Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-26

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their countries after becoming impfi-
Gated in the insutrection and hadlfied
claims against the republic OF Hawaii
for damages for Illegal Imprisonment
and deportation, and the claims were
then pending. MANY Of these claims
were eventually paid by the territory
after annexation to the United States,
by direction OF the United States gov
? ernment).
Following The close OF the insur
rection the National Guard continued
its routine work. and Robert II. Nc
Lean, a retired American naval off,
Ger, was appointed to the rank Of
colonel. On May %, 1895, Company
G was organized with the following
commissioned officers: H. Kaia. cap
tain; J. NJ. kea. first lieutenant. and
&. Wilcox, brother Of the leader of
the insurgents, second lieutenant. In
August OF the same year Co. II was or
ganized with the following officers:
r. b. Murray. president OF the Ameri-
can League. political organization
then in existence in Honolulu. cap
tain, 4. w. Matthews. first lieuten-
ant and T.. H. F.. Wolters, member
OF the present board OF supervisors,
second lieutenant. Colonel Mclean
having resigned January %. 1897,
LieufeRgnt-Colon Joseph II. Fisher
assumed command and was commits
stoned colonel June ~, 1897. On
July Z, 1898, the Newlands resolution
OF annexation was passed by the
United States congress and shortly
after formal transfer of sovereignty
was effected. The memorable day
came August II. 1898, at which time
the national guard of Hawaii was
sworn IN TO uphold the constitution
and the laws a the United States OF
America, thereby becoming a part OF
the organized militia of that nation
on 70 Che War.
In 1893, when the first American
troops under the command OF General
Anderson arrived in Honolulu, en-
route to the Philippines, they found
an enthusiastic national guard. many
OF that organization being anxious to
volunteer for the war. Out Of the
applications made for enlistment, OF
which many were accepted, those
which will be distinctly remembered
were the ones sent IN by Harry Muir
ray and III. Gunther. Captain Paul
Smith. then commanding Company A
Of the national guard, who was fired
with an enthusiasm to join the volun-
teers, was accepted and appointed
first lieutenant Of the F0rtieth Regi-
ment of Volunteers Almost immedi-
ately after, upon the recommendation
Of Senator Clark, he was commits
stoned captain. Captain smith served
through the war, was honorably mus
tered out and is now affiliated with
the territorial board Of immigration.
Colonel Fisher resigned from his
command March 8. 1899, being sue
ceeded by Lieutenant-C Colonel George
+. Mcleod Colonel Mcleod resigned
shortly afterward and Lieutenant
Colonel j. W. Jones, the present adj
lutant general, was commissioned
colonel March 20, 1892
Some Real Fighting
News reached Honolulu late in De-
cember, 1893, that the deputy sheriff
OF Kauai had been shot while attempt
ing to arrest q famous rifleman, a Ha-
waiian, who had contracted leprosy
and taken refuge in the mountains.
The sheriff had been killed while
hunting in the mountains for the man,
said the report, and il was requested
that a detachment of the national
guard be sent from Honolulu to effect
the capture of the outlaw. The coun-
try on Kauai through which the de-
tachment had to work was almost i'm
hot Sinnln ms
stationed i'm a convenient crevice in
the rocks at the head of narrow
gully, could hold an entire battalion at
bay. After much laborious work. con-
sisting mostly of Notwithstanding,
the detachment located the outlaw.
who was hidden in a series or caves
upon the prccipice and almost hsur-
mountable side of a deep canyon, and
the task of capturing him appeared
almost hopeless. However, an advance
was made. taking the detachment over
ground where the members were al
most constantly within sight and in
range of the outlaws gun. The outlaw
had erected breastworks of stone and
earth, from behind which he fired at
the oncoming guardsmen. The out
law, however, was kept under cover
the greater part of the time by the well
directed fire of a detail of the militia
posted for that purpose. As the ad-
yancing column came within 600 yards
of the place where the outlaw was in
hiding. the guardsmen found that his
little fort was so situated that he could
fire upon them without being exposed
to their bullets, and man after man Of
the guard fell in the attempt to draw
himself up the Steep. banks which led
10 the outlaws hiding place. AS the
outlaw had not been located until late