Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-20
ENTHUSIASM OF
GUARDSMEN IS
NOT DAMPENED
tl.anilnned from haee onel

/ Gln Company and i Mas followed By
/ ComranteS \ TO land Is 10 " and the
| HoSnital Corps aud Engineers Com,
! pany respectively brought up the rear
| Tlse supply wagons had gone on ahead,
| bur before the camp Was reached they
had been passed by the marching men,
| "A day CeHld not have been ordered
ht Headquarters which Was better
than SUNDAY 4 warm. drying sun. a
clondIess sky and refreshing breeze
made the march ideal and all the men
arrived al the camp in fine condi-
tion and went about their duties as If
a long mornings march was nothing
| out Of the ordinary. The Hospital
| Corps NJ the rear had nothing TO do
and the only dead soldiers along the
road were the pop bottles and their
| mortality was terrible According 10
officers. the discipline was all that
could be asked In fact, il greatly
surprised the regular army officers
who were in attendance
Make Camp Immediately
Shortly after the men arrived at
the camp the supply wagons drove IN
and soon the tents were going up.
md almost before il could be realized
Company streets were quickly laid out
the hill was dotted with yellow tents
and a soldier city had suddenly sprung
into existence. Red Hill is a fine
place for a camp as ii is covered with
a thick carpet of grass and if rains
occur before the encampment is over
mud, the terror of every soldier, will
not greatly trouble Honolulu's citizen
soldiers.
First Mess Served
At ! O'Clock the .bugles sounded
luncn, or mess as II is known here.
and everybody was certainly ready.
Quickly the different companies were
drawn mp into line and each with his
dish, cup and knife, fork and spoon
marched to the mess tent, where he
was generously supplied with beef
stew, soup and bread. The evening
meal consisted Of roast beef. tomato
souffle, rice, coffee and bread While
the food is plain il is cooked exceed.
ingly well and there is always plenty
of il. Although it is real camp life
IN every sense of the word, cleanliness
is strictly enforced and any offender
will be courtmartialed 1t is the hope
OF the officers in command to return
without single man having been sick
and to that end efforts are directed.
After the MONDAY meal the men
were detailed off in squads and the
work of putting the camp into ship.
shape condition proceeded until the
bugle called to muster at 8 O'Clock.
This took up an hours time and then
the guardsmen returned to work and
when they were called to supper the
camp looked as If &c had been in the
hansd of regular army regiment,
Roster Shows $50 There
The number Of men in camp here is
$50, so officers and $50 enlisted men,
which makes it the largest encamp-
ment ever held, and the commanding
officers are greatly pleased with the
showing. Regardless of this large
number of men, many of whom have
never been in camp OF this kind be-
fore. there has been no ''mix-up" what
soever.
After supper the men cleaned up
and then either lay about their tents
or visited other points about the camp.
At e:30 the regimental band played
several lively pieces and here and
there the voices of the men could be
heard raised in joyous laughter. Soon
lights began to twinkle, and with mar
tial music floating over the camp the
sight was certainly inspiring.
All Ready for Taps
Taps was sounded at 10 and the
men, tired with their hard days work,
we're glad to turn in. Many arms,
legs and shoulders ached with the
unaccustomed work, but the spirit or
the men has not been dampened by
doing work which at home they would
never think of doing and the success
OF the camp seems assured.
Real Msneuvers Begin
Early this morning the real man
avuers began, The first call sound
ed at 81 a. and 10 minutes later came
reveille Assembly was at 6 o'clock
and the glad call to mess sounded al
6:30. The next call was fatigue at
O'clock Fifteen minutes sick call
came and the rest of the day was di-
vided up as follows: Drill call. 80;
assembly, s; recall from fatigue,
1880; first sergeants' call, 1145;
mess call, noon; drill call, L. fatigue,
1; assembly lis: recall from fatigue,
1; retreat tparade), first call, 4:45;
assembly, ); guard tinformal), after
retreat; tattoo. $3.50, and taps. 10.
This will also be the order for each
day of the week until camp shall be
broken Sunday.
The following is the camp roll:
Col. Croxton. Lieut-Col. Riley, Regi,
ment Adujtant Capt kolb, Chaplain
Franck, Maj. Rose. End Battalion;
Maj. Johnson. LIST Battalion; Mai A.
w Nicely, 3rd Battalion; adjntant, End
Battalion. Lieut. May; adjutant. 3rd
Battalion, Lieut.. Wayne; adjutant, lst
Battalion, Lieut. Midkiff. "
Supply Company Capt Dougherty,
End Lieut.. King ~
Machine Gun Company Capt At
kinson. LIST Lieut. Judd, End Lieut.. Nc
Grew. Ind Lieut. Jackson
Company A-Capt O'Sullivan, LIST
Lieut.. Godfrey, End Lieut.. Evans; As
enlisted men.
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