Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-25
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The pursuit of the Blues from Soho
/ field Barracks to Pearl City was one
| o. the hardest actual tests to which
| troops are ever put in mimic war
fare. To march more than 10 miles in
the hot sun, fighting most of the way,
| and therefore covering far more
ground than appears on the road map,
| is no easy task. and the wonder is
/ that the Red troops stood the gait so
well. The number that fell out On &C
/ count of exhaustion and sore feet was
les thasn the usual proportion &C
| cOIding to the medical officers.
Cavalry Does Fighting.
Today's fighting was almost entire
ly up to the cavalry, which had the
lions share of the contact. On the
Blue side only Cavalry was in touch
With the enemy, but the Red advance
guard. under Major Frazer, had
/ chance to get into the action at the
time when they were badly needed,
l and it is largely due to the good work
tof this battalion and its machine gun
platoon that the Blues were driven
out of Kepaua Gulch in such short
4 order.
! Today's fighting was purely a rear
fguard action, and the Blue cavalry
certainly covered the retreat OF tbi
main column and the wagon train liz
splendid style Also the Blue artii
lery, from a commanding position OF
The hill directly north Of the central
u lcnh 0f Doorf IJo rl,n,. alouod IN ga
4 Red Independent cavalry and advance
/ guard in a way that would have don
considerable execution. The main Red
/ Column would have come through
without scratch, however. ->~
Fence Theoretically Cut
/ There is one point which umpires
or the Blue side could not have take,
into consideration until notes were
compared between the arbitrator Of
both armies That is the effect of the
| first Blue artillery fire onk the cavalry
massed on the road Just out of the kt
papa Gulch on the north side. At The
first shot Captain Duncan Elliott ask
eC the umpire on the ground for per-
I1nission to cut the wire fence and lead
his horses matter OF only a few
yards into perfect cover. The umpire
had no authority to grant this reques
tactuaIly, but made a note that tn
tEofses had been led out of danger
This, of course, the Blue artillery
could not know, and from its point OF
view two entire troops were wiped out
iof existence @s<s a..@ ~
Il Later Captain Elliott suffered a
heavy loss when he engaged Blue cav
airy while mounted at turn Of thu
iroad, and ran into a heavy FIRE. He
Twas forced to drop out of the game foi
a stated interval 80, > 80
Speaking of the work of the cavalry,
the effective patrolling on the Reds
fright flank, by platoon under com
nland of Lieutenant Phil Sheridan
was specially noted. With his small
detachment Sheridan secured the hills
arid covered a world of ground. n
tGidn't have much chance to get into
TIE fight, but 1t was the ground be
lowered. and the thoroughness with
(which the job was done, that was nota
hle Take it all in all. Captain Pritch
laId's Independent cavalry did good
1days work. s'szs
The machine gun platoon of the
Fifth Cavalry, commanded BY Lieuten,
liant Groninger. was also heard from. IT
WIS this detachment, together with a
ltIoop dismounted, that drove the
IBmes back from the Waikakalua
IGulcb, the first point at which the
Reds met with check Fortunately
for the latter, the bridge was not de-
istroyed, and once the hail of machine
gun and rife fire dislodged the Blues:
the column was able to continue.
In fact, machine guns played big
rart in today's action, the machine
guns of the First Infantry. under Lieu
tenant Mitchell. being on the line with
the third battalion which drove the
Elues away from the south side of XII
papa Guleh. - e... ~. ss.Gs.-..-,a s..s..
Reds Turned Toward Pearl Harbor.
It was a part of the problem that
turned the Reds toward Pearl Harbor,
Instead of allowing them to continue
1.-THE pursuit right to Honolulu. When
1.-THE point of the Red advance guard
EIeaehed the point where the road to
the Peninsula branches off, the senior
Umpire handed Colonel McGunnegle a
message, supposed to come from the
commander of the Reds at Nanakul,
lsGying that the expected reinforce
i ments had been delayed. and that he
vas to camp at Pearl City.
Pearl City may be. pleasant place
to camp with small command suan
as a squadron or brigade, but force
the size of the Reds has taxed 1t to
| its capacity, and then some. The