Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-13

Especial star Bulletin Correspondents
SCHoFIELD BARRACKS, Oct. 13.
Work begins in earnest today for
the First Hawaiian Brigade. Follow
ing a minute inspection Of the camp
on Saturday afternoon by Brigadier
General Macomb, announcement was
made from the various regimental
headquarters that officers not on
guard or similar duty might absent
themselves from the brigade camp I'M
til Sunday afternoon and the six
o'clock train for Honolulu carried
away a number of officers of the
End to spend twenty-four hours in
quarters at Shafter, while officers of
the ist and 25th liked briskly across
the space separating their respective
camps from their permanent quarters.
The camp inspection by the Brig
ade Commander on Saturday was set
for two o'clock, but at about one a
sure enough" rain came up that con-
tinued for nearly two hours when the
wind, that had swung three fourths
around the compass, blew away. the
clouds and the sun came out The
downpour was tropical one. and
there had resulted some scurrYing
throughout the big camp to loosen
tent guys that tighten with rains and
to dig protecting trenches around each
Of the hundreds of tents. At that some
of the tents in low-lying ground were
well flooded by the two-inch rainfall
as a result the straw-filled bed sacks
OF the End Infantry camp were pretty
well soaked. But an hours sun will
remedy that condition.
neral Macomb was accompanied
by Colonel Galbraith, Lieut. Col.
Reichmann, Major Penn, and Lieut..
Crockett as he went up and down
the nearly forty in number Of the
company streets. In these streets the
companies were at attention In ranks
and under arms with field belts on,
while the remainder. Of their field
equipment was arranged in uniform
manner on the rolled up straw filled
sacks.
Only the End Infantry is using
sacks for beds, as the LIST and 18th be-
ing but q short distance away from
their home station were able to trans
port to camp the useful folding can
vas cots But when the brigade
march begins all three regiments Will
come down to the ground level on
sleeping arrangements.
Sunday afternoon many motor par.
ties from Honolulu and Fort Shafter
were out to see the unusual sight OF
over three thousand regular infantry
In camp and visit with friends along
the hair Hnile stretch Of officers tents
or in those of the enlisted men ar
ranged 10 regular lines over nearly
one hundred acres OF Leilehua plain.
The camp Is along the Oahu railway
line from Dowatt station towards the
new concrete post at Cashier and is
on a we'll turfed stretch of land. Most
OF the End know the dust and its bad
qualities, at Headquarters, as two bat
talions were in cantonment at Scho-
field for Hearty 20 months
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The problems for today's work were
not announced In advance except to
the umpires. so each Of the various
from company up to reg
iment viii get his assignment under
of time and object as near
y like service conditions as is pos
Rible. While as to the enlisted men
he nnly knows that something win
be doing. and that something may
take him some miles away from camp
but that evening will see him back in
/ comfortable camp where he may
divide his time until the next days |
'highbrow STUFF is called, wondering
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