The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-18
ATIONAL GUARDSMEN
RETURN FROM CAMP PERRY

III
The boys Of the rifle team of the
htional Guard Of Hawaii are back
bgain from Camp Perry, arriving SAT-
bHrday morning on the Alameda. They
| all express themselves as delighted
with their trip and state that they had
a fine time from the minute they left
Honolulu till they were welcomed
ashore Saturday morning. 4
1t is true that the steamer Alameda
is in debt to some of them for meals,
in fact Sergeant Barry states positive
iy that the steamship company is TWEEN
ty7eight meals ahead of him, eighteen
on the way up and nine on the return
trip. In spite of this they had very
good time on board as soon as they
found their sea legs and it was not
long before their famous sextet got
busy.
Six of the rifle shooters are clever
musicians, Captain Coster, Lieutenant
Evans, Sergeant "Spidern Evans,
Sergeant "Dudiev Lemon, Sergeant
Will Chillingworth and Sergeant Hop
kins. With the aid of one ukulele, two
mandolins and one guitar and the
ship g piano these six got together and
~vnv' music of the Hawaiian variety
intense delight of the other pas.
KS.
twas not only aboard ship that
lmade a hit but all the way from
Francisco to Camp Perry, during
stay in camp and on the return,
were kept busy by audiences who
1. gtantly elamored for more of their
ghtful Hawaiian songs and tunes.
LIN the way from San Francisco to
lcago the train was stalled for about
If an hour at desert station in
vada. Immediately the band col
tied and a dance was held in the
Zion house. Not only all the wo-
IN from both sections of the train
1t some desert bellies as well took
art and there was a very merry time
htil the conductor gave the unwelcome
hgnal for all aboard.
1t was rough trip to San Francisco
from here and the boat was nine hours
4 late. Arrived in San Francisco they
went directly to the Jefferson Hotel
where they stayed two days. Finally
they boarded their special car on the
Oakland mole and started on their long
/ journey across the continent to the
! SHORES of Lake Erie
They had very comfortable trip OF
~ taken all round. Sometimes they
u Ia ~ dinner on the train and some
4 Hh5 they did not There was once
9Th they went thirteen hours without
"a and were beginning to feel UNI
tmmonly empty when a welcome sta
son was reached where there was a
restaurant.
They arrived in Camp Perry late in
,e evening of the fourth day before
e shoot opened and few knew of their
val. Blanchard and Barry took
axes and went into the woods
ERE they felled a tree, stripped it
I'd made forty-two-foot flag pole ou,
it. Then they returned to camp
With their trophy, dug hole, planted
the pole and, early in the morning
burned out and hoisted large silk Ha
waiian flag.
When all the other campers saw the
flag they Immediately crowded rount
to welcome the newcomers and ther
4 there was more work for the band ant
the other National Guardsmen were 81
taken with their music that they wer
never allowed leisure minute withou
somebody shouting for music from tn
Hawaiians.
The days before the shoot com
menced were taken up with practise a
N different ranges. All of the member
of the team carried away eighty pc
MI cent. medals, which are given for prac
Nj tice. work at the -hundred-yart
range.
When the first day of the shoot av
rived and the drawing for position wa
made, Captain Riley was fortunat'
enough to draw number three, whicl
Y gave the team the right.hand large
and thus obviated that stage frigh
confusion of targets which is SO liabl
zs.ka steal into a team Of the best marks
y in the world. At this range on
Is did very well and finished up j
fifteenth place.
hey dropped back badly, however
1.-THE skirmish shooting, and thing
ked very bad until the long rang
70 yards was reached. Lieuteian
Iitehead was under the weather tina
and his place was taken by Ser
ant Sumner. 1t was mean day
1. wind was blowipo in hard fifth