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HONOLULU STAK-BULLETIN, MONDAY; OCT. li, 1012.
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At a Bpecial meeting helfl to 'Central
1 nion Church, jesterday, Rev. and
Mrs. Dean Rockwell Wick es; were offl
claUy:eomaHSEione by Dr.; Uorerailp
Scudder.aa jnisionarleff 'ror service In
llrf-i North China Mission, and weid
pit ten ted with the -commission of the
American Board ef fJcrmtnlssionerB for
Foretea Mtesions. It la regarded as
an Important event' in the history t of
the church as never before has a sim
ilar presentation been' made. Rev. &5i
Mrs. WIckes being sent here atf mis
sionaries vtsy" the Amrican Board at
the, laymen's missionary committee;
They haT been assigned work in the
North China Mission, at Peking, and
will devote the first few years ut the
study of the- feoguHge,-, after . which
they will be assigned 1o a permanent
statloir by the mission. -:.?':.
- Both Mr. and Mrs. Wlckes art col
lege gradirateS, having studied for tt?
particular line of work'ln which they
are' both iBterested, Mr. Wfckes gradu
ated from the Chicago- University In
1305, with honors and the degree of
Ph. B, n entered the1 Tale Divinity
School and graduated In 1909, later re
turning to tho Chicago University
where Ife took up the New Testament
and Religious Education' and gradu
ated, with the degree of Ph. D. : Kver
sice 1902 Mr. Wickes had planned to
give his life work in China, and after
being ordained at Oak-Park;. Septem
ber 9, 1912, came to Honolulu; r V ;
Mrs. Wickes graduated' from Vasaar
h 107 as a Phi Betta Kappa, and
with the degree of A. B. One' year
later she took the degree on : A. M.
From 1902 to 1900 she eerved as as
slstent In. astronomy and tutbr in eco
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nomics and sociology a$ Vassar, and in
Chicago took up the study1 of social in
vestigation. Sbe became .Mrs.' Wickes
on August 24v 1912. f For many years
sbe has studied with the Intention of
devoting her life to social service ana
lr China expects to find full scope for
her powers along this line. : : ,:
Rev. A. A. Ebersple, associate, minis
ter, preached the sermon of presenta
tion, h He said In part:
f The. text, Is:. "As the .Father has
sent me, BVen ,so send 'I yoiLJohn
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The" appointment .of the r twelve
apostles was -. the; most ' momentous
achievement of ) Jesus'; earthly minis
try, for in that ' moment he laid the
foundation' stone of the church; and';
in. that act he declared, for all time
the method by which the Kingdom ol
God. was to be built up. It marked
also a turning point. In hii own life
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Hitherton ; he had been engaged In
winning disciples,' and in teaching
them by spoken word and healing
miracle, the nature of the new, order
which; He came to inaugurate.;'
; But; already the opposition ' amonrj
the ' religious leaders had become, so
intense - that "ho clearly ; foresaw the
ultimate outtome and realized that
if the truth about God which He had
begun to reveal, "was not ' to perish
wlth llinv.He must appoint messen
gers who should bear tho Good , Word
to the many whom he . could , riot hope
to:reach.:" ";. ; .' i '
And so "He called his disciples, and
He chose fr6m them twelve .whom he
also named apostles." .
That Is ,all. we.1 are told; ; but the
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Owing to, qusantine
full significance of that seemingly?
simple act cannot be measured. These)
were the men upon whom hung the!
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future fate of Christianity.
; Today we present the formal com
misflon of the American Board of
Commissioners to cnir brother and
sisrer who are soon to journey on
ward to China, there to assist others
who have already preceded them. In
teaching the principles of the Chris
tian religion to the rising generation
in that new republic.
Christ has railed them to be apos
tles, and today they answei that call
Us they accept from the church their
commission.
As they go, they will bear the same
message as did , the first apostles,
saying to the young men and young
women of 'China, as they shall teach;
them and lead them into service;
"The Kingdom of Heaven Is at hand j
for while they may not themselves!
heal the sick, raise the . dead or'
cleanse the lepers, w;e shall expect;
them to cast put devils, for we be
lieve "They "bear In their hands and
hearts the. gospel which shall set free
those who are still bound by Ignor
ance and' superstition.
