The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-17

the association are pleased to secure
the services of Miss Erickson.
method of teaching scouting and pa
trolling" This brief but useful text
book Colonel Wilder published for
the use of the regiment" and the les
sons taught therein have been of great
information to the troops not only of
his own aggregation but the scouting
practice would be well for all of I'm
Gle Sans boys to learn and under
stand. The colonel of the Fifth Cav
airy says:
Every scout should have a map of
the territory over which he works,
and the territory should be covered
by the scouts for twenty, thirty or
forty miles in every direction.
AT this station in the island of
Oahu it would be well to divide the
island into three territorial sections,
one Of the squadrons being assigned
to each section. Then divide the sec
ton to be covered by each squadron
into four smaller sections, assigning
one of the smaller sections to each
troop This would insure the entire
island being explored and reconnoit-
cred in a comparatively short time
Subsequently, captains may send their
scouts into other territory as they
see fit.
These exercises for the instruction
of scouts are really explorations of
the territory over which operations
would be conducted in case of actual
hostilities, and will be followed later
by explorations made by the organiza-
lions themselves.
I'm sending out his scouts, the cap
tain tells each where he is to go, and
what feature of the country is to be
made the subject of special investiga-
ton; but scouts should always in
these earlier exercises be required to
investigate and report upon every
thing of military Importance. The
scout should be required to trace his
route as he goes along upon the map
that has been furnished him, supple.
menting it by his own sketches of the
route, should he fad his map in error
or whenever for any reason such sup.
Elementary sketches may be neces
sary or desirable.
Upon his return, the scout reports
to the captain, who supervises the
work, teaching and explaining in this
more advanced feature of the instruc-
ton as he did in the earlier exercises
of the patrols.
Scouts should always carry not
less than two meals in their saddle
pockets. In the first few exercises,
however, it will be best not to allow
them to remain out over night, but a
scout, having once established the
fact of his resourcefulness and relia.
bility, should be sent on missions that
will cover two or three days of alb
Sence from MS troop.
THE scouts having been trained in
this preliminary work in all subse-
quent exercises involving patrol work,
one or two or three scouts or candi-
dates for that position are assigned to
each patrol, and the scouts operate
with the patrols or from the vantage
points attained by them. To illus
trate: Take method frequently EN-
ployed by the Beers. They were in
! the habit of using large patrols, which
We might call contact detachments
The patrol or detachment would pro.
coed as a body until within a certain
distance of the enemy or the pcs,
ton to be explored, when the greater
part of the detachment would halt
dismount, conceal their horses and lie
in ambush. About ten or a dozen
would proceed on until they consid
cred It eXpedient to halt, when they
would halt, dismount, conceal them
selves and their horses and lie in am
bush ready to fire at any instant
Then two or three scouts mounted or
the very best horses would proceed
forward from the vantage point thus
attained to gather the information fol
which they We're sent ou' If at
tackled and pursued they would fall
back upon the most advanced party
who would receive the pursuers with
a deadly fire, which would at least
check them until the advanced party
could remount and fall back upon the
support lying in ambush still farther
in the rear.
"The advantage in using the large
patrol lies in emergencies. When or
duty as contact troops, the scouts are
needed with their troops and the in
formation they obtain should be sent
back through the regular channels OF
their troops. This method will bes
insure the prompt arrival of informa