The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-11-16
REAL WORK STARTS
IhD|G CAMP OF THE
NATIONAL GUARDS
Vast Task Of Organization AT
kawailoa Has Now Been
Completed
TENTED VISTA NEAR
OCEAN GREAT SIGHT
Sore Muscles Forgotten As Men
Turn Out With Balls
s,sr and Bats

y n.
With the last tent peg put in place
and all OF the many departments es.
tabhshed and in operation, the task of
organization at the military establish
mont at Kawailoa, Camp Liliuokalani,
where 1900 National Guardsmen of Ha.
wan are encamped, had been completed
yesterday afternoon. II is the biggest
national guard eneampment ever held
in Hawaii.
ssct in broad grassy plain behind
the ocean beach, great vista Of khaki
tents grects the eye Of the visitor 10
the camp. The failroad track and road.
way approach with fences on either
side separate the main portion Of the
camp which is nearest the sea from the
qhhrtermaster 3 department, with Its
larger. tents Of supplies and refrigerator
ears on a side track. On this southern
eide 81 the camp with the supply de.
partment also are the hospital, the cleo.
trie plant and the water supply soutces,
whirh are artesian wells. 2.s.s {
Ocean Supplies Music .
The northern part Of the camp given
over 10 the troops extends somewhat
over ,atmile along both sides Of road.
f way. as yet unnamed, and the crash Of
I Big rollers on the beach nearby Is al.
ways in the ears Of the guardsmen in
their tents.
brigade headquarters, faeing the
roadway and the sea with its row Of
dncers' tents and the main Office, and
marked also by the Flag at half mast
And the blue brigade standard, occupies
he approximate eenter Of the encamp-
ntnt The hundred-odd mounts of the
enisers are pastufed on q rise Of ground
about q mile east Of the camp. .as
4 The various units have their quarters
side By side along the long central
roadway. Each company has its
kitchen with busy aproned cooks and
holpefs. At the side Of each kitchen
arc the ineinerators IN which refuse IL
burned as fast as Il accumulated. Each
kiithen also has its underground rock
lined ieebox, near which are the huge
water bags with their contents kept
c0ol by evaporation. Grouped about
The Kitchens are the tents Of the men.
A record attendance for national
guard encampments probably viii be
Established at Camp Liliuokalani. II ID
over ninety-nine percent. The units
Included IN the total Of Bio4 men are:
onartermasier department, five OIL.
hers and fourteen men; First Separate
cavalry, three officers and fifty-seven
men, Wire Company B, Signal Corps,
hres officers and sixty-two men; First
Regiment Of Oahu, forty eight officers
And 1919 men; Second Regiment, Ha.
Nail; Maui and Kauai, forty seven OH
efs and 17i2 men. \
0ther Guard Forces
The total given does not include thu
,ompany Of guardsmen on duty at the
Nauapu water supply, the coast artil
Itfy companies Of the guard, nor the
cnfipeers corps. t
Aside from the Attendance, anothe,
skeeptional record that has been main
lained SO far by the camp is in tn,
alafief of sickness, A sickness RECORD
81 two percent, estimated conservative
ly.ais provided for and expected from 2
ramp the size Of that Mt Kawailoa, a;
cordinR to records Of the regular army
8ielsness at Camp Liliuokalaui has beer
kept'fD one half of one percent thus fal
and M the small number Of eases under
Treatment none il Of serious character
A. number are victims of tritiing acct
dents and one or two are In hospital be,
eslisc they had more confidence thar
skill in horseback riding. h ..aS
f Men Of all the various races and con
ditions that 90 TO make up the organi
zation are sharing a common experience
.in the matter OF rigid training. Tbs
4 sore muscles and lassitnde of the frs
few days Of the camp are disappearing
The men are getting hardened rapidly
md the general atmosphere of the place
now Is one Of eheerfulness. Balls anc
bats have made their appearance ant
brass band keeps spirits soaring.
Supplies Used In Camp l +
In the quartermaster s department
about carload Of supplies, IN addition
ito supplies teamed In, reach camp daily
Tie fare is Of the most substantial sort
well prepared and seems TO satisf,
every demand. The food supplies con
list Of fresh meat, about 5000 leaves o
bread daily, potatoes, bacon, rice, jams
dried fruits, beans and coffee. Othe
supplies and daintIes are available TO-
the men at an establishment caile'
The Exchange where things no
,foonlarIy supplied may be purchased.
Yp II Is estimated that the cost or snip
plying proyender for the camp for tn,
lefiod of fifteen days will run TO $50,
600. Major John q. Short, chief quar-
.tsrmaster, said Yesterday thft Their,
VII be q pay day in the course OF tn
camp. He said e65000 would then b'
paid out 70 the men. ~
Another facility for the men wa
provided yesterday when an arrange
meut was made with Postmaster o. n
,NaeAdam By which all trains to thu
camp viii carry mail for the men
Gaptaius, the Rev. Father Valentin, sec
fetary Of the Honolulu Catholic Mis-
sion, and Rev. George Laughton, pastor
of the First Foreign church at Hilo
Who are the two camp ehaplains, have
accepted the task Of handling the mOil
a. camp postmasters. An open air post
5fiee has been sci up for them in the
.enter Of the camp At point facing
he,dqparters u
A Jfawbask at the camp Is the UNI
deftoM Nhieh prevents bathing on the
beaeh in4ront Of the camp. That THE
% readily Overcome, however, may be
seen late an afternoon when hundreds
~ guardsmen. marching In loose lorna
tien - completes and squads, towels
gnd bathing suitS N their hands, may
be, t.,sountes "a maShiug bark to cam