Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-18
Fifth Cavalry Has All
Necessities And
Many Comforts
TEMPORARY BUILDINGS WELL
PLANNED and CONSTRUCTED
Colonel Schuyler Has His Command
Strengthened Out in Short Or
der-Pleasant Homes for
Officers and Men


From an hour before dawn until sew.
eral hours after sunset the Leilehua
| Plateau inhabitants hear, at regular In
| tervals, the call of the cavalry trum.'
pet. which betokens the presence of
armed forces. On Friday last the
headquarters, band and first and third
sduadrons of the Fifth United States
Cavalry moved out and took posses.
sion of the new contonment, just es.
! tablshed.
.Never in all of the years that the
regiment has been on the rolls of the
Army has a more beautifully
station been enjoyed. II Is doubtful II
ever regiment was quartered in a 10.
cation where climatic conditions were
so nearly perfect.
The Leilehua cantonment Is located
On level plateau just above the Dow.
Gctt ranch house. Not on the entire
government reservation would 1t have
been possible to find more slightly
location.
A Slight Slope.
imperccptible, runs from the lower end
of the cantonmcnt up to the married
mems quarters, thereby relieving tho
post of an appearance Of monotonOus
lcyclness. On the other hand, the
Grade Is not sufficient to render parade
ground and polo field slanting enough
to be Objectionable.
When the Bulletin reporter Wis
tied Leilchua Friday night, the sol
diers had hardly reached their new
home and had things been In "A chaotic
state II would not have been surpris
ing. But, old campaigner that he Is
Colonel Schuyler had everything II
| running order from almost the instan
] that the men reached camp. Horses
were on the picket line. men were II
! their tents and, to the casual observer
II looked as though Leilehua nigh
have been occupied as garrisone,
lost for years.
The railroad, not yet having built
spur track out to the post, IL is neces
sary to make drive of fully Ave mile
from the station, over roads that arr
far from good. All of the disagreeabl,
features vanish as soon as one enter
the post confines.
Approaching the cantonment iron
I the valley, the visitor first encounter
the forage store sheds. and the sit,
which the stables will occupy whel
they are completed A little farthe
mp come the tents of the enlisted men
arranged In groups, providing SEP
arate part Of the environment for eacl
OF the eight troops, and for the ma
chine gun detachment and the band.
Troops Quarters.
Beyond the sleeping tents. come thu
troop kitchens AMI the mess halls TIT
Kitchens are boarded up, so as to furn
18Th ample protection from any draft
that might interfere with the fires Tn,
mess halls are long lanais, SO arranged
that they can be screened from mo
rquitoes, should such precautioi
prove necessary. The kitchens AM
ness halls line the yelley side of tn,
parade.
+N'i'NH WV il'il 'llt W.
kitchens are the officers quarters.
Ingenuity Exercised.
In designing the officers quarter
considerable Ingenuity was exercised
Though they will be living under can
d vas" for the next two years, the officer
will have as comfortable accommoda
lions ms any one could ask. In fact
q they me far better than many OF tn
sets Of quarters at the Preside of Sal
Francisco, where large garrison |
4 always stationed
n Each set of quarters consists Of
combination dining room, receptiO
4 hall and living room, four bed rooms
"A Kitchen and bath.
4 The hall, which Is very large, Is {
a frame construction, the bed rooms ar
= of canvas, being In reality four hospiti
tents Each OF the tents is given
floor and a thorough support of fran
work and opens OFF from the main hal
The sides may be turned up and M
squitO,proof screen netting has bee
placed round the lower part to take III
Place Of the flap when that is raised.
n The kitchen Is n separate structur