Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-01-01
Marines and
GUARD BATTLE
Continued from PAGE "

But just think what n dandy spread
your paper can make over your being
Killed In action doing your duty"
So ! suppose If ! played the game
fairly this would have to appear as a
communication from the spirit world
Colonel Jones, adjutant general Of
the Guard. was a British military oh.
server. and he promptly tackled
Won" To the front of Lieutenant Col.
oncl Coync's name aud presented him
to the Germany army. Major Moore,
of the medical corps. chose France as
the recipient of the invaluable infor.
nation which he collected. We four
made a long detour by motor, and
then scrambled to the top of Trig.
Hin, the young mountain that carries
the L. S. Engineers range mark I'm
an effort to pick mp the Blues as they
left camp and transfer the intelli.
gcnco to the Red commander. Final.
ly VIZ spotted them, but not until they
had left Camp COwles fully half
mile behind. And hard enough the
column was to make out at apprUSi.
mately 2ia miles The khaki.Clad ma.
rinCs looked like brown hedge. and
II was not until we saw mounted
officer that we were certain of their
position.
And now for the action itself. which
the three foreign observes and the
u II g II war correspondent
viewed from the comfortable security
Of white arm badges and blank car
tridgcs.
Reds Combat Patrol"
Under the problem the Reds be-
lOnged to the Red Brigade that was
supposed to have landed at Ilanauma
| Bay during the night and marched
from the latter place ut 4 a. m. to VI.
entity of Fort Shaftcr. where II would
have arrived about $3.50 n. M, and
commenced its dcplOyment with the
view to the coming encounter with
the main Blue forces that were be
ing rushed from SchOiield Barracks.
In passing DamOn's plantation the Red
commander Is supposed to have de-
| taChed strong patrol of forty men
with instructions to delay the advance
of any force from the direction Of
| Pearl llarbor and by fire give warning
in case of such advance. This patrol
was composed of the officers and non.
commissioned officers of the list In
fantry, \. G. II.
| The patrol was divided into three
platoons or sections and assigned po.
sitions overlooking and commanding
the road from Pearl llarbor. while q
party of three men was detached to
watch the railroad
The patrol was hardly In the places
assigned to its parts when the Blue
| scouts were observed. No fire was
opened mp on them. Several parties
of civilians were encountered on the
road and examined. and under war
! conditions would have received more
lattention. One Pine boy entered the
Red lines and was held up and exam
ined by Major Riley before being al.
loved to proceed.
Mission To Delay.
Tie patrol were instructed that 1t
| was not to stand aud make a deter
mined fight. but that II 1t could cause
the deployment. and delay that de-
ploymcnt would entail, of the Blue
marines from Pearl lIarbor, its mis-
sion would be accomplished. How
ever, to avoid an undue prolonging of
| the problem and work that would be
thus brought about, IL would remain
In place In the last position TO OBJ
serve the Blues as they completed
their part in the problem.
| The Blue deployed and worked out
| the problem to fitting completion, be-
ing under the impression, II would
seem, that the forty men who caused
their deployment were all there were
/ IN the Red force. The Red patrol
| under service conditions, would not
have remained in the vicinity after
having caused the deployment unless
reinforcements had arrived from the
main Red force.
Once fire was opened the problem
was rushed TO completion must faster
than would have been the case had
ball.cartridge been used on both sides.
This, however, Is always the case In