. Hawaii, past and present . the most important station in the Isl-ands. Here are stationed the 1st Hawaiian Bri-gade (1st and 25th Regiments of Infantry), the4th Cavalry, and the 1st Field Artillery. Con-create quarters have been provided for one regi-ment of infantry and for two squadrons of cav-alry, but the remaining troops live as best theymay in board and batten shacks. The coast defenses of Oahu include Forts Arm-strong, De Russy, Kamehameha and Ruger, andare under a single command. Fort Armstrong isthe saluting station for the port of Honolulu. Itis built on the Kaakaukukui Reef, one m
. Hawaii, past and present . the most important station in the Isl-ands. Here are stationed the 1st Hawaiian Bri-gade (1st and 25th Regiments of Infantry), the4th Cavalry, and the 1st Field Artillery. Con-create quarters have been provided for one regi-ment of infantry and for two squadrons of cav-alry, but the remaining troops live as best theymay in board and batten shacks. The coast defenses of Oahu include Forts Arm-strong, De Russy, Kamehameha and Ruger, andare under a single command. Fort Armstrong isthe saluting station for the port of Honolulu. Itis built on the Kaakaukukui Reef, one mile fromthe centre of the city and at the entrance of theharbour. Its area is 64 acres, and it has as gar-rison the 104th Company (Mine) of the CoastArtillery Corps. Both officers and men arewretchedly housed in temporary board and bat-ten shacks, although the fort has been in use forthree years. Fort De Russy, with an area of 74acres, is situated on the Waikiki Military Reser-vation, three miles southeast of the city. It is. m& THE ARMY AND NAVY IN HAWAII 91 garrisoned by the 10th and 55th Companies,Coast Artillery Corps. This post is on thebeach, in a rather warm situation, but for yearsthe troops have lived in tents and temporaryshacks, which are, however, at last being replacedby proper frame quarters. It is obvious that whena nation is suddenly called upon to occupy newterritory, to build extensive fortifications, and toprovide for large numbers of troops in entirelynew quarters, everything cannot be done at the United States has held Hawaii for nearlytwenty years, and almost from the beginning ofthat time large garrisons were planned. Yet to-day there is decent accommodation for hardly halfthe troops. For the uninformed outsider it is verydifficult to understand what political considera-tions could bring about this shameful neglect onthe part of the Government for the health, themorals, and the physical well-being of its own ser-vants. The soldier in the regular
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