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

| The members OF Company B. Cap
tain PAN Super, and Company d, Cap
tain Walter v. Kolb, OF the national
guard Of Hawaii, went to school last
light, the big floor of the arrnory be-
i ing The class room and LIST Lieut. Ar.
thur L. Bump, inspector,instructor of
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
be an intricate piece of machinery,
but 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 of mechanism. 49,.
For more than two hours Lieuten-
ant Bump explained TO the guardsmen
everything pertaining to their rifles;
how TO take them apart, and, lastly,
low to clean them. He pointed out
the workings of the magazine. the.
cutoff and the safety appliances, and
then proceeded to instruct the men
bow TO fire from the positions OF
standing, kneeling and sitting, bring
ing in at this time the important mat.
ter of adjustmentsof sights. 1t proved
to be an interesting evening, and the
guardsmen listened with marked at
tention. -.
Advance copies of the Small Arms
Firing Manual. 1913, have been re-
ceiyed here The course for the or
ganized militia is changed. the old
Special Course C 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, definite
course of instruction practice, under
which, by selected scores of five
shots each, 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, a definite |
test, either the qualification course,
organized militia. or the qualification
course, regular army, at the discretion
of the territorial authorities, under I
which the soldier attains certain
grade in craftsmanship; fourth, long
range practice.
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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 we're getting in three nights a
week, with Sunday morning thrown
in, but for the next few months this
will be greatly modified ,Fhe regi-
ment is filed up with newly-,nade of
ficers and non-commissioned officers,
and all of these will have. to come
before examining boards during March 4
probably the latter part of the
month. The required time for study,
and one drill night week, with an
extra evening for non-con school, will
be the program adopted by most of
the companies
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One of the local Japanese papers,
in describing the military parade of
last Monday, says that the best-look
ig troops were the 18th Infantry and
the Kan cadets. The story goes on
to say that "the most amusing feature
of the parade was the Hawaiian Ma
Lional Guard. There we're 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 no
Japanese company in the National I
Guard of Hawaii.
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. Lieut. A. l.. Bump, inspector-instruc-
or, will visit Maui and Hawaii next
month, to inspect the guard compa-
lies on those islands. He plans to
cave here March Z, inspecting l. com
oany. at Lahaina, on Sunday, the Stfl,
company, Wailuku, the 18th, and M
company, Hilo, the 22d. Colonel +
'oyne intends to make at least part
II this trip with the inspector-instruc- +
or. -.
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The members of Company D next
Sunday will hike out to the Kakaako
,utts to try out over the three ranges
n preparation for shooting for the
4aIuaSfad troDhy q Handsome nIInI