Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-15
TRO0PSHIKE
q A -
tcentinued from Paee u

: three new coast artillery companies
| to their stations at De RGssy and Ka-
| mehameha, and this morning bright
! and early the Twenty-flfth Infantry
! started on its hike to Schofield bar
racks. The two battalions that tray.
eled on the Logan, and the battalion
/ from the Sheridan, fell in few min
utes' after. G, before the sun had
| chance to play tricks with the men
who have iust come from the chilly
northwest, and turning into King
street from the waterfront, the col
ored soldiers hit up their long, swing
| ing route-step in the direction of Lei
lehua. This evening the Twenty-fifth
will camp at Pearl City, getting an
early start enc following morning and
reaching Schofield before noon.
The band and a small detachment
left on guard over property taken of
the Sheridan will follow by train as
soon as the regimeRtal eqHipage and
personal baggage of the men can be
loaded on the cars at Railroad wharf.
A jolly Lot \.
The departure of the colored SOL
ld.ers was marked BY must good natur-
ed chafirig. and interested specula-
! tlen as to what the new station would
be like. Most Of the men got liberty
yesterday, and saw enough 81 Homo
lulu to make them look forward with
keen anticipation to their next visit
, to town on pass, hut the lure of new
SURROUNDINGS was strong, and the men
were all anxious to have look ut
their. new home. Had It been left to
the popular vote the soldiers would
h..ye balioted against further stay
in Honolulu at the present time.
Many OF the infantrynien expressed
surprise that the hike to 3 Siiehua was
CT in two by an overnight stop az
I'earl City, but the more seasoned sol
diers let these outbreaks of ehkhusi-
asm pass with an amused chnckle.
they wen knew that following long
period OF garrison routine In . cold
climate, and ten days aboard, shil the
miles under tfopic: skies Would seem
like leagues while remarkable mis-
lit would be noticed III footgear .5
Il guess these rockies that want to
hike twenty-six miles n one day, IL
think theyse got on their bunkies
shoes BY mistake, for taey'se q ne.
FIVE miles 2 was the wax one old ser
geant put 1t.
Warn Welcome. ~
When. the men Of the Twenty-fifth
arrive at Schpfield Barracks, footsore.
and hot, they viii find a warm wel'
come waiting them. Two batta lions
will walk right into the comfortable
barracks just vacated BY the SECOND
Infantry, while the other battalion
will. find the site for its permanent
camp all laid out, with water pipedi
to- the company streets, and every
|thing ready for their canvas homes.
( Everything, that is, but the tent floor
ling, which, owing to some inexcus.
able oversight at the Coast end Of
the lire, was not shipped with the rest
OF the equipage for the permanent
camp. This means that the soldiers
will have to pitch their tents on the
cold ground until lumber for the
floors arrives, and those who know
the vagaries of the Leilehna climate
are hoping for dry weather
The personal welcome to the Twenz
ty-fiftI, however, will be all that could
be desired. The First Infantry has
made arrangements to entertain the
colored soldiers at a bang up dinner
their first day in camp, each company
Of Colonel McGunnegIe's regiment
taking the corresponding company or
Colonel Kennon's organizations in
charge, and looking after the wants
OF the inner man. To arrive in a new
station, and get the. best that's go-.
ing in the way Of provender, is a,
blessing that soldiers do not lightly
regard The First Infantry band will
also be on hand to play the colored
doughboys into their, new home.
Fourth Cavalry Moves. A.. !.
Half of the Fourth Cavalry. fnclud-
ing the first squadron, troops X and
m, the machine gun platoon and band,
entrained at the railroad wharf at 8
O'Clock this morning and pulled out
for Schofield barracks. On their ar.
rival, the men will move into the,
quarters vacated by the correspond
ing organizations of the Fifth Cavalry,
which will entrain and come to the
city this afternoon, embarking on the
Sheridan. Tomorrow morning the
balance of the Fourth will proceed to
Schofield by train, and the other half
of the Fifth will board the same train
on its return trip.
But for the incident of the quaran-
tined recruits, the Fourth would have
met with no Inconvenience in chang
ing stations, but as it is, the recruit
detachment has taken one of the squa-
dron barracks, adjacent to the post
hospital, and therefore four troops of
the Fourth will have to go under can
vas for about three weeks. This is a
hitch that could not be foreseen, and
must be taken as the fortunes of
peace.
Property Transfers.
In order to facilitate the exchange
of Stations several officers Of the
Fourth Cavalry were sent out to Lei
lehua last night to check up regiment
al and troop property with the out
going Fifth. This will allow the Fifth
to entrain without delay, as soon as
the sections of the Fourth arrive.
L.