The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14

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the makai side of the building. 10
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
Wodchouse and Capt. Doughty,
of the Constance. Upon His Maj.
esty's left sat Governor Dominis,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, and the
judges, Major Benson, L. S. A.,
Col. f. w. Purvis, Vice-Chambcr-
lain, and Col. Opfergclt, of II. NJ.
staff. Col. G. II. 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. +. 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 captain
had bestowed upon the company
during it's few months of existence.
The formation of square to resist
cavalry was executed in very soldierly
fashion, that and other maneuvres
creditably executed by them being
more than any of the other native
companies even attempted.
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 a 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 by
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 thir
occasion, under command of Lieut..
Mcleod.
| The Kings Own, commanded by
Capt. S. Nowlein, and numbering
fifty, marched in with excellent pre-
cision, and their subsequent march.
ing was uniformly excellent. They
were exercised in arms with a great
deal of repetition, doing fairly well
but their well-drilled PAGES an6
turnings were their browning excel
lence. Something commented upon
unfavorably in military circles is
that the officers stood in front of tho
company during firing exercises.
Fourth on the list was the Mama
lahoa Guards, mastering but twenty
eight rifles, and barring some fail
marching did not distinguish them
selves particularly. They were no
so bad in their initial performance
as to deserve the ill-natured jeer!
with which some spectators greeted
them. Their worst fault was prob
ably a general untidiness-soilec
uniforms, and belts and coat-tail
all awry. 1t was evident, at al
events, that their ungenerous recep
ton made their performances beloy
the standard of their attachments.
Last to compete was the Prince
Own, that made the best muster il
numbers of all, no less than sixty
six turning out under Captain Ka
aha. They were subjected to yer.
much the same drill as the King
Own, and, it is sufficient to say, di'
we'll as far as their exercises went
After the competitive drill, Will
the judges were forming their deci
sion, the Kings Guards entered
and, in addition to some eXcellen
marching evolutions, gave fin
) exhibition of bayonet exercises i
skirmishing order.
. A short season of suspense as t
: the successful competitors was re
! lieved by the Kings Own bein
heralded in by the Royal Band, t
receive the prize flag at the hand
of the King. The trophy was pre-
: sented by His Majesty with wei
chosen words of praise to the VIII
ners, accompanied by a charge
keep and honor the flag as toxic
of the anniversary of national ind
pendence.
: Headed by the Royal and Refo
: matory School Bands, the King
, Own marched from the buildin
u hearing their nratty new silke