The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-06-21
THEY DRILL WELL
Mounted and Foot Police Make
Fine l0Filg.
OUT IN PUNAHOU PASTURE
Regular Movements and a Lot of
Fancy Observation-Disclosures.
Capt. Parker's Company.

4 quorum Of the House, number
Of Government officials, the members
OF a golf club, representatives of tbs
press. a hundred tourists and visitor:
from the other Islands, a dozen mill.
tary men and a strong delegation Of
citizens, including many ladies and
gentlemen awheel, witnessed the
police parade and drill in Punahou
pasture, Manoa valley, on Saturday
afternoon last
Marshal A. NJ. Brown directed the
display. The elements Of his hand
some and smart command were forty
eight foot police under Capt Robt.
Waipa Parker and the company of
mounted officers under Capt SpilIner.
The sun was shining brightly and
there was a fresh breeze from the head
of Manoa. a tent with refreshments
for distinguished guests had been pro-
vided by the commander-in-chief At
the head Of the House party was Rep
resentative Isenberg, who held the
reins over a spanking team. Repre-
sentative Pogue was the principal
critic on horsemanship AT home this
gentleman is one Of the rough riders
Of Maui.
The field for drilling is a level
sweep between two knobs. and if the
stones were cleared away would be an
absolutely perfect place for maneu-
Yering . much larger force than the
police can muster. II was a happy
-nuUght 10 carry the foot officers from
rOwn in 'busses. The way is long and
part Of il dusty and sharply up grade.
Tie drill began about 8 o'clock and
continued in a spirited manner for
nearly Two hours.
FIRST the cavalry was put through
company movements and executed
every command with the prettiest pre-
eisi0n- Then came a skirmish line
showing and next, in the company
formation, battle formation. The
firing line was sent out on foot. A
good many blank cartridges were
used. The cavalry company does ex-
teeLHgly well at fancy drilling. One
formation is a circle with the horses
al lying down and the officers firing
over their PROSTATE mounts. There
was the flavor of the theatrical in the
rescue at one time from the firing line
Of a wounded man by two messengers
from the reserve. The man was
raised up behind one of the riders
without any dismounting and carried
20 the rear with the horse bucking.
IL was in such work as Capt. Spill
ner's men are called upon TO do in
The course of patrol duty that they ex-
eelled at drill. A native pony pulling
d light break was sent across the field
at a top gallop. Two Of the officers
were started in pursuit and on each
tril succeeded in overhauling the out
Of in short order Geo. Noau. one of
Capt Parker's men. sat in the brake
and piled the whip vigorously.
This was a very exciting act.
A boy was mounted on horse
and rode for the hills at break neck
speed. Two of the cavalrymen went
after the runaway. One officer lifted
The boy from the saddle while the
other took charge of the frightened
horse. The mounted force is in
high state of proficiency.
The fame OF Capt. Robt. w. Parker
as drill master is one OF the institu-
Jions of the Islands He is a finished
tactician and has a fine control of
men. In the company for display
Capt. Parker's lieutenants were Can't.
Kanae and Lieut. Warran. For drill
or campaign service the foot police
have uniform Of bluejacket hats.
black sweaters, blue trousers and
brown leggings. They are armed with
the Lee-Remington rifle Capt. Park
er put his command through the man
nal Of arms and the school of the
company without a break. The men
size up beautifully and are all sturdy.
healthy and erect and with the snap
Of cadet company. They made a
most attractive stage picture moving
over the sward like a machine and
handling their rifles to truest caderce
The company did open order drill and
loading and firing by command and
firing at will in the best possible
style. The triumph of Parker and his
men came at the ten-minute exercise
0f manual of arms and bayonet with
ont command. In this climax the
forty-eight men did something that
appealed TO all the spectators as little
less than marvellous. The manual of
arms was old style, but neat and like
everything else, in absolute unison
Fhe bayenet exercise was from the
British, German and American regu-
iations and it would require extensive
travelling 10 see anything quite so
good.
Marshal Brown, Spillner, Parker
and the men themselves were most
heartily congratulated on the splendid
showing made and during the drilling
the applause was frequent. The only
drawback to the field work was the
necessity OF operating in single rank
and the errors of the afternoon. such
as would be checked by military
Judges, were very few indeed. The
requirements of the men are in
hrsr class condition and quite COM
pIete. The mounts of the cavalry
company are handsome Island horses
ven trained.
An Island Quartette.
John Ena. Jas. F. Morgan. Captain