The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-30
CAMP FREAR IS
ONLY A MEMORY
AFTER WEEKS INSTRUCTION BY
ARMY oFFIoERs 1T Is
oBLITERATED.

Camp Frear was obliterated last night
as completely as il It had been wiped
OF the face Of the earth by the onemy's
guns. But it's end was peaceful; no
cannon rUared, the camp was simply
struck, and evaporated by means Of
strong arms. In other words lusty
guardsmen, assisted by men who don't
wear Uncle Sam uniform and hardly
know puttee from shoulder strap,
cleared away the tents, the electric
light wires and globes and other para.
phernalia of weeks camp.
The last night Of the stay of the
national guardsmen at what was once
Camp Frear, but now is not, was some
what memorable. The men obtained an
idea of what might happen in actual
war time in rainy weather. They felt
the force of the rain in the brown tents
and the lightning quite eclipsed the
electric lights. Still, it was "all in
the weeks work, - as one of the Of
ficers said, and no damage was done.
"A oIOIAuy N1BnL.
After the stormy night the men at
the camp got up bright and early to
put in the final drills and obtain the
last instructions. Although the camp
was perched on q tableland off which
the Overplus of rain water rapidly ran,
part of the ground was still sufficiently
sodden to give the guardsmen a notion
of what camping in the wet means.
The first item on the concluding day Is
program was a drill in hasty~ entrench-
ments for the officers class. Then the
officers went over to Fort Shafter where,
at ten o'clock, calls, signals and esti-
mating distance drills were held. The
last actual instructions consisted of a
manual of sabers.
Then there was packing up in hot
haste. The officers departed for the
city and the bulk of the work was
undertaken by those of lesser rank.
Fortunately the sun had, by this time,
baked up the road from the camp to
Fort Shafter to a sufficient degree of
frmness to allow of the carriage from
the camp being done without the ac-
compartment of too much mud. Some
of the mules found it rather a slippery
job negotiating portions of the road
between the camp and Fort Shafter but,
encouraged by some extra sonorous cuss
words, they managed their tasks with
out great difficulty.
Valuable Instructions.
The officers of the national guard who
took part in the weeks camp of in
struction speak very highly of the in
structions given by Maj. w. P. Burn
ham of the Twentieth Infantry; his
adjutant, Lieutenant Watkins and other
officers Of the regular army. Through
out the entire week company of the
Twentieth Infantry was stationed at
the fort and rendered valuable assist
aDce in giving pointers to the militia
men.
AS Governor Frear, who personally in
spected the camp, put it, the national
guarsmen performed real work. There
was no play about the week g instruc-
ton. The officers and non-commissioned
officers of the national guard buckled
down to their business of learning as
much as possible Of the art Of war in
the short time they were able to spare
from their civil duties.
Varied and valuable was the nature
of the instruction given by the army
men. The officers of the militia were
instructed in, among other things, map
making, tactical walks and matters of
discipline, while the noncommissioned
officers were "put next" on how to
make hasty entertainments, how to pitch
camp smartly, how camp should be
properly polieed, how troops should be
used in cases of civil disturbance and
in several other ways.
Brigadier-General Macomb, U. S. A.,
commanding the district of Hawaii,
took a personal interest in the camp
and reviewed the men. He, like Gov
ernor Frear, who also reviewed the
guards, was pleased with what he saw
at Camp Frear and there is no doubt
that the weeks camp of instruction
proved to be amply worth the time
given to it and the money spent ON it.
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