Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-16
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at the end of service here the soldier leaves
with no little Of aloha (love. or liking for
Hawaii
One constantly comes across the man In
khaki--at the beach. in the park. on the cars,
on the streets in the curio shops, In the little
show houses. And be 1t said to the credit OF
the soldiers that as whole they seem a very
orderly. self-respecting lot. mind their own az
fairs. treat you with respect. merit respect
from you. | would not go so far as to say
that they are invariably sober and upright,
but then neither are ununiformed men. The
"milingtary" instead Of adding hoodlum. I'M
desirable element to Honolulu's chronological
laboratory" may be said to have brought quiet
rather than disturbance: and that here mil
ingtary" discipline and smartness give tone
Well cared-for well groomed horses are per.
haps an aid to the humane society. Well
cared-for, well groomed humans set certain
pace are not to be discounted In the general
trend from the primitive to the civilized. And
looked at from the narrower Interpretation Of
society, folk Of wide travel of social expert
ence and graces. are an addition to an isolated
community
uniform generally attracts attention. but
q uniform on horseback special attention. The
average person Ia fond OF a dashing figure on
horseback. good horse and a good rider and
the day visited the cavalry camp at Leilehua
I found much pleasure in watching hundreds
OF good riders and mounts. Though at first
approach to the barracks the army mule was
much more In evidence than the army horse.
There were mules In the corral, mules In The
long low sheds. mules driven to great wagons.
mules led and one or two officers carriages
were drawn along by mules. Such big part
OF things, It seemed incumbent to take a pic
ture Of q worthy representative. and | asked
q man in authority II might. then II he would
have brought forward q. fne specimen. was
assured that the one brought forward was
considered by its groom-or whatever the at
tendant lie called in the army language-"the
best mule in the United States army
On leaving the corral we passed the sol
dier's quarters afterward drove on to Oficers
Row. marveling at the wonderful cleanliness
and trimness everywhere, all as clean and
fresh as the air that blew down from the
mountains over the wide open stretches. The
dwellings were but temporary AFFAIRS. but al
ready had an established look. suggesting they
were occupied by people that kept TO the habit
Of making themselves at home as soon as
landed Having note OF introduction to the
colonel we asked direction to his quarters.
found his house at tn, head Of the row and
an orderly on the veratda Also cat. which
gave peaceful domestic look to the abode OF
the man OF war. Shortly the colonel appeared.
babe us welcome. and informed us that the next
day was LIonthy muster, to which we should
consider ourselves invited and advised us to
be present In the field at nine o'clock sharp
We spoke Of a camera, asked permission to
use this weapon on the range. were assured
officers and men. horses and mules would be
"dee-lighfed."
On this muster day at Schoneld Barracks
the Fifth cavalry was complete, the entire
regiment now stationed together for the first
time since the Civil war The Fifth made q
fine showing men and horses passed In re-
view before the colonel. and we congratulated
ourselves that We had front seats for the play.
II was very picturesaue-the wide plains
bounded on either side by mountains. the
cavalrymen capering hither and yon their
sabers and rides cleaning. and. for contrast,
joyous skylarks singing overhead. The ladies