Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawai‘i, abbreviated officially as T.H., was established on 7 July, 1898 and dissolved on 21 August, 1959 when Hawai‘i became a state. The U.S. Congress passed the Newlands Resolution which annexed the former Kingdom of Hawai‘i and later Republic of Hawai‘i to the United States. Hawai‘i's territorial history includes a period from 1941 to 1944 when the islands were placed under martial law. Civilian government was dissolved and a military governor was appointed.

Military bases

With annexation, the United States saw Hawai‘i as its most strategic military asset. McKinley and his successor U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt expanded the military presence in Hawai‘i and established several key bases, some still in use today. By 1906, the entire island of O‘ahu was being fortified at the coastlines with the construction of a "Ring of Steel," a series of gun batteries mounted on steel coastal walls. One of the only surviving batteries completed in 1911, Battery Randolph, is today the site of the Hawai‘i Army Museum.

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List of Territorial Installations:

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• Camp McKinley (Est. 1898)
• Fort Kamehameha (Est. 1907)
• Pearl Harbor Naval Base (Est. 1908)
• Fort Shafter (Est. 1907)
• Fort Ruger (Est. 1909)
• Schofield Barracks (Est. 1909)
• Battery Closson (Est. 1911)
• Battery Dudley (Est. 1911)
• Battery Randolph (Est. 1911)
• Fort DeRussy (Est. 1915)
• Wheeler Army Airfield (Est. 1922)