Iainland training camps. Under this
ew plan there will be camps for train
lg men to be officers of infantry, field
rtillery and so ON.
cit will be arranged so that every
rOnth thP-e will be groups of students
ualifying for commissioners.
The infantry training camps will DO
peated at Camp Lee, Petersburg. Vir-
ia; Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia
amp Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas
ield Artillery training camps will be
Gated at Camp Taylor, louisville,
,entucky; and machine gun training Mt
imp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia.
The training course will be four
months, hut each month 600 new officers
i'll b" readv for assignment to duty.
Civilians who are entered in arv of
ne camps and qualify will be cOmmis-
ioned for the period Of the war. They
viii become second lieutenants II sue
essful, and go into the ranks OF the
rmy as privates if they fail to qualify.
The department headquarters in Ho-
"lulu receives all applications for app