Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-10
I'd INFANTRY
To- FIGHT FOR
THREE WEEKS
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10-minute halts brought the troops tc
the now familiar camp site near Pear
City. Twenty minutes later the shell
ter tents We're up and the wagon train
lad made its appearance. Thanks tc
the watchfulness Of Lieutenant Barker
the quartermaster. aided by Wagon
master Holbrook. no great difficulty
had been experienced by the 2-mnle
teams although on. the, steep grade oi
Moanalua hill some doubling Of teams
for the lighter weight animals had
been found necessary. The only acct
dent reported was that experienced
by Maj M. j. Lehman, whose black
mare became frightened By. q motor
truck, and, catching the major un,
awares. pitched him off on the high
road Fortunately. the officer escaped
injury other than a shake-up from his
fall He was lucky, since the mare
stepped nearly everywhere except on
him. His. campaign hat shows a neat,
crescent shaped cut through the fel;
where one hoof landed in the ami.
mails p1unging.
At the top OF Red Hill, the sixth
section of field company E. Captain
Gibbs signal troops. was passed. Ser
.geant Sullivan, in charge of the sec.
ton. was in wireless communication
at the time with the fifth section. that
with like equipment of pack-set Of
wireless, was away up near the head
of Kalihi valley. The infantry men
good naturally chaffed the signal
corps men as the latter irdustriously
ground away on the hand generator
that supplied "the Juice for Sergeant
Sullivan as he worked the key Of the
sending apparatus, but the wireless
people were prompt with their return
fire of Joking queries as to How are
your feet holding out. Doughboy? At
1:30, Lieutenant Jackson with Color
Sergeant Stutzman came into camp
with a flourish in the news motor
truck of the Shafter Exchange. The
truck was laden with an enticing as.
sortment of soft drinks. Ice cream
and other Inducements Within two
minutes the truck was surrounded by
would-be buyers and Lieutenant Jack.
son and his four assistants we're bus
Ter than ever was the proyerbial Gran
berry merchant" The regiment re-
NAMED for the night in its camp and
at seven this morning took up the
march for Leilehua plains. Colonel
French ordered no problems or ma.
neuvers during the stay at Pearl City.
but there will be Of those some and
sto spare With the brigade camp al
Schofield is In running order.
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Camp Notes.
Lieut.. o. K. Polhemus did not ac-
company the command. He has been
on sick report for some weeks past
and yesterday the surgeon deemed It
wise to mark the officer hospital
He is therefore now patient in the
department hospital.
The detachments left at Fort Shat
ter by each company include men
handy with tools. There Is a deal OF
carpenter work to do in connection
with the building Of the new canton
ment, besides guard duty and other
military work.
Lieut.. Nicholas. w. Campanole is
reported as having said that he can
use his feet on the clutch. on his Cadil-
lac car to much better advantage than
in tamping the hard highroad.
The soft drink emporiums of Pearl
City did thriving business yester.
day. There were enough empty pop
bottles in sight to kill every umpire
in the world IT. :. -, =.
Men of the I'd infantry are coming
to know some of the Pearl City cent?
pedes by name, and several old friends
were recognized in last nights camp