The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-13
GUARDSMEN OPEN
|. CAMP WITH FLAG
FLYING HALF MAST
Men Learn Of Death Of Former
Queen on Their Arrival AT
kawailoa
RACES MlNGtE
IN KHAkl-CLAD LINES
Tents Are Reared and Work Of
Drills and OF Lectures Is
Set In Motion M
IRON Mondav Advertiser)

I-F (from MondaV AdVertser)
4 With the flag half.masted out Of re.
spect TO the memory Of Hawaii Z
4 Queen, whose death occurred while the
special train bearing the troops was
on the way to Kawailoa, the National
Guard Of Hawaii went into camp yes.
terday morning more than 1000 strong
II was perfect day for the encamp
ment, and on the dunes swept by the
strong salt breezes the tents were
| pitched in record time after arrival
More companies are to arrive today
| from Maui, Kauai and Hawaii, bring
ing the total strength for the camp
up to about 5000 men and officers.
The two Honolulu battalions report
ed at the armory at sX.thirty. o'clock
yesterday morning ready for the
Journey. They collected their blanket
rolls and baggage and were ready TO
fall in for the march to the o. r. 4 l..
station before seven.thirty.
Many Races Mingie
When the companies lined up prior
to marching out they were an inter.
esting sight, for nearly every race Of
the Territory was represented. In the
center 4of the drill hall the Filipino
company stood stifhy in even ranks.
At the left was Japanese company
and at the right the Chinese company
was lined up. "A Hawaiian company
occupied the outside ranks on either
hand. When the companies started
for the station the Hawaiians from
each side came first, marchiag TO the
center with military precision before
turning 70 60 out to Hotel Street.
The line of march to the station was
on Hotel Street to Alakea, on Alakea
to King, and .on King to the station
where the companies fell into line
again for entertainment. Under the com.
mand OF Col. w. r. Riley, the entire
two battalions were entrained in eight
minutes, a record for speed aud Ell.
cheney in any military organization.
The morning special for the guard
troops carried twenty one cars, includ
ing one freight car. 1t left the sta.
tion at eight.ffteen promptly, preeed. |
ing the regular morning train by an
hour. ~ tbft. -
The second battalion of the First
Infantry, comprising the guard com
pauies from Aiea, Eva, and Waipahu.
took the regular afternoon train to
which three extra coaches were attach
ed. ri 81, ."
Find Flag Half-BrAsted 49,. d.. !
The morning special arrived at Camp
Liliuokalani at ten forty Eve. The |
troops found the flag at half mast, for
the aged Queen In whose honor the |
camp was named had passed to her
long rest half an hour after the special
train left Honolulu The news had
been telephoned to the camp, where
the flag was half,masted at once in re
spect to her memory .'tSttEE5H
There was already part of a camp
on the sand dunes makai of the road !
and the railroad track, for the third
battalion Of the Second regiment and
the first separate troop of Hawaiian |
cavalry had been in camp since Satur. |
day. They had part of their tents
erected yesterday morning. The head |
quarters and the tents for the staff Off. |
GERS were placed near the road and |
the gate. The lecture tent was being |
set up in the center of the camp, with |
the officers mess and kitchen tents
back of 1t. At one end Of the camp
the horses of the cavalry tVoop were
'Orralled near the tents of the com.
pany. ttE.aF.
The battalions arriving from Homo |
lulu on the special fell into line at the |
word from their officers,and marched to
heir company 3 reefs, which were laid |
out and marked in advance by the quar-
termaster's department Friday and Sat |
urday. Their first duty ON lining up in
their respective locations was to stack |
their rifles, after which they fell to ON
tent raising with will
The kitchen tents were the first to
go up in every company, for IL was
nearing noon and the men were hungry
after their long ride. The earth was
dug out to permit of setting the camp
stoves down almost flush with the
ground in most of the companies. Mol
sooner was the stove set up than the
firewood was brought from the long
stacks across the road in the quarter.
masters department. and the cooking
fire was made. rs C. '~Etr"'.
Quarters Of beef, bags Of rice, came
goods, and sacks full Of Ioaves Of
bread were brought over TO the kitchen
tepts while the rest of the company
worked at tent raising and the dinner
was begun. Many of the companies
had number of tents up before noon,
The machine gun company led the
others, with nearly every tent of the
organization set up ready for occu,
pancy before the mess call was given.
The quartermaster Is department and
the hospital tent are placed on the op.
posite side of the railroad track from
the main camp. Septries have. keen
posted at either end and at intervals
along the fence TO prevent any one not
having businSsstin the camp from en-,
tering. The Headquarters tents RI.
equipped with electric lights and tple
phone. -. >'>.,
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