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Show HONOLULU MOVfHENr PLANNED LONG AGO WASHINGTON, March II. Tho Second Infantry is being sent to Honolulu In accordance ac-cordance with a general order Issued by Oea. Leonard Wood, chief of Starr of the array, on November t. last- The two battalions of this regiment, which are now en route for San Francisco will sail within a few daya. It waa tho original intention to send them March ft, but their departure was delayed by the sending of tho Chlneee relief on the army transport Buford. Tha third battalion of ths second sec-ond Infantry Is now at Fort D. A. Russell, Rus-sell, Wyo., taking care of that post tn tha absence of Ita regular garrison In the south. This battalion will sail tor Honolulu Hono-lulu June 5. Two batteries of field artillery will sail for tho Inlands on July 6. The only battalion bat-talion of the twentieth Infantry now at Honolulu will return to the United titates on tho arrival of the full regiment. All this. It Is pointed out at the war department, de-partment, la merely carrying out a plan worked out aeveral months ago for Increasing In-creasing tha inadequate garrison at Honolulu. |