The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-27
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est place ever remarked stalwar
son Of Anak, and his white teetI
flashed out in broad, delighted grir
as he continued .end, that old Vol
cano am sho, a fine match for to ligh
a cigarette with And then for hal
an hour or SO, he spoke Of the events
Of the past week, which had been I
red.letter week indeed in the some
what mOnotonous round Of his exist
ence.
We were standing on the broad
smooth road which skirts the grea,
military camp at Kilauea, and then
goes on it's long journey as the belt
road around the Island Of Hawaii. My
soldier friend was member of one
of the companies spending an all ton
short period Of relaxation amid the de-
lights Of the Volcano region. The sun
was shining from cloudlcss sky, the
air was like wine in its e1hilarating
freshness, the lovely countryside swept
away upward and ever upward TO the
lava,built slopes of mighty Mauna Loa,
and far away to the right the vivid
snowipeaks of the blister mountain,
Mauna Kea, lifted themselves in the
stiffness and the glory Of their pure
nantes. urH" 49,
I have always eontended that Of all
the climates TO be found on this vide
old globe, an early morning at Kilanea
runs away with the palm. And in this
contention / am now ably backed BY
several hundred of Uncle Sam g best
soldiers, who, with their officers, are
agreed that, in the delightful phrase,
ology Of my friend, Kilauea cam Jest
de bestest place ever. !" 5..
Camp Justihes Existence
That the Kilauea Military Camp has
already amply justified its existence Is
evidenced by the continuous stream of
troops which has arrived, explored the
many wonders of the district, ami
finally departed on the return journey
to the various posts on Oahu. To OIL
GERS in command of companies, ths
camp has offered an opportunity for
welcome change of scene and environ
ment (there is nothing will make
man stale and Ineffective so soon as
lack of change), a sojourn in the clear,
bracing air of one of the finest eli.
mates in the world, and new field for
the study of mountain country, with
the added advantage that the time
spent in camp and in journeying
thither is not counted as leave Of alb.
sence from duty, but is included in
the routine of service. To the enlist.
ed man has come the relief from the
round of barfack life, q
short spell in wonderful, bracing eli.
mate, and an opportunity Of becoming
acquainted with one of the world s
supremest wonders, the ever active
throat Of the great crater, which burns
and trobs and labors at its task of
world building from aeon to aeon, and
will continue that work long ages af.
ter we, like Caesar Of old, are "dead
and turned TO clay. ~ Veg -.
Fills Long Felt Want .. 49,
Thus, the great Kilauea Military
Camp, made possible only. by the gen.
erosity of hard-headed, foresighted
business men of Honolulu and her ais
ter city, Hilo, is already satisfying a
Iong-felt want, and It's usefulness can
no longer be gainsaid. One has only
10 visit the spacious buildings teeming
with a busy crowd Of men, and listen
10 the laughter and the joking, Il
know at once that, here at any rate.
there is content and full satisfaction
with the lot Of the soldier. The men,
IS well as their officers, are enjoying
themselves; they appreciate the camp
and its surroundings, and many have
told me with earnestness that the
problem of "what can we do for the
soldier" has now been, at least in
some considerable measure, solved by
The good people of Hawaii.
The camp may be said to be fulfilling
, two-fold mission, in that il is q rest,
health and training camp for the ma
tional guard as well as for the regular
troops of Uncle Sans defenders, and
also il is helping in the good work
If adding to the reputation of the Vol
;ano as one of the most important of
bur territorial tourist assets. IN g.
There is no better booster than q
pleased customer, and the Kilauea
lamp in this respect is business or
ganization. Its hackers believe in
'eeing to il that each single one of its
gisitors shall 90 away satisfied with
his short stay, for they are fully awake
10 the value of the advertising the
lamp, the Volcano and the whole Of
he great district surrounding IT, must
inevitably receive from the month Of
he hundreds of men who have already
Visited IL, and from those yet to come,
who, in turn, will be spread broadcast
,yer the wide domains Of the United
States.
In this way, the camp is distinct
Isset to the entire Territory OF Ha.
vail, and il is also an even greater adj
yantage to the military authorities at
in that its cost as q camp
o the department is precisely nothing
Der annum, since il is maintained en-
irely at the expense Of the men who
made its creation possible. The war
department. is thus unoficially in pos
session of an ideal health station for.
,rooPs, comparable only with the Bri-
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