Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-01
COW Detail IS
Limit OF DUTY
At ROOKIE CAMP
Bands of Men Must Shoe Away
Grazing Herds From
Target Range

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. July 10
Police details, kitchen details and
various details of one sort or another
have become familiar to the men TAX
ing the three months of intensive
training at the PresiGio military res
ervation to fit them for holding COM
missions in the American expedition
airy armies, but a COW detail is some
thing to which the have been initia-
ted only since last Monday.
The first batch Of 3po men went
over to the government rifle range
over IN Marin county on Monday for
their five-day trick in the butts. But
ter and milk are among the products
OF the country and it follows that
there are many cows grazing over the
hills. The long, level stretches OF
the rifle range are covered with fine
grasses which are particularly appeal
ing to these animals and it forms
one of their favorite feeding grounds
The first morning when the men ap
peared on the scene at 5: As O'Clock
they found a herd of cattle peacefully
munching Thereupon the COW detail
sprang into being. Seven men were
detailed to shoe them away and keep
them off.
Naturally, the COWS are unaware OF
the danger they run in getting be-
tween the men and the targets and
unless the COW detail keeps on the
fob, they soon wander back
While in camp at the Preside, the
men were reused from their hunks
at 5.45 o'clock in the morning. On
the range they have to be in the butts
at that time which means that re-
veille sounds at 4:45 o'clock The
shooting goes pn continuously for II
hours every day. Many~of the men
are familiar with firearms and are
excellent shots SO that they have little
to be taught them. On the other
hand there are scores of men who
have never had a rifle in their hands
and some of the results they achieve
are remarkable to say the least.
One of the men of the Seventh COM
pany, to whom a rifle was a perfect
stranger before he came to the range,
unable to make any impress.
sion on the 100-yard target at which
he was supposed to be aiming. His
first bullet raised the dust 100 feet
in front of the pit, the second bullet
was lost in the air and the third
scored a bulls eye in one OF the 800
yard targets.
What's the matter, young man."
asked one of the instructing officers.
81 guess this gun is away off" re-
piled the embryo marksman.
The officer took the rifle, made |
few adjustments Of the sights, fired |
three shots, and the marker in the |
pit signalled three bulls eyes
I'm inclined to believe the rifle is |
American officer.
No scores are being given out and |
there does not appear to be any |
marked desire on the part of the men |
to have their exploits heralded at the !
present stage of the game.
The men at the Preside are en-
gagged at the present time with pick |
and shovel, learning the art of mod |
ern trench building and in view of |
the fact that the past week is the |
that has been experienced |
this year, there is a marked diminu-
ton in waist measurements among
the toilers. While part of the men
are engaged in trench building others
are being instructed in the manner
Of handling and throwing trench
bombs and becoming familiarized with
The various conditions which they will
encounter in these long war burrows.
Under orders of Maj.-Gen. Hunter
Liggett, commander of the department
Of the west. the 18th, 22d and SD
regiments of infantry organized as a
provisional brigade. The first bat
talions of the 62d Infantry and the
SD Infantry moved into the new bar
racks of the north cantonment, on the
exposition grounds
The brigade will be administered as
4 command separate from that Of the
Preside proper, for all purposes ex-
cept those Of supply.