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the famous rocky headland about five miles to the
south of Honolulu and just beyond Waikiki beach.
Fort Kamehameha is the coast defense of Pearl
harbor. A railroad runs from Honolulu around
the west coast to the northeast corner of the is
land, with branch to Schofeld barracks.
AT Schofed barracks is the Hawaiian division,
Maj. Gen. William R. Smith commanding: Nine
teenth infantry, Twenty-frst infantry, Twenty
seventh infantry and Thirty-ffth infantry; Eighth
field artillery and Thirteenth field artillery us
m. M. motorized) and Eleventh field artillery Q55
m. m. howitzers, motorized) Also stationed here
are Company c, First gas regiment, and ordnance
and chemical warfare detachments.
AT Fort Shafter are the Fourth observation
squadron, air service; Fifty-ffth coast artillery
(Heavy Tractor) and Sxty-fourth coast artillery
(antaircrafD Fort Armstrong has mine-con-
troll station The other forts are stations of the
coast artillery.
There are 14-inch guns on Oahu. There are no
records available to civilians showing that there
16-inch guns there.
Rear Admiral John D. Mcdonald is commandant
of the Fourteenth naval district (Black). His
forces include twenty submarines two mine layers,
two mine sweepers and miscellaneous craft He
is to be reinforced by submarine divisions Nine
and Fourteen. There two National Guard infan-
try regiments
Now as to the respective air forces of the Blue
and Black:
The aircraft forces of the battle fleet (Blue)
are in command of Capt. S. e. Moses, They
sst of four squadrons: one of scout planes, two of
fighting planes and one of observation planes.
Capt. Fl. G. Yarne commands the three squad
of the scouting feet (Blue) one each OF
scout planes of torpedo and bombing planes and
of observation planes. These seven squadrons
of the Blue fleet theoretically contain from "a to
126 airplanes.
Civilian information as to Black air forces of
Oahu is incomplete and estimates are guesswork
According to the "Army List and Directory the
air troops of the Hawaii military department In
Guide the Fourth observation squadron at Fort
Shafter previously mentoned) and at Luke field
(near Honolulu) Fifth observation squadron;
Sixth and Nineteenth pursuit squadrons Twenty
third and Seventy-secon bombardment squadrons
Sxty-sixth service squadron; Eleventh photo sec
ton and Forty-frst intelligence section. The
0retically the six frstnamed squadrons should
contain between Y and 10S airpanes of various
types
According to press accounts of Confidential in
formation" given recently to the house aircraft
committee behind closed doors" by General Hines
the figures the ratio of planes specified for mi
tial war strength for Hawaii and the number in
service are: specified observation planes 10, in
service, none; bombing 90 in service, o; pursuit
SO, in service, none.
1t Is stated the authority of a responsible
military source that the defenses Of Pearl harbor
include about twenty naval planes under Com
mander John Rodgers.
Are these third grand exercises, under these
conditions fair test of the defense capacity of
Pacific naval base? Do they approximate a
war test? The authorized answer to these ques-
lions is this:
"The exercises considered fair test under
conditions approxImatng those OF war as closely
is possible. 1t is regrettable that army forces,
due to lack Of funds, could not be used in coop
Grafton with the fleet attack. In that respect and
in that respect only the exercises are likely to
fall short Of a real war test"