The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-16
SMILES ARE WORN
by TRAINING
CAMP CANDIDATES
News That Those Who Receive
Commissions viii Be Taken
Early Brings Joy To Them
Service For r. o. Il. C. Trainers
win Be With Oahu Troops,
Army Officers Think

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The news received-by The ADVERTISE
by Associated Press last night thai
practically all of those who Obtain
their commissions at the close of tn,
r. o, T. G., would be sent into aetiv,
service at once has brought out I
broad smile on the faces Of all .tht
candidates at the Schofcld officers
mill Nothing could please them bet
fer than the opportunity to put theil
newly won knowledge at the service OF
Uncle Sam at the earliest possible mo
ment
II is surmised by number of the
candidates and some Of the local army
officers that active service for the r
o. T. G. graduates may be with the
Oahu troops They have observed the
custom followed by the war depart
ment on the mainland, whereby re-
serve officers are assigned to duty with
roops of the regular army, and the
line officers thus released are placed
in command Of National Army organi
cations at the training camps, .,I
At present there is no training
camp on Oahu and the probability OF
one being established here even aftei
the draft seems slight. Therefore q
any of the regular officers now on
oahn are needed for service with the
troops training to go to the front, II
is possible that their places in the
regular organizations will be taken b,
reserve officers from the SchofelC
training camp. .t.. -'..sl.,
France In Sight y.
No word has been received as to
where the new reserve officers might
be assigned to duty. They may BIZ
sent to the mainland and might be on
their way to France in a few months.
This would suit the men at the r. o.
+. 9. better than any other assign,
ment possibly could. ....- /
Monday night the students at the
training camp withstood a night at
aek from company of infantry of
4 strength greater than their own in
rood shape. The students held the
trenches, and the infantrymen chose
heir own time and tried to creep up
IN the trenches without warning. Sen
ries and listening posts held the space
Japtain "Captured'' .'- ,.
Men wriggled out on their stomachs
'everal hundred feet into no man 5
and to keep q lookout for the attack
RS, who also sent out advance posts
Turing tina night before the. actual
ime Of the attack. Whenever one post
vas discovered by the other the one
who FIRST spied the enemy technically
'aptured the one discovered. At one
ime man on listening post "eap.
-ured' Captain Charles +. Leonard.
Vt least he thought he had captured
he camp commandment, until Captain
.eonaTd made him understand that he
s observing officer was immune from
iapture. b.. e..
Star bombs which lighted up the bat
tie ground as brightly rs day were set
1f by both sides from time to time
the better to spy out the lay of the
and. Heavy firing took place at in
ervals before the attack was made.
\ barrage fire immediately preceded it.
The students have been inlIabiting
he trenches since Monday night, and
ire supposed to be holding them in
he face Of heavy odds day and night.
they may have to withstand attack at
ny time without warning. A number
If officers from the national guard en-.
ampmcnt at KawailOa were taken To
ichofeld Barracks last night to View
fhe trench work of the r. o. T. c. and
heir nj Oht hnttln F', .Ft