There is another military organization that deserves mention at this time. This was the Citizens’ Guard. It was not organized as were the volunteer companies of the National Guard, but ...
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Robert W. Wilcox, a young Hawaiian who had been sent to Italy to receive a military education, returned to the Islands and began organizing a revolutionary party to overthrow Kalakaua ...
Read More 1889 Rebellion to Reenact the Hawaiian Constitution of 1864
The Rebellion of 1895 was the most important crisis that the National Guard was ever called upon to meet: It was well planned and kept very secret, so that the ...
Read More 1895 Rebellion to Reestablish the Monarchy
1894 1895 1896 Under the Republic of Hawaii, the National Guard had made several overnight practice marches, but no formal camps under war-time conditions had ever been held. In 1899 ...
Read More 1890’s Annual Training – Summer Camp – Annual Encampments
1860-1873 Some three years later, in 1860, the lst Hawaiian Cavalry was revived and became known as the Leleiohoku Guard: It was composed almost entirely of Hawaiians, with several business ...
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1874 King Kalakaua organized an infantry company of native volunteers, named the Mamalahoas. Kalakaua took a deep interest in these two volunteer companies and frequently appeared personally at the armory ...
Read More 1874-1887 Mamalahoas
Plague December, 1899 to January, 1900, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Colonel J. Walter Jones Commanding, acted as quarantine guard during a plague epidemic in Honolulu. – 1923-1924 Annual Report pp.17 ...
Read More 1899-1900 Chinatown Plague and Fire
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Read More 1893 Expedition to Gather Individuals with Hansen’s Disease
1854 1872 1874 1884 1889 Suddenly on the morning of July 20, 1889, Wilcox with about one hundred and fifty followers tookpossession of the Government Building and the Palace Grounds. ...
Read More 1874 – 1893 King’s Guard / Queen’s Guard / Royal Guard / Household Troops