The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-19

post in general are numerous water
pipes. There are three miles of water
pipes over the post, water going to
each officers quarters for kitchen.
toilet and bathrooms, to the mess
halls, to the bath and shower rooms of
the troops, and everywhere that il is
needed. The water supply comes from
gulch below Waianae Gap, where the
government has n reservoir with two
big water tanks on the uplands, to
which the water is lifted by n pump.
The sewer system in the post is excel
lent, there being over three miles of
piping for this system alone,
Like Active Service.
When the o. r. & l.. train arrived
at Wahiawa yesterday before noon the
station looked like the rendezvous for
n military force on active service.
Troopers with revolvers stood on guard
about great piles of military supplies
baggage and camp odds and ends;
their mounts were picketed nearby;
strings of mules were attached to big
numbering army wagons which were
being piled high with camp supplies.
Whips cracked. the wagon transports
started off, some with two mules, some
with four, and in few hours the line
reached out toward the camp almost as
far as the eve could reach. The Quar-
termaster's Department had twenty
five four-mule wagons in service, and
ten more came up from Honolulu yes.
terday supplied by HustacePeck & Co.
All day long the wagons toiled over
the road between the railroad station
and the post. The way ran over roads
that were churned to miserable mire
during the recent rains, when wagons
sank to the hubs and the drivers swore
in picturesque army style Drivers
left the main road and cut off through
the lantana and guava bushes, and
roads now mark the plain in parallel
lines.
New Military Road.
The wagon road to the post is a mat
ter of some concern to the army peo-
pie. Without railroad spur the dis
lance to the station seems great, and
the best results can only be obtained
by means of good road. This road
the army may have to build. The
county officials may be called upon to
look after the bridge crossing the
stream near Wahiawa. Continuous
heavy teaming over it is wearing out
the planks and some of the transfers
are doubtful as to its safety if the
strain is constant. They fear the sup
ports are too frail.
Persons who are not acquainted with
the ways of military post hardly
realize that n large-sized community
has been picked up in Arizona and
deposited bodily at Leilehua. The camp
has a population of twenty-nine officers
and 552 enlisted men, and in addition
A lieutenant, and twenty-five enlisted
men of the engineer corps are camped
out close by, engaged in surveying and
other military work.
Enormous Supplies Consumed.
The amount of supplies necessary for
this large population and the half thou.
sand horses, is anarge item. For in
stance the rations of the troopers alone
amount to about 1900 pounds per day,
and it takes 1850 pounds of ice to sup.
ply the post. For the 500 horses, using
that as round number, the govern
ment allows for each twelve pounds or
grain and fourteen pounds of hay, or
twenty-six pounds of fodder altogether,
making a total of about $4,000 pounds
of fodder consumed every day by the
inmates of the stables. That it requires
a tremendous amount of reserve for
these animals was evidenced by the
great deposits of grain and hay lying
on the ground at the Leilehua siding.
Order of Exercises.
Adiutant Forsyth posted the first or.
der on Friday, as follows:
Reveille, first call .......... 5:45 A. m.
Assembly .............. -
Mess call ................. o:lo "
Stable can ....,.......... O:45 ~
SICK call ,........!.......
Horse exercise and water call $3.50 -
Guard mounting, first call. 1880 +"
Assembly ............... 1885 -
answer. 1t will not take more than
two weeks to build the branch line.
At present visitors to the post will
have to go in autos from town. or take
their chances in getting a lift from the
station. But Uncle Sam is not doing
passcnger.hack business, the escort
wagons and dougherty is being used on.
ly for the transfer of officers, their fan,-
lilies and persons connected with the
service. AS the post is about four miles
IiOli bHt stulIDu Dlt
three or four hours to spend between
train arrival and departure, the visitor
is at disadvantage at present. Retreat,
of course, could only be taken IN by
autoists.
First Guard Mount.
The entire command was out yester.
day for the ceremony of guard mount.
ing. The commanding officer was pres.
emit, the band was out but all the troop.
ers were afoot. The ceremony was ear
ried out in detail. 1t is an attractive
one, and out there on the new parade
ground on the foothills from which
view of fourteen miles across the valley |
to the opposite range of mountains was |
afforded, the spectacle was inspiring.
The Regimental Colors.
The. standard and designating silver
plate on the staff of the regimental |
Recall from fatigue and first
sergeants call ......... 11:45 "
Mess call ................. IL m.
Fatigue call .............. ! pm. |
Recall from fatigue. ....
Water and stable call ...... AIS -