As we, the members of this church,
In this commission service, link our
selves to ;them. for the accomplish
roent of this work, shall we not also
In this hour determine anew, each of
us, to accept our mission . and .. go
lorth as, appstles for Christ : if not
Into , some foreign "field, then out into
this community ;. and where the need
Is so great and the laborers still too
few. ....
: We are all called' to be apostles,
every one of us who confesses to be
lieve in Christ. ; Just as truly as are
these, our brother and sister, who go
as missionaries to China; "Let us
then, .as we Join hand "with hand,
pledge - ourselVes heart and heart ' to
be true to' our apostleship, . remem
bering the words of our Master: "As
the Father has sent Me, even so send
I you." " : i
There is one question Which every
honest disciple must ask and keep on
asking until he is sure he has found
the answer: "Lord, what will Thou
tave me to do?" "The probability Is
that to most of us that ffuswer will
be ""Serve roe more unselfishly, where
yon arer help out ' in the good" work
which is being carried on in this city
and in these islands," giving all you
chn of your means. " But to 'others,
the- call 'will become lincreasmgly
fMnf ttlTA fnfctatont-' ' "fin : toll C tho
Good Tidings" to others; Be a mes-j
senger of mine- to the people. In some
distant land.
Isn't it' about time that this great
church furnished some volunteers T to
Christ's army at the front? Of our
money we are wonderfully . generous,
But, oh that the ; some ' of the splen
did sons and- daughters which are be
ing educated in the Eastern Schools
should come back "fired with the
same missionary zeal ; which sent their
forefathers to these islands and
should say to their parents and . to
this church: "Here I am, send me."
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An Act in Keeping
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By C. S.ALBERT
Special SUr-BultetiA Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Oct, 1. In the fu
ture officers and enlisted men in the
army who are absent from duty on
account of disability resulting from
drunkenness or any form of dissipa
tion will forfeit their pay for the
period of such abserice. That discip
linary measure Is specially pro
vided for in the army appropriation
bill passed at the latest session of Con
gress. ,
Offenders wil be reached by nota
tions which will be made In the daily
sick report whether disability results
from activity in line of duty or other
wise. These entries are to be made
by company 'commanders and sur
geons. When the findings of those of
ficers are in accord and receive tue
approval of the commanding officer
they to be final. .
If It Is impracticable to determine in
the month in which absence from duty
occurs .that such absence was due to
causes which should deprive the sol
died .pi his pay for that or any sub
sequent month until the cause of the
absence from duty has' been . deter
mined.: ... ' . ' .
. - In the case of a company command
er or of an officer or enlisted man riot
carried upon the rolls of a company
the duties hereinbefore required of the
company commander. will be perform
ed by the next superior officer under
whote command or direction the offi
cer or enlisted man concerned may be
serving.
Report has been received In Wash
ington of the success ih France of
Lieut, Reilly ' Bcott, formerly of the
United States Army, in the big Miche
Iiri omb-dropplng competition held at
Monrmelon. Lieut Scott Is a graduate
of West Point. . After his resignation
from the army lie developed an instru
ment: for dropping bombs from aero
planes.. It was the firtt instrument of
piecisiori for; bomb' dropping ever in
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.: It depended on setting a telescope
at a previously ..determined angle, de
pending, on the ; height and speed of
the aeroplane v The bomb was uros-J
pea waen uie cruas uairs at iue leie
scope cut the target. This eliminated,
the personal factor arid . made . bomb
dropping a matter of calculation and
not judgment. U ,
Lieut Scott was at College . Park t
God grant that the day may not be
far distant when we shall see that
hope realizejW , Oh. friends, let U3
pray for It. Let us pray , the Lord of
the harvest that he may send forth
laborers into his harvest and that he
may.,, find some.. ;of those .Jahorers
among the young people of our own
beloved .church. -fc ... ; ..;
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year ago and tried the device on an
aeroplane driven i by Lieut. Thomas
Milling. The aeroplane war not pow
erful enough to reach aay great heignt
and in spite of the fact that the ex
periments were fairly : ruccesstuU
Lieut Scott received no great encour
agement from the War Department
Soon after this it was announced
fiat M. Michel! hid offerer prizes ag
gregating 20,000 for a bomb-droppntg
competition in France, and ?at No
vember Lieut Scott went ibroad. He
bas been working at the device ever
since and was finally declared the win
ner of the MIchelin contest Lieut.
