The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-04

master and hard work with his men
during the past several months had
worked wonders. They marched with
the precision of veterans and went
through the manual as one man.
Their best work was in the skiT'mish
drill. Here the non-coms. of the COM
pany covered themselves with glory.
The petty officers of the other COM
mands could not touch them with a
long pole. Order kneeling and lying
down was perfect. 1t was the only
company that executed these move
ments upon a precise tactical basis.
Nolley firing was little off, but
this weakness was more than balanced
off by the eXcellencv of the advances
and charges.
The work of Capt. Camara person
ally met with the highest commenda-
ton and was a feature of the evening.
From start to finish there was nicety
about every command and movement
that was highly gratifying. His voice
was loud and clear, and in the charges
and rallies he used the whistle to great
advantage. Not single error was
charged to the officers of the company
When C left the ground it was pat
eft that the prize was theirs. Capt.
Camara was at once surrounded by a
number of military friends and warm
ly congratulated
After the drill the judges met, COM
pared notes and addressed letter to
the President declaring Company c to
be the victors. Percentages were not
given on account of the fact that none
of the companies followed closely the
program laid down. Company a was
given second place, G third and d
fourth.
Company C's champion team was as
follows: j. NJ. Camara, Jr., Captain
commanding; NJ. Costa, first lieuten-
ant; First Sergeant j. Costa, Jr., act
| ing second lieutenant; Sergeants NJ.
Comes, \. 6. Silva, Jr., w. Speckman,
j. \. Gonsalves; Corporals j. Martina
and j. j. Carvalho; Privates Alves,
| Boneparte, Castano, Caldeira, Costa,
Jou qtsin, Ferriera, Jose Ferriera, Friet-
as, Fernandez, John Gomez, Antoine
| Comes. Guindinho, Garcia, Frank Go
mes, Gouveia Gaspar, Lindo, Mekia,
Mello, Olival, Perry, Phillips, Rod
riques, Roza, Souza, Santos, Silva, Ia
wares and Xavier.
NOTES.
Lieut.. Stanworth, the junior Judge
marched with the companies and
watched closely every movement. by
the way, he has the reputation of be,
ing one of the best drill masters on
the North Pacific Station, U. S. N.
and is an accomplished tactician.
Corp. Sam Johnson, company f, was
in charge of the guard around the
square.
Never before has the town taker
such an interest in a drill Enthus
iasm of the big crowd kept up all th'
evening. All the companies haC
friends who encouraged them with ap
plause.
a charge of Company G extended in
to the crowd on Hotel street. But th
was disturbed. A marched in tn
crowd in front of the drill shed, bu
in fine style.
All the companies celebrated" afte
the drill \ and ID had a large numbe
of friends in. G went over and wa
royalty entertained by c. The receI
ton in the latter's room lasted tw
hours. There was some speechmai
ing and toasts and big time was had
Quite number of Adams sailor
were present and took a live interes
in the drill.
Corp. Storey was on hand. He SAT-
if Company b had been in, the thin
would have been different.
ID did not expect to get even thir
place and is not the least wilted. A
things considered the battery hoy
really did better than was expected
Capt Mccarthy is in fine spirits an
says he is ready to ego 'em" again.
THE DECISION.
Headquarters, n. G. H., Honolulu
Sept. 3, 1896.
To the President: have tn
honor to report that our decision
rendered independently, resulte
unanimously in the following order {
merit for the companies competing O
the evening of the 3rd of this Septen
ber, for the prize offered by yourself
First, Company C;
Second. Company A;
Third, Company G.:
' Fourth, Company d.
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