The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-22

tIObAllOlIH--J. D.ttLevensOn. chair
man; Charles r. Frazier and PhilIi
8. Jewell y ~ y. s'Tl7a TfTl
lANQVEMENT OF TROOPS
Iva WAS BIG EVENT
With the decision TO bring In IL,
troops from SehoHeld Rarraelts I'd For
Shafter for Carnival Week. the mex
step was TO decide upon camping
grounds. Since there is A military plan
ht sShafteH that was the logical plac,
70 put the troops. Owing ID; the Unite,
camping space, IL was decided to pul
the Fourth Cavalry at the naval res&r
walton in Honolulu, All troops ther
are within easy reach of the Carnival
/ 81 The department quartermastef met
the quartermasters Of the incoming reei
ments and decided upon all matters Il
lating to the camping, Of the troops
The quarternasters Of the infantry AID
artillery regiments conferred with the
Fort Shafter quartermaster and were
shown their camp sites, selections heihu
made according to the rank OF the feei
mental eommanders. it'. ~
Camp II Marked on -
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Assistants to the regimental. quarter.
masters of 'Schofeld Barracks went 10
Shafter a few days before the arrival
of the troops and marked OF with peVs
the lines for the tents of the CON.
panies, the hne3 Of company kitchens,
the company store tents, company Of.
hers lines and the field and staff tents.
Pegs were also placed for the guard
tent, regimentaI headquarters tents,
quartermRster store tents and hospital
tents. The picket line and parks for
trains weret then located. These officers
conferred with the Shafteri quartefmas.
ter and let him know what they would
need In the way of fations, the nfil,-
Der Of men they would have and tthe
number Of days the troops ! would Be
on the post. They also let him know
the amount of fuel wood needed and
the necessary hay and grain for the
animals. al a,s. 1 ! lIN n t.F,, IA ~
conv6niences INSTALLED q. - - 4; /, ;,
Captain Knowles, post quarterm aster,
had had water pipes laid I'd, an the
camping sites in sufficient number 10
accommodate the commands. He had
also had Installed several shower baths
for each regiment. Cord after cord Of
wood had been stacked in places Of easy'
access. First Lieut.. Frederick +. Black.
Signal Corps, had made proper arrange
ments to install telephones at the sew,
eral headquarters. Arrangemefits had
also been made for, the running of sew.
eral wires for electric lighting to the
different camps. s3f sf{s-k 4 ~ ( IA
The first troops to arrive were a de-
tail of ninety men from the Twenty
FIFTH Infantry with Lieut. Eley p. benson
Battalion Quartermaster and Commits
airy, Twenty firth infantry in comma nd,
and Lieut.. Alfred E. Sawkins, Twenty
fifth Infantry, in command of the wag,
on train. They, came In Thursday, and
Friday morning pitched the entire camp
for the Twenty fifth Infantry. On Fri,
day Capt! Pelham D. Ghssford, First
Field Artillery with d detachment of
men, arrived att Shaftef Ind pitched
tents ON the Field Artillery camp sit 9 |
near the Signal Corps. con the 60 me |
day Lieut.. Virgil @. Enyaft, First In |
fantry, with q detachment OF men and |
the wagon train from Cashier, arrived
and pitched the tents for the company |
kitchens ~ ga Er = on 81 ~ ~
On Saturday the ,Twenty.fifth Infan.
try came by train, in two attachments. |
The first arrived in the morning and the |
second in the afternoon. Sunday the
Cavalry passed through on Its way TO !
their camp at the naval reservation. |
The First Infantry came BY train on |
Sunday, the frst section arriving In |
the forenoon, and the second section |
With band playing and coiors fying1
sntered the post at three D clock. The
Field Artillery jonrneying via the coun
ny road reached their camp grounds in
he afternoon, aiftkt ~ tF,B A
II was aasimple matter for the troops
o go into camp asleverything had been
lone beforehand, the advance detach,I
nents having put the finishing touches
% the few things remaining to be done |
2 The barracks Of the Second Infantry
we're practically, deserted the early part
u last evening as lthe men were visit, |
ng in the different camps Bringing
he regiments t0gether, IN this manner
yiyes a splendid opportunity for officers
md men, to renew friendships and acs
va bASrr4r 81 . -
Many Social Features =, 81 s.. !
~ Frequent exclamaIions are heard as
men spy old ctoniea among the SohoReld
jToops. Several dinners, parties and
uncheons have been planned for this
week. The Hop Association.wiI give q
zig tea dance on the twenty.thiTd tot
which all officers of the island have
'een invited. At the Aerodome an ;,un.
Usually fine program for .this week has
zen; arranged. 81 The. incoming, troops
,rought with them their big circus tents
hat Is the tents allowed for the Chap
aims, and these. will be used as general
eading, and writing places, and points
4 assembly. In these tents there win
ilso be different kinds Of games and
monographs with varied assortments of
ecofds. - .fsrf IT 80, @'.