Renault Lieut Bodsiquet and Liurt.
Varcln, all of the French army, were
his closett competitors.
In the high-score contest for a prize
of 15000, Lieut Scott dropped efght
bombs on a tarfet -'the. size of a dirigi
ble balloon house. He was operating
at a height of from 2600 to 2700 feet
The weather conditions were very
bad. The eight . bombs were dropped
in fifty minutes. t I
r In another contest for a prize of
110,000 for the largest number of fif:
teen-pound combs dropped in a circle
sixty feet In diameter, Liuet. Scott
piaced eight In the circle and 1 was
again the winner. .' :
Promotions In the line of the army
may be materially checked, dining
the next six or twelve months bv thti
consolidation of the three supply de-
partments. Already quite a number
of officers ' who! are due for, promo
tion have been set back In order to
start the process of . absorbing those
who will ; bev relieved - from the new
department Although not yet; finally
settled, j ir is probable that nine offi
cers will be absorbed by the cavalry,
eighteen by the infantry, nine, by the
coast artillery and. three by the field
artillery, - Forty In all are to be ab
sorbed, j 1 ; V :' ?..:
' In constructing the provision of the
army" appropriation, bill providing for
enlisted men in ,the newly organised
Quartermaster Corps, Judge Advocate
General Crowder has . ruled that civil J
Ian employes arid employes of "the
classified service iriay be replaced by
enlisted men.:. in .: his- opinion the
changes . can . be - made, as vacancies
occur. The law gives the Secretary
of War authority to formulate regu
lations designating how these chang
es shall be made. , The ruling permits
the quartermaster gencrai to preceed
at once with the orgariization of the
enlisted force in the new Quartermas
ter Corps in anticipation of the con
solidation of the . three supply depart
ments November" L. - -;
Stokers cf the United . States navy
but rarely "are prostrated . by heat, ac
cording to Surgeon Charles K Fiske,
U.SJJV In art" address to the scctlpnaboufr 70 per cent of the officers below
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-( of '.the. congress on "The Hygiene of
vccupaxions. ;v r ice, regaraiets or it character, wi.i I ;
"Statistics has. oeen compiled which sent back to their organizations, ft i"
show that, only twenty deaths and estimated that such action will er.ta'.;
thirty-two inralidings from the ser- ari expense of about I100.COO for I ran:
vice on account of heat stroke have portation alone,' ; ' V
been recorded during the last thirty-j Although not finally settled, tbe V.'z
five years, be.said. . : .. I Department authorities are IncU.-.M t
"It woultf indicate that heat pros- construe the expression, ta the ut.-.
tratlon has. been of comparatively, "actnaUy present for duty wit a ire
little lmrortance to the service as a battery or company," as being actual
whole. i r ! in command of an orgaaizatlcJi. All
The lessons ojt . thp. tamoaa 3VhUe otherservlce, according to constn; r
Squadron, 'and all. of the earlier tion. Is on detached service. 02!ccr
classes of steam, propelled cruisers "op; the. sick. 1UC on regimental six",
and gunboats included, lessons in exclusively, with machine gun con
sanitation and noticeably :a. veniila- panics or on any 'duty than, wifh a
tion. have been used; profitably In the company, troop or. battery are to I:
designing and equipment in all but cfcrued as detached. .
the earliest class- of battleships and
armored crufsersv , '.
Twelve officera of .field . rank, sta-
tloned at posts In; the eastern division j really, "present for 2t3r with a co re
assembled at For Myerfr,Va..Wednes-;pany, as he, might be assigned to con
day afternoon, October 9. for the an-'cand one.at any time. But that co
nual physical examination prescribed ten tlott has not.been sustaiced by th
by the army regnladons, which - In
eludes a test ride .under service con
ditions. j
.The! list embraces CoL. Frank Baker,
ordnance department; Col., Arthur C.
