The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-03
Hawaiian
SOLDIERS
Gen. Breckenridge
| Is Greatly
| Pleased.
TWO COMPANIES
PASS IN REVIEW
Inspection by Gov. Dole With
U. 5. Army and Navy Off.
GERS in Attendance.

| Hawaiians as militiamen Were intro
United States Army yesterday, and made
an excellent impression. 1t was the oc-
casion of a review by Governor Dole, OF
the two native companies of the gaurd,
| to which General J. c. Breckenridge was
invited as the guest of honor.
| Before the assembling of the Labor
Day parade the men of the two Hawaii
an companies, G and e, under command
of Captains Wilcox and Nahora-Hipa,
were assembled at the drill SIZED. The
upon the arrival of the reviewing party
were ins their places with stacked arms
ready for the call to attention. Cover
nor Dole was accompanied by Adjutant
General Soper, Colonel Jones, Major Ca
mara, Captain Schaeffer, Captain Ken
| AXE and Secretary Halves. General
Breckenridge had with him Major Robin
son, and there We're in addition the rep
resentatives of the navy, Captain Merry,
Captain White and Captain Pond
panies We're marched out, and the ground
! in front of the drill shed was the scene
of the evolutions of the troops. The men
were put through the manual of arms.
and some of the company evolutions
| They were in fine form, and acquitted
| themselves with credit throughout the
entire review. The men were at their
best in the manual of arms, and the i'm
| Ylyn Ctn Tod Of
minds of the men. After they had been
put through their PAGES the men were
dismissed, and the reviewing party went
to the executive building for the pur-
pose of seeing the Labor Day parade.
After that had passed the business of the
| inspection was resumed, and the entire
party went through the barracks, in
specting the company rooms, the general
drill shed and the quartermaster's de-
partments of the regiment
| General Breckenridge was greatly
pleased with the showing of the troops,
and after seeing them through their evo-
| lutions had but one recommendation to
make, that to their general drill there
| be added the bayonet exercise This
would in his opinion give 70 the local
troops the most thorough preparation for
their work, in case there should be de-
mand for their services in the defense OF
|
After seeing the men, Genera Breck-
| enridge said: IT am more than ever
convinced that these men would make
| excellent soldiers. They are receptive
and would take to training with avidity
They are soldiers in appearance, and
seem to be men who would be amenable
to discipline and with a good idea OF
what soldier needs. They understand
the work and are fine looking men. In
fact, have seldom seen men who ap-
peared to be In, such good shape for their
work as these.
| Others of the reviewing party took the
same view of the men in uniform as the
General, and they said that they would
be greatly pleased If the plan of Gen.
eral Breckenridge for the enlistment OF
the battalion of Hawaiians should &c
through Governor Dole added his en-.
dorsement to the plan by telling Genera
Breckenridge personally that he thought
the men would make good soldiers, ant
that they would serve in any part of the
country as well as they would at home
The morning was concluded by the gen
eral by an inspection of the capitol an6
the pictures which are stored therein.