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

OnCtTS anu mtH
From an hour before dawn until sew.
eral hours after sunset the Leilehua
plateau inhabitants hear, at regular III.
tervals, the call Of the cavalry trum.
pet. which betokcns the presence off
armed forces. On Friday last the
Headquarters. band and first and third |
squadrons Of the Fifth United States
Cavalry moved out and took posses.
sion. of theNnew contonment, Just es.
teblished.
Never in all of the years that the
regiment has been on the rolls of the
Army has a more beautifully.located
station been enjoyed. II is doubtful II
ever regiment was quartered in 10.
cation where climatic conditions were
so nearly perfect,
The Leilehua cantonment Is located
On level plateau. just above the Dow
set ranch house. Not on the entire
government reservation would II have
/ been possible to find more slightly
/ location.
A Slight Slope.
\ A slope, so slight as to be almost
| imperceptble runs from the lower end
Of the cantonmont up to the married
mems quarters. thereby relieving the
post of an appearance of mOnotOnous
| lcyclncss. On the other hand. the
\ Grade Is not sufficient to render parade
ground and polo field slantlng enough
to be Objectionable.
When the Bulletin reporter Wis.
tied Leilehua Friday night, the sol.
diers had hardly reached their new
home and had things been In chaotic
state II would not have been surprls.
ing. But old campaigner that he Is,
Colonel Schuyler had everything in
running order from almost the instant
that the men reached camp. Horses
were on the picket line. men were In
their tents and, to the casual observer
II looked as though Leilehua might
have been occupied as garrisonet
lost for years.
The railroad. not yet having built q
spur track out to the post. It is neces
sary to make drive of fully five mile
from the station, over roads that are
far from good All of the disagreeablt
features vanish as soon us one enters
the post confines.
Approaching the cantonment from
the valley, the visitor first encounters
the forage store sheds. and the site
which the stables will occupy when
they are completed. a little farther
up come the tents of the enlisted men
arranged in groups, providing a sep
arate part of the cantOnment for each
Of the eight troops, and for the ma
chine gun detachment and the band.
Troops Quarters.
Beyond the sleeping tents, come the
troop kitchccs and the mess halls. The
Kitchens are boarded up, so as to furn'
ich ample protection from any drafts
that might interfere with the fires. The
mess halls are long lanais, so arranged
that they can be screened from mo
,quitOes, should such precauton
prove necessary. The kitchens and
mess halls line the velley side of the
parade.
across the parade from the tor
kitchens are the officers quarters.
Ingenuity Exercised.
In designing the officers quarters
considerable Ingenuity was exercised
Though they will be living under can.
I vas" for the next two years, the officers
will have as comfortable accOmmoda.
tons as any one could ask. In fact
they are far better than many of the
sets of quarters at the Preside of San
Francisco, where Il large garrison Is
always stationed
Each set of quarters consists of O
combination dining room, reception
hall and living room, four bed rooms
Kitchen and bath.
The hall, which is very large, Is o
: frame construction, the bed rooms ar,
OF canvas, being In reality four hospita
4 tents. Each of the tents Is given /;
Goor and thorough support of fran,
work and opens OFF from the main hal
The sides may he turned up and mo
Squito-proof screen netting has beer
placed round the lower part to take III,
Place of the flap when that Is raised
! The kitchen is separate structure