Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-29
WAR ENDS WITH
Fierce Fight
IN EARLY Am.
CONTINUED from page one)

reserve, ana three troops III
support of the main line Company
j, Sd battalion of engineers, was on
the extreme right Of the Gme line.
and the signal detachment from field
COMPANY E, and telegraph Company
HI, in command of Captain Gibbs,
was everywhere that men we're need
ed to keep open the lines of commun-
ication, and give information as to
the enemy's movements. The 1st in
! fantry, under Lientenant-colonel Hirst,
was in reserve at Kapiolani park and
didn't 90 into action. Small patrols
secured the country adjacent to VII.
helmina and Palolo ridges-but these,
=: of course, got no contact with the
Reds, whose advance was several
miles to the eastward. Colonel Beach
commanded the Blue army, this Civ.
| ing Lieutenant-colonel Mcdonald COM
mand of the. 4th cavalry, Colonel
| Sturgis commanded the artillery;
Captain Hannum commanded the en-
gineers, and Captain Gibbs tue signal
1 troops. 8
! Colonel Beach, on whose shoulders
rested the responsibility OF defending
/ Eastern Oahu, had taken every pre-.
caution to guard against q surprise.
and when the attack was launched
1.-THE Blues were in position to repulse
tit. and to give the Reds mighty
warm reception.
iStudy Large War Map
The cavalrymen bivouaeed in their
trenches last night, and camp near
Wailupe was deserted but for small
guard. AT brigade headquarters. OF.
1.-THE makai side of the road, the luti
THAT precedes the storm was very
noticeable. Staff officers and regi-
mental commanders ioked and chatted
over the evening Chow at the head
louarters mess, bat everyone was on.
the alert, and ready to do the right
i Thing at the right time. No one knew
Just when or where the enemy would
strike. but preparations for his well
/ come were complete,
Colonel Beach and his brigade adj
ljutant, Capt. John 0.Shea. an old-time
soldier with long. record OF real
fighting, spent much OF their time
istudying a large war map, decorated
with small red and blue flags, each OF
(which was marked to represent some
Iunit of the opposing armies. The To-
cation of the Blue forces could, OF
course, be accurately marked, but to
determine the exact position OF the in
Iyading force required constant infor-
,mation from signalmen and patrols,
who penetrated the enemyls lines on
several occasions, bringing in yalu-
able information
Soon after darkness Lieutenant-col-
lionel Mcdonald ordered out an officers
Epatrol, under Lieutenant Richards, and
this officer with few men secured
1.-THE roads and ridges between the lines,
idoing excellent work in keeping the
lenemy under observation, and holding
! up everyone, friend and foe alike, who
!. was found passing through the Blue
outposts. -Sr'T -
: First news of the intended attack
came from a signal corps man con-
cealed under a bridge about two miles
from the Blue position, who was In
buzzer communication with headquar-
J tiers. At 1925 a telegraph operator
reused Captain 0'Shea from his slum-
bers and told him that the daring op-
orator within the Red lines had just
reported the enemy's advance in force.
IA few seconds later Colonel Beach
Twas in possession of the information,
land the carefully-laid plans OF the
might before were being put into oper-
alton. =. T.. -...
! The portable searchlight, in position
ON the beach, cut the darkness with a
broad white beam and afforded ample
!proteetion from surprise on the right.
Word was sent along the lines to be
lin readiness, and just before dawn,
when the first faint fore-giow OF day
made shooting a possibility, the battle
opened in earnest The list field ar
itillery, under Colonel Sturgis, did ex-
cellent work, and had real shrapnel
been used instead of blank, the field
guns would have cut lane of death
and destruction through the enemy's
ranks
AS the fighting grew hotter there
were many instances of military aeu-
men, that showed that both defenders
and invaders were splendidly organ
lied, and ready to take advantage of
every strategic opportunity. General
Macomb handled his skeleton brigade
in a mastery manner, and the same
can be said of Colonel Beach's DISPOSE
tons. Quick thought and quick ac-
! ton were the order of the morning,
land went one with the other. Natur-
tally some of the officers and Nmen are
more imaginative than others, and can
play the game" with much more real
ism, but on the conditions of actual
warfare were as we'll simulated as is
usual in maneuver campaign.
With the Blues stubbornly defending
their position, and the Reds making
iquite as stubborn an attack. Leuten-
liant colonel Carl Reiehmann, chief umA
lpire, gave the signal that called off the
loperation, and the troops returned 20
their respective camps for food and
J forage.
The two Red regiments we're abso.
Ilutely without transportation after
leaving Waimanalo, the officers car:
rying their own blanket rolls and
taking their chances on food and wa
tier. Colonel French of the End Foot