1890’s Annual Training – Summer Camp – Annual Encampments
Posted on Feb 19, 2025 in 1800, HING History1894
Early day photographs of Hawaii’s military clowning in uniform are practically non-existent. In this rare picture, Corporal Paul Smith (Right) of the national guard is seen playfully shaking his clenched right fist at a thirsty private. The non-coms gun barrel is reversed and hat is askew he glances sideways with anticipation at a civilian pouring him a glass of beer from a quart bottle. His trusting young son grasps the free left hand of his father, a tableau reminiscent of the old pot-boilers: the wayward, drunken parent and tearful waif pleading, “Come home with me, father!”
It is 1894 and Hawaii’s first regiment is in training at camp cooper, having learned during the late 1880’s, with the Honolulu Rifles, how to “make King David Kalakaua listen to reason.”
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 a two-day encampment had been held at Raymond Grove in which the men set their tents, prepared their meals in the open, and slept on the ground. The following two years similar camps were established and the new volunteer companies on Hawaii and Maui went on practice marches.
– History of the Hawaii National Guard pp. 59-60
1899 20th-22nd of May
On May 20, 1899, the National Guard of Hawaii went into camp at Raymond Grove and conducted field exercises, returning to town two days later.
– History of the Hawaii National Guard pp.51
In 1899 a two-day encampment had been held at Raymond Grove in which the men set their tents, prepared their meals in the open, and slept on the ground.
– History of the Hawaii National Guard pp. 59-60