The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-29


main TOAD from hifh aud advanced
along straight stretch ON which Cap
tain Hopkins had his telescope lovcled.
troop of Hlue cavalry, which was
MART of Captain Hall = scouting column,
was observed Co emerge from gully
ON the mnuku side of the road, In
sugar field. and when u lid go u was
In Wow of the Red cavalry. The troop
crs iid not wait FOR the Rods 10 Gre.
but scootcd up ridge which, how.
ever. exposed them 10 rifle FIRE, and
topt ON until they came out on the
edge Of the gulch opposite nnlawa hill.
Artillery Opens Battle.
Meanwhile. the Red artillery was
firing from position beyond the palm
trees and flagstaff, aud was presumed
to be Smelling the observation Hill aud
the slopes receding from Halawa hin
in the direction Of the plantation mill
pump, where the Red commander pre-.
sumed the Blues would mass their in
fantry II was a natural and correct
conclusion. The firing was insistent,
but for a long time the Blues did not
open up their artillery, ms few units
of the enemy had appeared in any of
the open spaces.
AT quarter to nine Captain Hopkins
called for n range of 400 yards, and
instantly there was activity about the
guns as they were loaded with she'll
The spectators became. alert, for the
road was now crowded with autos, filed
with ladies and gentlemen. The com
mand was given to fire as the straight
section of road became filed with ad-
vancing Reds.
The firing of the guns belched dense
white clouds of smoke into the atmos-
phere, giving the only martial aspect
to vast areas of peaceful, cultivated
terrain. 1t was also the first time the
Reds had an opportunity to learn the
position of the Blue batteries. Infan-
try was aimed at. This body turned
off the main road and marched makai
toward the pump station. Some cav
airy also disappeared from the roadway.
Then a heavy column of Red infan-
try was seen advancing over the
straight stretch, and appeared to de-
ploy to the right, as if to make an at
tempt to flank the Blues right, which
was well protected by infantry and re-
serve cavalry dismounted. At this time
some light firing was heard in the di
rection of Pearl Harbor, near the line
of the Oahu railroad where it crosses
the Puuloa plantation railroad. Just
how this body of Reds got into this sec
tion was not known, and it was sus-
lpected they had employed boats to cross
the Pear lochs and effect landing
near the naval station.
Infantry Get Into Action.
Suddenly the Halawa and Triangula-
| ton Station hill slopes became pos
sessed of life, for from the slopes came
the quick scattering of rifles as vol
| leys swept out of the bushes at infan-
try concealed under trees near the pump
station. The slopes cracked and rip
| pied as the farthest line took up the
refrain, and whitening fire was direct
ed at all parts of the road from the
| junction of the mill lane and the main
road. But the firing parties were not
seen nor their positions disclosed, fol-
not particle of smoke arose above the
infantrymen. The guns of the present
day require smokeless powder.
There was an absence throughout the
days battle of the stereotyped ideas
of what war is and how it is conduct
ed. In the old days the same slopes
would have been almost concealed will
powder smoke, while blue uniforms anG
colored trimmings would have disclosed
not only their positions, but their iden
titles as infantry, cavalry or artillery
There were no serried ranks of meT
marching to destruction, with arms a
the right shoulder, for the soldier OF
today hunts for protection, whether il
he tree or rock. Like the Indian
the present day soldier makes use of tn,
underbrush and other protuberances OF
the face of nature to protect his life
Only. the puffs of smoke from the field
guns gave any indication that there was
anything unusual going on in a stretcl
of eight miles of cane.cultivated ter
rain.
Captain Hopkins, finding the exact
range, kept up a continuous fire, the
infantry following up with volleys il
which nearly all were engaged, although
Captain Orion IS squadron did not have
much opportunity to enter the fight
being held in reserve on the left flank
The Red infantry found that the BluC
artillery was raking the long, straight
stretch of road, which seemed to be Q
charmed spot over which all the force
at intervals was passing. The infantry
Rugged the sides, but Captain Hopkins
singled the lines out and directed O
hot fire there.
At twenty minutes past nine O'Clock
the main body of infantry appeared on
the long stretch, in columns of tours
a target which Battery d at once fired
upon several times. Rounds were fired
at 3400 and $500 yards.
Finally Red infantry passed the dan
gerous spot and was seen passing over
the white bridge not far from the base
of Halawa hill. It's appearance was
the signal for a heavy fire from the
concealed infantrymen on the slopes
directed by Colonel French. There was
also an enfilading fire from troops 10.
Gated OIL the lower hump of the slopes
of the Triangulation Station hill
At a quarter to ten the main stretch
of road was seen to fill with troops
and what appeared to be a battery,
which was possibly the one captured
by the cavalry and ruled out by the
umpires. At any rate, Hopkins bat.
terry shelled the column at 5000 yards.
Kams' Perfect Entry.
IT this time the attention of head