Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-06
Schofeld Notes
Especial star-Bulletin Correspondence

SCHoFIELD BARRACKS, Oct. g.
Plans for. the encampment OF the
First Hawaiian Brigade on the reser-
walton, beginning on the 10th OF the
month. have progressed as far as the
selection of the camp site. The bri-
gade will be assembled for the first
time since the publication of the
war department order creating 1t, for
the brigade inspection, and viii spend
the first ten days under canvas, on
that portion of the post just east OF
the Jones ranch house and parallel to
the railroad track. In selecting the
camp site the brigade commander
was necessarily limited to ground adj
jacent to the post water supply, and
the newly laid water mains which
connect the post proper with the can
tonment at Cashier, just north of
the proposed camp ground. The size
.of. the command, although 1t is still
far short of the authorized strength.
makes a rather large tract OF ground
necessary to accommodate, 1t. and the
three infantry regiments, stretched
out in column of company streets,
will reach very nearly to the western
limits of the Cashier post.
The drill ground to the NORTH viii
amply accommodate the. troops in the
various regimental battalion and COM
pany exercises, and the battle exer-
cfses will be extended to cover
ground outside the reservation. It is
understood that after two days exer-
cises with the cavalry and field artil-
lery commands attached, the brigade
will march through Honolulu, around
the southeast point of the island, and
we'll up on the windward side, and
the return to Schofield Barracks and
Shafter be made via Haleiwa.
Along the eastern and northern
coasts of the island are camp sites
amply spacious to meet the demands
of the brigade, and the water supply
is sufficient in quantity, and Of excel
lent quality. .+-..5E
The End Infantry is due early. on
the morning of the 10th, the brigade
commander and his staff will arrive
the same day, and the 25th and 1st
Infantry regiments from this garri-
son will go into camp the same date.
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The forty odd native bred horses re-
Gently purchased by the quartermast-
er: corps for the 4th Cavalry and re-
Gently assigned to Troop E, command
ed by Captain Walter Short, are pro-
crossing very we'll in their course to-
wards making good cavalry mounts.
Captain Short expresses himself as
very much pleased with his new
cI1nnpfnP
in every respect to the horses which
the quartermaster corps has been
sending from the States. The E Troop
are all green horses and have
never been ridden. They are being
carefully and slowly trained under
Captain Shorts direction, each horse
getting about two hours work each
lay. The old system for many years
In vogue in the army and copied from
the frontier methods, of throwing a
saddle on a horse and breaking him
by main strength, has no part in the
modern training method. Nothing
but the gentlest of methods is used in
the mounts their first les
;ors, and Captain Shorts troopers
ire acquiring valuable instruction in
/ new phase of their duties. Fourth !
Cavalry officers who have been watch !
ng the progress of the training, ex- |
PRESS themselves as confident that in |
/ few months E Troop will have the !
choicest lot of mounts in the regiment |
md one that will challenge compari- |
on with any other troop in the SER
ice.
The recently arrived horseless bat
alton of field artillery will receive its
Irst lot of battery horses on the next
rip of the Dix, scheduled to arrive
he first of November. The horses
lumber 80. and are being shipped
rom the government remount depot
t Fort Keogh, Montana
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The garrison loses two field officers +
oday~in the departure of Lieutenant
olonel Meneher and Major Aultnan Il
f the field. artillery, who are going 4
} Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to attend the
cid artillery school of fire.
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