Ducat infantry ; Lieut. Cols. Lansing
H. Beach, Joseph E.. Kuha and Fran
cis R. Shunk. Corps of 'Engineers;
Majs. Evan . M. Johnson, ,-Jr.. Infan
try ; Richard ? .C. Croxton, infantry ;
Charles S. Farnsworth, 16th infan
try; Jesse ' C Nichols; ordnance de
partment; Robert ; Alexander. Infan-
f rrj', and George j Left Irwtn and. J.
IX L. Hart man, quartermasters de
partment. 1 . .
Naval officials are Interested in an
t unconfirmed report that Great Britain
bas arranged to bhild a more power
ful battleship than the Pennsylvania,
the projected leviathan of the United
States Navy. - The British ship. It is
declared, will have a. speed of- twenty
elyht knots an hour and a main; bat
tery of ten flfteen-lneh yuns. Accord
inf to report the keel of the ney mon
ster wil be laid in December,. ana the
ship completed In two years', time
slightly ahead of the American dread
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Miss Elsie Crose, the fourteen year
old daughter, of ; Lieut Commander
William Uw Crose naral commander
and - governor of the : Samoaa ; Island
groups who came here, several days
ago, made herself so popular with the
natives of Samoa that the honorary
title of 'princess' was conferred upon
her. : Miss Crose is to attend school
at the Notre Dame Academy In Balti
more,' and came to; this city .to1 - visit
friends before taking up her studies.
. She is staying at the home of Lieut
Ccmmander and Mrs. Thomas J. Sean.
18 65 Mintwood . place northwest ; ,
If the Secretary of "War approves
the' Interpretation given by Judge Ad
vocate General Crowder to the Pro
visions of the, latest -amy approprla
tion- bill governing detached service.
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the rant of major on detached srr-
The War Department was la?I2nr !
tvgfve the law wider and more liber
al construction. It was contended th::
an officer on the regimental sti.f wa
- - lega. autfipriues. Attentioa u car. '.
U the fact that the expression "in
ent fer duty Is the Unguals cf t-
morning report of a company. Burl:
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was suggested Jo the congress! ; r. '.
committee that "regiment" shouli t.-
substituted for . "company but tz-.i
suggestion was rejected and the I'.'.)
passed la'lts present form It Is cc.v
tended that Congress, after a cart: 1
examination of this and a nuratr rr
other changes, has deliberately t -
liltd- that all officers betow- r;
major who are not actually; c.i - .:.
with a company orginlzatios must t -conslrered
as detached ,
. The view Is prcdlctcl ca ths f : i
that further down, la tht law It i3 r"
vlded tha "such oncers stall r.:: I
detached or permitted to ttil:i (. -tiched
from such trocp, tatlrry t:
ccmpany for duty of asy k.i." 7
I wards "for s duty of any k!ni," It !
argued are a: provision so trcai t .
it covers regimental stall o.TIc-ri c.
efficers on any duty, even If tcy ar-j
attached, to troops.
" The execution of the law wcuM r, :k.
result Iri.sach a large exper.sc. l: i
said, If it were not retroactive In '
feet Until Its pasrage or.ccrs ca r ;
with troops as reglmeratal tlz.2 c. .
wereittot regarded as dstac-:. N.::'
er wers they classed as dstici: 1 r -on'
rich , leave or. ssrvrr. c. c:
jrartial. . But all such duty Ii no :. ' :
to be detached duty., azi cT-Iccrs v,l
did not expect to return ta' their r
panles for a year of two nuct I.) c
duty with, them by Decer:t:r i: t
comply with the law, If they era r
then: with their companies t:!r r
Land, allowances will be fcrr;;!l;J. I,
urally.tbe.War Department flcr.i r '
Intend to. take ny chances in I't
forcement of the law.V It 13 t
that most of the o!!Iceri below t.
rank. of major, on duty cr unJ.-r t:
ders for- military servl sc.'-. :. .'
must be cent back to their ccn:;:-..:.
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