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


BY LAURENCE REpiNGToN.
(Star- Bulletin Staff Correspondent in
the field with the Blue army
WITH HEADQUARTERS LIST HA-
WAIIAN. BRIGADE. NEAR CAST.
NER, Oct. I'll. Conditions more near
ly 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 who have been
through the real thing time and again,
lent the final touch Of reality. while
at headquarters the commanding gem
eral and his staff pored over the war
map of this section, and marked off
the position Of the defending and in
yading forces, according to informa-
tion that came in at frequent inter-
walls over the buzzer lines laid by the
signal corps attachments. whose duty
1t was to maintain the lines of COM
munication, and keep the Blue COM
mander in constant touch with the
scattered units of his command.
All last night the Blue infantry and
cavalry held the high ridge north of
Schofield Barracks, a line of out.
posts covering practically the entire
territory from Wahiawa to Kolekole
pass. The three provisional troops Of
dismounted cavalry Under Lieutenant.
colonel Mcdonald, held the extreme
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
KaukoIlahua gulch. with a company
of the LIST infantry holding Male
point, and another company of foot
soldiers holding Kolekole pass. The
third squadron of the 4th cavalry was
here. there and everywhere along the
front and flanks during the afternoon
and night, one troop, together with
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 maneuver.
Mac0mb Busy .> !
General Macemb, who Sunday, pur-
suant to department orders, assumed
command of all troops in the Leile-
hua section, maintained headquarters
until 5:30 yesterday afternoon at
brigade headquarters of the rlaneuyer
camp, and there. during the afternoon,
he was in constant communication
with the advance under Colonel Ken.
non, the position at Male, and that
at Kolekole pass.
Field company E and the platoon of
telegraph company H, 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 tho
lines of C, nmunication break down..
AS. soon as General Macomb laid his
plans of calr paign, and issued his
orders, the big reel carts of the sig
nal corps started to string their lines
of single conductor wire along the
ground, and neither gulehes<. nor
ridges stopped the snake-like pro-
gress of the talking wire. Over rough
ground and favorable alike, the sig
hal men strung their line. and in a.
short space of time Gen
eral Macomb was talking to his COM
from three points of vantage
along the front. In one instance ow-
ing to detour necessary to avoid a
gulch, the smile reel gave out on a
single line, and it was necessary to-
call on the reserve supply of buzzer
wire. and then send back for still
further supply. before the communi-
cation was complete.
Headquarters Shifted
Towards darkness, General Maeomb
decided to transfer his headquarters
10 a point near the high water tower
at Cashier, where the Blue artillery
had taken up a position earlier in the
DAY, and within few minutes of his
decision. the signal corps.
Fad legged in" it's lines to the new
point. so that whens the brigade COM
mander was half way between sta
tons. accompanied by his staff, the
operators at the first headquarters
tut out their instruments, and were
ready for further duty almost by the
time General Macomb arrived. at the
working station near Cashier. All
afternoon and night three points of
were maintained, and
1t all times the situation was as
clear several miles to the rear of
he outpost line as 1t was among the
,utguards themselves In addition toI
he buzzer lines, the signal troops
visual communication
with the cavalry command near Wa
ciawa, so that General Macomb kept
/ finger constantly on the pulse of
action, and directed the main move |