The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-02-25


LAG, and Hicks Of tho Twenty. afth IN
fantfr was second. There we're three
entries from tho First, Second aud
i twenty hitt Infantry regiments. three
from the Coast ARTILLERY aud one from
tho Engineers The prizes were gold
aud silver medals. The Judges were
i.ioutenhnts McuHl, Kicifrr and Dor
man Of the Fourth Cavalry.
The one hundred yards dash was won
by Williamson, Of l. Company, Twenty.
fifth Infantry, In ton and two.hfths
seconds. Mitchem OF the same reg
mont was second. Tho judges were
/ Captains Davis and Cutler and Lieu.
tenant Graham Of the Marine Corps.
Machine Gun Contest.
Tho machine gun platoon contest
contest brought out entries from tho
Fourth Cavalry, First Infantry, Second
Infantry and Twenty-fifth Infantry
J The feat in this test was to driee a
mule with dismantled machine gun on
} his back, one hundred yards, take the
gun Off, put IL together and ERE one
shot, and then reload the mule. The
fastest time in this event was made by
J the Twenty-fifth Infantry squad, with
the mark of forty-six seconds. The
; Second Infantry entry was second.
, Lieutenant Bowley of the First Field
I Artillery was the Judge, and silver
} cup was awarded the winning platoon.
The Second Infantry scored a win
in the race for retiring sharpshooters,
Stubbeline of that regiment covering
the course in ,ffty-ive and one-half
seconds. Mitchell of the First Infan.
try was second. In this race the con.
testants retire from given point on
, the run, and are required to lie down
and fire a certain number of shots DO.
fore reaching the goal
There were entries from the Fourth
Cavalry, the Coast ARTILLERY, the three
regiments of infantry and the En-.
gineers. The judges were Captains Da.
Wis and Cutler and Leutenants Graham
and Hinemon, of the First Infantry;
Lieutenant Booth, Second Infantry;
Captain johnson, Coast Artillery Corps,
and Lieutenant Gee, Engineer Corps.
Fast Time For Mile.
The one mile relay race was won in
the exceeding fast time of three
minutes, forty-two and one-ffth sec.
onds by the team from the Twenty fifth
= Infantry. The Fourth Cavalry, First
: and Second Infantry and the Coast Ar.
tillery Corps also entered teams. The
!, judges were Lieutenants Harbold,
Twenty-ffth Infantry; Lieutenant Che
ney, Fourth Cavalry, and Lieutenant
Bowley, First Field Artillery.
The mounted fencing contest brought
: out four entries, ali from the Fourth
) Artillery, bedecked in heavy quilted
armor, masks and leather helmets. A
plume graced the top of each head.
piece, and the winner was he who could
r shear off his opponents plume. Ser.
f geant Hack was the easy winner OF
l the first bout and took the second after
r spirited sword play with Private Ru.
!. bernstein, who took second honors. The
+ judges were Lieutenants Lyman, Do.
n MADISON and Flint, Fourth Cavalry.
!, 1t was the wall scaling contest, the
Q last on the program, which brought on
O the greatest enthusiasm of the a fter.
Y moon. Each team had large backing
from its regiment, and there was much
cheering and good natured banter, and
quite deal of wagering on the result
Wall Scalers Are Rapid.
In this contest squad of men com
pletely equipped, scales n wall fifteer
feet high. The squad comes forward
on the run, singing their guns, foul
men with their backs to the walls, form
stirrups of their hands tossing the othe
. four up. Then two man are tossed up
the next to the last follows, and re
naming man, is pulled up by his com
rades ON the top. The aim is to get tn,
squad over and form on the other side
with nothing missing, in the quickes
time.
The Twenty. fifth has always shon,
in this event, and confidently counte,
on capturing it this time, but one man
broke down, throwing the machine on
of gear and the Engineers took tn,
prize going over and forming on tn,
other side of the wall in fifteen an,
ffths seconds. The Twenty.fftl
was second with seventeen seconds, AM
the First Infantry third in seventeen
and two-ffths seconds.
The entries were squads from tn
Engineers, Fourth Cavalry, Fort Ru
ger, Fort Kamehameha, First, Secon,
and Twenty-ffth Infantry.
The judges were Captains Davis an,
Cutler and Lieutenant Graham, and
silver cup was awarded the winner.
Goes Like Clock Work.
With Major Joseph Frazier, First In
fantry, in charge, the meet was mos
ably handled and every thing went OF
on time, with snap and precision. TIL
big crowd of spectators in the grand
stand and on the field were kept full,
informed as to the events on the wa
70 and those finished, with the results.
Beside the judges named as ofIiciat
ing in the various events, the following
, were officials:
n Starters-First Lieut.. w. G. Ball an,
y Second Lieut.. $. II. Foster, Second In
u fantry.
Timekeepers-First Lieut.. II. f. Gu
thrie, Second Lieut.. ii. +. Nichols an,
Second Lieut.. j. F. Humbert, Coast Ar
l. tillery Corps.
$ Clerks-color Sergeant M. j. Maize
y and Sergeant @. NJ. Archer, Second In
y fantry.
o Officer of the Guard-First Lieut.. 2
u j. LAUDER, Second Infantry.
Surgeon Lieut.. ~ d. Kremera
J. Medical Corps.