The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-30

gregation is divided. Committees
were appointed to look after the
contributions !. and the evidences of
plenty that were everywhere spread
out, proved that the committees had
done their work in no half-hearted
fashion. Mr.. A. L. Smith, under
whose special direction and manage
ment the arrangements had been
made and carried out, is entitled to
special credit for the magnificent
success of the whole affair. Returns
from the several committees, of
tickets sold, have not yet come in,
but the receipts will probably net
some seven hundred dollars.
THE COMPETITIVE DRILL.
Two o'clock, the appointed hour
for the competitive drill, found a
large audience in the Central Park
skating rink. His Majesty the King,
clad in Colonel's uniform of the
Kings Own, occupied the central
chair under canopy formed of the
royal standard and other flags, on
the makai side of the building. To
his right were Princesses Liliuoka.
lani, Likelike and Kaiulani; Hon.
Paul Neumann, Attorney General;
His Elk. Geo. w. Merrill, U. S.
Minister Resident, and Mrs. Merrill;
the British Commissioner, Major
Wodehouse; and Capt. Doughty,
of the Constance. Upon His Maj
esty's left sat Governor Dominis,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, and the
judges, Major Benson, U. S. A.,
Col. E. w. Purvis, Vice-Chamber-
lain, and Col. Opfergelt, of II. M.
staff. Col. c. H. Judd, Chamber
lain, and Col. G. p. Iaukea attended
the King. With very little delay
the first corps to be exhibited, the
Queens Own, commanded by Capt.
w. F. O'Connor, entered the build
ing, headed by the Royal Hawaiian
and Reformatory School bands. The
company made an agreeable appear
ance, its members all youthful and
very much of size. Their excel
lent marching upon entering drew
forth rounds of applause, repeated
as they proceeded with the exercises
given them. These demonstrations
apparently did more harm than
good, interfering with the martial
pose that at first excited admiration.
Their mammal, marching and firing
exercises, however, were markedly
excellent throughout, attesting TO the
very painstaking efforts the capita n
had bestowed upon the company
during its few months of existence.
The formation of square to resist
cavalry was executed in very soldierly
fashion, that and other manGuvres
creditably executed by them being
more than any of the other native
companies even attempted.
i Next entered the Honolulu Rifles,
headed by the Royal Band playing
Hawaii Ponoi, as were:all the COM
panies. Their neat and well-fitting
uniforms and very precise marching
evoked buzz of admiration and
hearty applause as they made the
initial circuit of the room. They
were exercised in a great variety of
tactics and evolutions, bearing them
selves throughout, with few excep.
tions, in fine martial style. The
exceptions were few individual
slips and an error or two in wheeling
and distancing when marching 10y
subdivisions in tours. Excepting
the Queens Own, no other company
ventured over anything like the ex
tent of ground covered by the Rifles
They mustered 32 strong on thi
occasion, under command of Lieut.
Mcleod.
The Kings Own, commanded b.
Capt. S. Nowlein, and numbering
fifty, marched in with excellent pre-
cision, and their subsequent march
ing was uniformly excellent. The.
were exercised in arms with grea
deal of repetition, doing fairly we'll
but their well-drilled PAGES ant
turnings were their browning exec
lence. Something commented upor
unfavorably in military circles j
that the officers stood in front of tn
company during firing exercises.
Fourth on the list was the Mama
lahoa Guards, mastering but twenty
eight rifles, and barring some fai
marching did not distinguish them
selves particularly. They were nc
so bad in their initial performance
as to deserve the ill-natured jeer
with which some spectators greete
them. Their worst fault was prob
ably general untidiness-soile
, uniforms, and belts and coat-tail
all awry. 1t was evident, at a
events, that their ungenerous receI
ton made their performances belo'
! the standard of their attainments.
Last to compete was the Prince
: Own, that made the best muster
| numbers of all, no less than sixty
six turning out under Captain M
aha. They were subjected to yer