Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-24
BIGMILITARY Exhibitions
STIRRINGCLIMAxO CARNIVAL

,sets of Butts manual The men ex-
Inhibited the movements with rifles,
keeping time to Tue music Of the Sec
lpnd Infantry hand II was an exhibit
ltion of which the regiment may well
be proud.
The infantry had no sooner left the
field than Battery F Of the First Field
| ARTILLERY rumbled into view, their
| four guns almost obscured in cloud
lof dust. For twenty minutes there
latter the applause was almost contin-
luous. The big guns whirled up and
lso suddenly that the carriages seemed
in immediate danger OF going over,
land the next careening away In
safety The batteries opened fire at
length and brown blanket OF powder
lsmbke fioated over to the crowd, Civ
ling an added zest as Of real warfare
| to the performance.
Equipment Race on.
No sooner had the dust. raised BY
1.-THE. artillery caissons cleared away
| than the equipment race was on. Con-
ltestants were instructed to run
twenty-five yards. depositing as they
iran, hats, blanket rolls, rifles, belts.
tetc.; then to return by the same
route, Practically all branches Of the
service were represented and there
were scenes Of greatest confusion
Iam0ng the rooters while the exciting
Iconfest was on. Hicks OF the Twenty
Fifth Infantry reached the finish line
| first, but his blanket roll was found
| to be awry and Peters. representing
1.-THE engineers, carried on the palm.
Hicks was given second place. Gold
land silver medals we're awarded.
| fWenty. Firth Has sptihters.
When the noise had quieted down,
Williamson Of the Twenty-Filth In
fantry ran away from q large feld In
1.-The 1O0-yard dash. winning IN the ex-
lcellent time of ten and two-ffths sec
londs. Mitchem OF the same regiment
twas second. and Donaldson, Fourth
Cavalry. third.
The 100yard dash proved but the
first Of many victories that the TWEEN
lty-Fifth Infantry was to annex, Tor
1--we minutes later squad represent
ling thai regiment made the fastest
time in the maenine gun contest. the
winning team drove a mule with
machine gun on his back twenty-five
yards, put the gun together on the
Eground, fred shot, reloaded the
mule and galloped back to the start
ling point In fofty-six seconds. A
squad representing the Second imam
TRY was awarded second prize.
The race for retiring sharpshooters
twas the next interesting event. The
contestants, retreating from a given
point, were required to drop to the
ground at Intervals OF five yards and
lire to the rear. Stubbelbine Of the
Second Infantry stumbled over the
Icourse in fifty-five and One-half sec
londs Mitchell of the First Infantry
was close at his heels and received
1.-THE second award.
In the one mile relay race, teams
LOT four men each were entered by the
ETwenty-fifth Infantry, Fourth Cavalry
ISecond Infantry and Coast Artillery
The race was won by a good margin
lin the remarkably fast time Of three
minutes, forty-two and one-fifth sec
Ionds. The Twenty-fifth Infantry
Iteam crossed the mark first. follow
led by runners representing the Sec
fond Infantry, and Coast Artillery, IN
the order named.
i In the mounted fencing contest
lal1 four competitors were cavalrymen
lThey made their appearance occount
Tered in quilted breast plates, helmets
land masks. An iron spike formed the
ltop of each helmet and the con
ttestants, mounted and armed with
fencing stocks, endeavored to strike
this spike in such way as to knock
loft their opponents headpiece. After
1.-THE four men had battled for some
minutes like knights of old, Sergeant
Hack was declared the most profici
ent by the judges. Private Rieben
Estein took second honors.
i In the wall-scaling contest the idea
Twas to scale fifteen foot wall in the
Ishortest possible time BY the rules
lof this contest, a squad of eight men
fully equipped, must scale the wall
solely by their own efforts and with
tout assistance of any kind. Four oil
1.-THE squad stand with their backs to
the wall, making stirrups of their
Ihands and by this means tossing their
comrades to the top. Then two OF
the men left on the ground are tossed
lup, then one, and finally the last man
lis pulled up. by those on top OF the
wall. The Twenty-fifth Infantry was
[confident OF winning, having develop
led style of ascension peculiarly
their own, but they were forced to &C.
Eeept second place when the engineers
ECompany !, Fort De Russy, sprang a
Esurprise and cleared the walt in the
fast time OF fifteen and two-fifths
seconds.
A drivers contest between sec
Itions from Batteries D and + of the
First Field Artillery brought the
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