Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-26

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The members of Company B. Cap
tain Paul Super, and Company ID, Cap
tain Walter v. Kolb, of the national
guard OF Hawaii. went 20 school last
night. the big floor Of the arInory be.
ms the class room and LIST Lieut. Ar,
thur Z Bump. fnspeetor-instructor Of
1.-THE guard. the teacher To the aver
age recruit, the Springfield rifle, now
used By the United States army as
well as the national guard, appears to
J be an intricate piece Of machinery,
hut BY practical demonstration, Lieu
tenant Bump proved that, when one
learns the several parts and how each
may be removed for cleaning or other
| purposes, IL is simple yet unique
piece or mechanism
For more than two hours Lieuten-
ant Bump explained TO the guardsmen
everything pertaining to their rifles;
how 20 take them apart, and. lastly,
how TO clean them. He pointed out
the workings Of the magazine, the
cutoff and the safety appliances. and
then proceeded TO instruct the men
how to fire from the positions OF
standing, kneeling and sitting. bring
ing in at this time the important mat.
ter OF adjustment of sights. II proved
TO be an interesting evening, and the
gnardsfnen listened with marked at
tention.
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Advance copies of the Small Arms
Firing Manual. 1913. have been re-.
ceived here. The course for the or
ganized militia is changed, the old
Special Course G being abolished.
The general scheme of instruction
for the organized militia embraces;
First, a certain amount of instruction
in the preliminary drills and exer-
|cises, followed by gallery practice,
with prescribed test before the sol
der can be advanced to practice on
the target range; second, a definite
course of instruction practice, under
which, by selected scores of five
shots each, a soldier must attain a
certain proficiency before he can be
advanced to fire the record practice,
organized militia, or the qualification
course, regular army; third, definite
test, either the qualification course,
organized militia, or the qualification
course. regular army, at the discretion
of the territorial authorities, under
which the soldier attains certain
grade in craftsmanship fourth, long
range practice.
All the guard companies have let up
on their strenuous program of drills
that the recent military tournament |
and Washington's birthday parade
made necessary. Most of the organ.
cations were getting in three nights
week, with Sunday morning thrown
IN, but for the next few months This
will be greatly modified The regi-
ynent is filled up with newly-made Of
ficers and 1Dn-commissioned officers,
and all OF Ihese viii have to come
before examining boards during March |
probably the latter part Of the |
month The required time for study,
and one drill night week, with an
extra evening for non-com school, will |
be the program adopted by most of
the companies.
One of the local Japanese papers, |
in describing the military parade Of |
last Monday, says that the best-look- |
ig troops were the 25th Infantry and
the Kan cadets. The story goes on |
to say that 1.-THE most amusing feature
of the parade was the Hawaiian Ma
tional Guard There were Hawaiians, |
white men, black men, Filipinos. Chi
nese, fat men, tall men, thin men,"
ETC., ETC., with closing shaft of satire |
to the effect that the officers, being
unused to military matters. looked
very much out of place There is mol
Japanese company in the National
Guard of Hawaii
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Lieut.. A. L. Bump, Inspector instruc-
tor, will visit Maui and Hawaii next !
month, to inspect the guard coInpa- (
MES on those islands. He plans to |
leave here March Z, inspecting L COM
pany, at Lahaina, on Sunday, the Sth,
| company, Wailufu. the 18th, and M /
company, Hilo the I'D Colonel /
Coyne intends to make at least part !,
OF this trip with the inspector instruc-
tor.
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The members of Company d next l
Sunday will hike out to the Kakaako
butts to try out over the three ranges
in preparation for shooting for the
Hannestad trophy, handsome cupi
offered by former sergeant of the
company. Those who intend going to
the range will meet at the armory att
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