The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-12
|PRIOE OF
| REGIMENT
I"F"CompanyWins
the Silver
Cup.
CAPTAIN JOHNSON
WAS LIONIZED
Competition Drill Of the First
Regiment Given Before a
Vast Audience.
= ATTAIN SAMUEL JOHNSON and

4
H. = Company of the First Regi-
meat. National Guard OF Hawaii.
were the winners In the competitive
drill held on Saturday afternoon ON
Capitol square. and for the second time
carried OF the prize silver cup. The
company rolled up the surprisingly
high percentage Of -. with the Hawaii
m company under Captain Nahora-
Hipa a close second with 50 per cent.
Three regular army officers were the
Judges. and were critical with every
mansuver executed. yet all confessed at
the conclusion Of the drill that r Com
pany's showing VAS almost perfect.
Shortly after / o'clock Capitol square
was bOrdered by "a dense mass OF hu-
manity. n Gordon 81 police keeping Il
clear from the Eva end OF the opera
house To the Eva side OF the square
and Richards street. The grand stand
at the latter end OF the square. which
was prOfusely decorated with flags. was
occupied by Acting Governor Cooper.
surrounded by his military stan. off,
GERS OF the army and navy. officials OF
/ the Federal and Territorial govern
ments. representatives OF foreign coun-
tries. and n large number Of ladies. In
the front row were Governor and Mrs.
Cooper. Admiral Merry. u. =. ~. Hon
John Barrett. Commissioner General %
the 81 Louis Exposition: Captain Rod
man. u =. N. Captain Williamson. l..
= A.: MatSr Davis. u. =. n: Mrs. Da-
Wis. CHIEF Js-tice Frcar. Justice and
Airs GaibEaith. ana Mrs. Robert VIII
cox. and near by were japanese COuruI
Mkt Saito an.t nmc. Saito. British
Commissioner Hoare. Mons. NizzavOna.
French Consul. Senior tsuavarrc. Por-
tusuesc Consul: Payne SER Han. L. =
y: Chinese Consul Yang Wei I'm
spanish Consul Alvarez and WIS. Al
vaTcz. Hon. \. =. Cleghorn.
At 1880 the regiment. headed BY the
government band. passed In review Us
tore Governor Cooper. With the req
ment were the field and stan officers :
and officers OF the day. as fouows:
Colonel j. w. Jones. Licut--Coi. q. j.
Mccarthy. Major -. W. Zcigicr. Major
j. NJ. Camara. Major q. a.. Cooper sur
Econ: Captain John Schaefcr. adJutant:
Captain z IL. Boyd. quartermastcr. |
captain Thomas y. Wall. ordnance Of
nceF5 Capt. q. l.. GarViu. assistant sur
Ecous Capt u. y. Meyers. assistant
surgeon Capt. MarStou Campbell. cT.-
Etuecrtug officer First Lieut.. a. IL
wright. battalion adJutsnt:s officer 81
the day. Major q. ". Ze-iEfer. fat I~ei- /
mcut. ~. -. IL: officer 80 the guard.
capt. j. \. Thompson. 60. H.. ist Reg
iusut. ~. q. H.
The regiment marched OF with the
band to the Capitol grounds. and
awaited there the orders TO appear
upon the field. The following order 81
Grill was observed:
First-Co. \. Captain Klcmme com
First Lieutenant r. 4
smith: seeoad Lieutenant. r. l.
SscOnd-Co. =. Captain Samuel John
son commanding: First Lieutenant. J.
W. short: Second Lieutenant W. W. ,
Carlyle.
Third-co. p. Captain L. ). Nahora
J. y. Mauioa: Second Lieutenant. Thos.
X skalia.
FOurth-Co. q. Captain GustaVc Rose
First Lieutenant. :. X
<auaiopiii; Second Lieutenant. Daniel
<ekauliks
Fifth-Co. 81. Captain W. u Riley
First Lieutenant. J. T..
i0rrnan; Second Lieutenant. n II.
Moore.
Captain Earle u. \. Pierce. First !.
first Lieutenant Harry ". Newton. all
e tn. Artillery Corps. 4. :. A. sta
toned at Camp Mckinley. were the .
Judges. and their rulings were satisfac-
orr. At the signal. Captain Ktsmmc's
orrpauy marched down the square to- -
sard the reviewing stand. The men =
marched well. but in coming Co a halt y
ompauy front before the Governor.
he line was crooked. Captain Eicwms ~
made the mistake % not dressing the y
1rwpauy b~for,. commencing the fac ~
ies. which told against him in the per- ~
eutaEes. Again when a street car =
tm- upon the parade ground. directly
pposiuE the company front formation. y
splendid chance was given e. make ~
80 % the obstruction maueuvcr % So -
ANY f0ura from right 20 rear. In
lead. both the ear and company were -
-ouEht t0 a halt. and Il was some time \,
rforc another order was given. The .