Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-18
ideal POST IS STARTED ON
GRAND PLATEAU OF [EHEHUA


lanai.
The bath is equipped only with a
shower, but II Is very conveniently ar.
ranged On n whole the quarters are
marvels when one considers the mat
terials from which they had to be con.
structed. They are roomy sanitary,
and above all, airy and clean.
The officers Club.
At one end of Officers row" Is an
artistic little bungalow which serves
as the officers club. There the I'M.
married officers will mess and there
the files Of the papers and magazines
will be kept. The building is not quite
completed. but will be 50 within "A
very few days.
Later when the permanent post Is
finished. the building will he used as
ithe post exchange, but It will continue
to do as the officers club until that |
, time.
At one end OF the parade, occupying
Il position midway between the troop |
mess rooms and the officers quarters.
is the administration building. contain. |
ing Offices for the commanding officer
and his stan.
| A Soldier Jail.
In back OF the administration build, |
| ing is the stockade. This structure is |
for the enjoyment OF the obstreperous |
soldier who may stray from the
straight and narrow path. The victim
| of his own folly who lands there will
undergo no cruel nor unusual punish
ment: he will not be deprived OF exer.
else nor food. but he will probably care
to visit the place but once.
1t Is miniature camp, provided with
tents and all of the conveniences which
any OF the soldiers enjoy; there Is
space for ample pedestrian exercise.
and everything that reasonable man
could ask. But around the whole Is a
high fence. a runway around the en-.
tire enclosure provides a foot path for
the sentry and all Of the time that
sentry will pace around and around.
The view of the inside Of the stock.
AIDE fence. and the sight Of the kahki.
clad sentinel walking past on the foot.
l
ishment to most any man.
: Well to one end of the camp are the
J. quarters for the married soldiers Of the
regiment. OF these there are several,
c and their part of the cantonment Is q
J. little town all by itself. They have
!, no reason to call ON the rest of the
n garrison for anything, aud the site al.
I lotted them is one of the most slightly
s In the whole post. ..
II Plenty Of Elbow Room.
+ One of the things that lmpresses the
Il visitor at once is the roominess, of the
d cantonment. Absolutely nothing has
Leen crowded, and one has feeling
a that there il plenty of elbow room.
g. The post was laid out by Major Eos.
. ter of the Fifth Cavalry. a veteran sol.
c der and old-time quartermaster, and
g the experience of years of campaign.
= ing under all conditions stood him. and
the regiment as well, in good stead.
n The drill ground Is large enough for
s the evolutiOns Of a brigade of troops
e and can be used equally well for cav.
n airy drill or for polo play.
r Abundant Water. ...
!, There is an ample supply of pure
, water, derived from the neighboring
b mountains. A dam was constructed In
!. the mountains and the water falls by
gravity to the cantonment.
That Leilehua cantonment must be.
0 come a favorite resort with Honolu.
{ lans is a certainty. The Fifth Cavalry
i band Is a famous musical organization
$ and reglmental drill, mounted, is Z
e sight which Is well calculated TO send
1 II thrill through the heart OF the most
sluggish. ~
. Courtly Colonel Schuyler Is an ideal
i host and within n very brief space
g of time the cantonment will be one OF
the boosted possessions OF this city.
= Work on the permanent $4,000, 900
concrete post will commence at once.
Captain Cashier was ordered here to
$ construct the post and he will not
!. leave until the work Is accomplished.
l. The present cantonment was only a
S side issue, necessitated by the fact
l. that the regiment had to come here
!, long before the more substantial struc.
@ lures could be built.