Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-21
WAR GAME ALMOST
STIMULATES REALITY

. - I
WAR GAME AL MOST
STIMULATES REALITY
BY LAURENCE REDiNGToN.
lStar- Bulletin Staff Cdrrespo IN
the field with the Blue army
WITH HEADQUARTERS 1st HA-
WAIIAN BRIGADE. NEAR CAST
NER, Oct. b. Conditions more near
" Stimulating actual warfare pre-
vailed yesterday. last night and in
the early hours of this morning than
have been the rule here during the
more strenuous maneuvers of last
week. The inaction of the morning.
and The uncertainty Of the afternoon.
according to officers Aho -have been
through the real thing time and again,
lent the final touch of reality, while
at Headquarters the commanding gem
eral and hik staff pored over the war
map of this section, and marked off
the position Of the defending and in.
yading forces. according to informa-
ton that came in at frequent inter-
walls over the buzzer lines laid by the
signal corps dekachments, whose duty
ETC was to maintain the lines of COM
munication, and keep the Blue COM
Ihanders in cons amt touch with the
scattered units Of his command.
All last night the Blue infantry and
cavalry held the high ridge north Of
Schofieid Barracks, a line OF out
posts covering Practically the entire
territory from Wahiawa to Kolekole
pass. The three provisional troops Of
Edismounted cavalry under Lieutenant
colonel McDunaids held the extrame,
right Of the line guarding the bridges
near Wahiawa, and preventing turn
ing movement of the Reds AROUND the
Blue right flank. The 25th- infantry,
IN command of Colonel Kennon. oc.
cupied the high ground north OF the
Kankonahua gnlch, with company
of the LIST infantry. holding Male
points and another company of foot
soldiers holding Kolekole pass. The
third squadron Of the Eth cavalry was
here, there and everywhere along the
front and TANKS during the afternoon
and night, one troop, together with a
company of Blue infantry. repulsing'
an entire squadron of Red cavalry to-
ward the left of the defense line early
in the afternoon, this being the first.
contact of the fnaneuyer.
General MacOnlb Busy
General Macomb, who Sunday, pur-
suant to department orders, assumed
command of all troops in thea Leiie-'
hua section, maintained headquarters,
until $50 yesterday afternoon at.
brigade headquarters OF the fnaneuveri
camp, and there, during the afternoon.
he was in constant communication
with the advance under Colonel Ken.
nom the position at Male, and that
at Kolekole- pass.
Field company b and the platoon Of
telegraph company Il, signal corps
working under the command of Cap
tain Gibbs, with Lieutenant Black sec
ond in command, did excellent ser
vice, and not once during the after
room and strenuous night did the
lines Of Communication break down.
As soon as General Maeomb laid his
plans of campaign, and issued his
orders, the big reel carts of the sig
nal corps started to string their lines
WIG dIOuS IACl
ground, and neither gulches nor
ridges stopped the snake-like pro.
gress of the talking wire. Over rough
ground and favorable alike, the sig
nal men strung their line, and in a
surprisingly short space of time Gen
eral Maeomb was talking to his com
manders from three points of vantage
along the front In one instance, ow-
ing to a detour necessary to avoid a
gulch, the smile reel gave out on. a
single line, and 1T was necessary to
call on the reserve supply of buzzer
wire, and then send back for a still
further supply, before the communi-
cation was complete -
Headquarters Shifted
Towards darkness, General Macomb
decided to transfer his headquarters
TO a point near the high water tower
at Cashier, where the Blue artillery
had taken up position earlier in the
Gay, and within few minutes of his
ANNOUNCED decision, the signal corps
had legged in" its lines to the new.
point, so that when the brigade COM
mander. was half way between stat
tons, accompanied by his staff, the |
operators at the first headquarters
cut out their instruments. and were
ready for further duty almost by the |
time General Macomb arrived at the
working station near Cashier. ALI
afternoon and night three points OF
communication we're maintained, and |
at .all times the situation was as
clear several miles to the rear OF |
the, outpost line as 1t was among thet
eutguards themselves. In addition tot
the buzzer lines, the signal troops
maintained visual communication
with the cavalry command near Wa
Eiawa, so that General Macomb keptl
4 finger constantly on the pulse OF