The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-19
TROOPERS OF FIFTH
CAVALRY SETTLE DOWN
IN THEIR NEW POST
(From Sundays Advertiser.)


spacious parade ground, on the oppo.
site side of which were the quarters
of the officers. extending in a single
line The parade ground is in the form
of horseshoe, the open side facing
toward Waialua, or almost due north,
and the closed side toward the south.
The officers quarters face due east,
and the enlisted mems mess halls face
west.
4 The troopers found their living
tents raised over plank platforms
raised several inches above the
ground. Around the edge of the plat.
/ forms a 2X4 plank was laid as a sort
of bulwark. By sleeping time each
! tent had been converted into a com.
Portable little bungalow.
AT the end of each troop street is
mess hall, containing pantry, cook
living room, large airy kitchen, and
commodious mess hall, the latter open
on all sides like a lanai. The mess
halls, arranged lengthwise, take up
one entire side of the wide parade
ground. There are ten of these, one
being used by the band and machine
gun platoon. Just opposite the quar-.
tiers of the officers show unique form
of architecture. Each comprises
central structure like long hall, with
narrow end, facing the parade. For
the bachelor officers there are two tent
wings on each side of this hall, form
ing four sleeping apartments, all open
ing upon the central hall or general
room. To the rear is structure
housing kitchen, shower bathroom,
toilet, etc.
Muchly- Married Regiment.
! There are. five sets of bachelor quar-.
ters for four officers each; FIVE sets for
field officers, including the residence of
the commanding officer, and fourteen
sets for married officers, for the Fifth
is muchly-married regiment.
AT the closed end of the parade
ground there is large frame building
designed as a bachelor officers club
house, including reading-room, bill
liard.room and general recreation hall.
This is one of the largest and most
commodious structures at the new
post.
In the exact center of the U, or
halfway between the officers mess
and the first enlisted mems mess hall,
is the headquarters building, used for
the administration of all post affairs.
There is an Office for the commanding
officer, one for the adjutant, one for
the sergeant major, and fourth for
the regimental clerks. A hallway di-
vides the offices into two sets. In
front of this building flagstaff will
shortly be raised.
Stockade Guardhouse.
On the right of the headquarters
building guardhouse Of unique design
is being built. 1t is stockade and
is referred to as such by the troopers.
1t is an enclosure surrounded by four
high wooden walls, open to the sky.
Around the outside within three feet
of the top a gallery has been built,
with sentry-boxes at the corners, to be
used by the guards. Platforms are be-
ing laid and on these tents will be
raised. The prisoners will therefore
never be confined in close interior,
but will always be exposed to the sun
light, have plenty of air and will sleep
in tents. Behind the headquarters
building small house is yet to be
built for the post printer, where Off.
cial bulletins, forms, notices, ETC., will
be printed
Behind the guardhouse magazine
and commissary supply building are
being erected. And behind these will
be built quarters for the n.commis-
stoned staff. These quarters were
omitted from the original plans and
will be built as soon as possible, for
five of the non commissioned officers
are married.
Yesterday the sites for the stables
were being leveled off by the engin-
GERS, and within two weeks temporary
quarters for the mounts will be in
readiness. Until then they will be kept
in quarantine in the open. Stakes
were also laid out by the engineers
to mark the road which will be made
within the parade ground, following
the line of an inner horseshoe. AS
soon as the road is finished, no driving
or riding will be permitted over the
parade ground except for parade pur-
poses. The margin of grass in front
of the officers quarters and the mess
halls will be moved down and kept
in trim, trees will be planted, and as
trees grow fast in Wamawa and Lei
lehua, the post a year from now should |
present beautiful picture.
Camp Cleanliness.
Last, but not least, between the Of
ficers' quarters and the foothills is the
camp of the constructing quartermas-
ter, Captain Cashier. Streets of tents
mark this camp, where have been
housed and fed nearly three hundred
workmen in the past six weeks. In
one of the tents Engineer Young had
his headquarters, and there the engin-
GERS have worked far into the nights
planning for the work of the following
days. Other tents were devoted to
dining rooms for the heads of jobs and
for the workmen. Picket lines for
mules and horses were laid out nearby.
This camp has been kept so clean as
to cause favorable comment from off
GERS of the Fifth Cavalry, who also
wondered why there was no camp lit
ter about the new post. This comment
caused Captain Cashier to smile broad
ly, and he communicated the praise to
the men under him.
Cosmopolitan Laborers.
"And ! want to say that i have
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