The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14


the heavy wind which not only swept
across the LeiIehua plain on Sunday,
but carried off the roofs of some of his
buildings and played havoc with the
camp in general.
However, said Captain Cashier
later to a reporter. "we went right to
work and / am glad to say that the
camp is ready for the Fifth Cavalry
when they march out to it tomorrow.
might add that the mud is rather
deep there just now
Cooking Utensils at Camp.
Ten carloads of Fifth Cavalry bag
gage, furniture and camp equipment
arrived on the Lurline yesterday morn
ing and it was among the first stuff
landed There was every kind of
household furniture from churn and
dishpan to photograph horn and
refrigerator. There were water wagons
and officers Dougherties, chests for
soldiers and trunks for officers, tent
poles. and last but not least. the cook
ing utensils for the eight troops of the
two squadrons. The cooking utensils
were sorted out from the general mass
and shipped to Leilehua yesterday and
today when the troopers arrive after
their first march in Oahu hey will be
served with supper, just as if they had
merely returned from a practice march
to post which had been established
for years.
Tents Are ALI Up.
When the troopers arrive at Leile
hua they will move at once into tents
which have already been raised on
f1oorings and laid out in regular com
pany and camp streets. The mess halls
are ready and so are the kitchens and
comfort buildings. In fact, Captain
Cashier is handing over a readymade
post to Colonel Schuyler. 1T was
strain to do this but Captain Cashier
not only said he would do it, but the
War Department said so in cold black
and white.
The tents have been raised before
hand so that the troopers may move in
without delay They will have their
mounts to look after and
the fodder to lay out and
lot of things to do that
viii try soldierly patience. The sup
plies will be on hand, for among the
first things a commander looks after
is the commissary and quartermaster
departments. So these two depart
ments will be ready and filed.
Although there will be a temporary
hospital at Leilehua the Fort Shafter
hospital will be used for ailing troop
ers of the Fifth. The Fort Shafter
hospital has an efficient corps of medi-
cal officers and hospital corps men in
charge of Major Wadhams. His as
sistant, Lieut.. McCallum, NJ. R. c., re-
turned yesterday on the Thomas.
A Musical Welcome.
Despite the early hour of the trans
port s arrival the Hawaiian band, I'M
der the leadership of Captain Berger,
was on hand and soon the passengers
and officers and troopers were applaud
ing the selections. When Dixie was
played a great shout went up. The
Fifth Cavalry band did not respond,
reserving their initial bow to the pub
lie for last evening at the Beach.
1t was thought at first that the
Fifth S troopers might be sent ashore
to stretch their legs, but only the
casuals who are en- route to Manila
had this privilege. They We're lined
up, noses counted, photographed, some
detailed on various little duties about
ship but the majority were given lib
erty.
Great Mass of Baggage.
cit takes lot of work and worry
to carry regiment about, particularly
in time of peace remarked the Ser
geant Major, as he watched the sings
of freight working continuously from
deck to wharf, depositing loads of
boxes, baggage and all manner of truck
that aceumulates and goes along with
a regiment. And so it does. That
stuff represents many, many carloads.
Even the steamer Lurline had its
quota, bringing ten carloads of furni-
ture, ETC., belonging to officers and men.
But it will not be many days before
the entire outfit is all at Leilehua. The
one difficulty in getting the freight to
the camp win be the teaming across
country from the Wahiawa railroad to
the cantonment. The prairie is mass
of mud just now, and the heavily load
ed wagons sink deep into it.
Rough Trip of Thomas.
Everybody aboard the Thomas had
tale of woe concerning the trip of the
transport. From the very start the
vessel struck bad weather, and when
close to the Islands more bad weather
was experienced. The vessel pitched
and rolled uncomfortably, for those
inclined to be i'll, and even some of the
lmmunes were not altogether in the
best frame of mind.
The Number of Men.
The recapitulation of the officers,
troopers, casuals and passengers aboard
the Thomas is as follows: For Homo
lulu, 473 enlisted men, Is easuals and
steerage passengers. For Manila,
$40 enlisted men (army), 81 enlisted
men (navy), 3 casuals, Il cabin and IS
second, making a total of $40, or a
grand total of 1I1o.
Fifth Cavalry Officers.
Commissioned officers and families of