Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-11-08
MIMIC japan WAR
MAUI JAPANESE GAVE
DISQUALIFICATION Of WARfARt
TO CELEBRATE MlKAoo's BIRTH.
DAY-MEN HAD BEEN DRILL.
Ed By VETERANS OF
CHINESE WAR.
tSpecial to The Bulletin. ]

Wailulu. Maui. Nov. 5.-Novcmber
Sd was a gala day among the Mikado's
subjects on Maui. During the forenoon
hundreds of Japanese from Hamnkua
poke. Paia and Waikiki assembled at
Kahului baseball grounds TO celebrate
the natal day of His Imperial Majesty
Mutsuhito, Emperor of japan and
Ruler of the Orient. The men. women
and children wore their holiday attire,
not the national kimona. but Hawoii'S
garb. coat and pantaloons for men and
boys, and holokus for women and girls,
and the looked smart and becoming in
their western garments.
Arches and flags constituted the
principal decorations at kahului. Jap
anese and American flags floated side
by side from flagstaffs, which spoke
In silent terms of the cordial relations
| existing between the two powers, at
least for the present.
Near the grand stand at Kahului
baseball grounds was erected an am.
pitheater in oriental fashion, beneath
| which the brawny sons of Japan WED
| with each other In wrestling matches.
| There were teams from PuuncnC. paia.
liamaliuapoko and Wailuku. and the
winners in each team won prizes
| ranging from tubs of sal,i 10 yards VI
white cotton. The grand stand was
crowded all day with spectators watch
! ing the COmbatants as they struggled
/ on the saud.banked ampitb"atur for
| victory, and as each winner threw his
opponent. there arose from the vast
multitude words OF praise for the hero
At o'clock In the afternoon q Jap.
ancse army crops from Paia and lta'
mnkuapolio about ono hundred strong
gave public exhibition Vi military
drill at Kahului grounds. The men
wore the uniform OF the regiment OF
First Army Corps Even the Fic'u
Marshal and his stan, the mounted
cavalry. the members Ol tho hospital
corps, the scouts, and the Shiu.0 priest
wore brilliant uniforms, and presented
an appearance not to be iospiaod even
by military mon While the men were
not members OF tho reserves, yet they
have been drilled In military tactiur
by japanese I'm paia aud Hamaluapuku
who have served their time In the ar
my and understand battle formations
The battalion was drawn up for tho
attack at precisely O'Clock. Tho
scouts reported that the Russians were
occupying entrenched strongholds on
the banks OF Shake river Tho buglCl
bounded the call for advance aud tho
battalion advanced In true japanese
fashion In open order. The attackin.
company fired yolleys in various posi-
,ions, standing and lying down. Ther
the reserves were called to take tn,
offensive. The hospital corps wer,
kept busy removing the killed an,
wounded while army surgeons attend
ed to them as they were brought II
from ne firing line. When In,
CHARGE" was given the battalion RAJ
, up in splendid open order formation
= The cavalry then rushed to the NJ
tack, cnCOuntcring the right wing q
the enemy, which were moved dow
like hay before the scythe. the caval
lNN'H NSlHk NUfll SdD'IN NllUue Ol lll
which. however, did not make then
Tin soldiers, and by this right fan
movement the right wing of the cncm
was prevented from retreat, and b.
u this most strategic move of Field Maj
Z ihal Oyama No. .. the enemy wer
taken captive but not without sirius
gle from the foe. While the entrcncl
l sd stronghold was being stormed. tn
Field Marshal" was all the while u,
u Ing his field glass and once in Will
p he would turn his glass to dlrectio
Numerically opposite To the positio
where the enemy was making a boil
q resistance.
= The exhibition was such perfeC
y Illustration Of the perfect mechanism
OF the MikadO's warriors on the la
" tlciicld that the only thing missin
was the field pieces with smokeles
u powder, The horses used by the ca,
"a airy were as puny as the ones use
70 by the japanese cavalry In the feel,
81 yet with such materials the wondrou
II COssaCks of the Car have met thei
!" equals. The celebration ended wit
10 Examinations In the evening. Ha
~ Prince Fushimi been here his bloc
W would have been thrilled AT the sigl
and II would have reminded him {
NJ Nanshan Hill
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