Salvage Sailor Posted September 1, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 1, 2018 Aloha Everyone, This selection of photos is from a set that depict the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Regular Army, while stationed at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii in 1913-1914. Schofield was established in 1908 and soon thereafter the 1st FA Regt. was added to the growing garrison on the Island. From the ranks of this regular army artillery regiment other units would be formed including the 9th FA established in Hawaii in 1916. Mounted Color Guard, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted September 1, 2018 1st Field Artillery Headquarters Detachment - Army Maneuvers Hawaii 1913 Details of Horse Holders, Bugler and HQ Officers wearing OPFOR stripes on their campaign hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jerry Posted September 1, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 1, 2018 Love the unit colors! Great shot-thanks for sharing that! At that time I believe that they still would be hand painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted September 2, 2018 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Climbing Kipapa Gulch (Schofield Barracks, TH) US Army Maneuvers 1913 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted September 2, 2018 1st Field Artillery, 1914 Manuevers - Artillery Crossing Kolekole Pass, Schofield Barracks, TH Photo detail, horse team and field piece 1914 Photo detail, Caissons, Wheels and a Remount 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted September 2, 2018 1st Field Artillery, 1914 Maneuvers - Schofield Barracks, TH - Artillery HQ Signalers setting up Heliograph 1914 Below: Etching of Army Heliograph is: A combination photo / engraving (photo with backdrop replaced by engraving) of US Army Signal Corps personnel training with Heliograph ca July 1898 while waiting to be sent to Cuba for the Spanish-American War. From "With the Waiting Army" by Irving Bacheller, July 1898, "The Cosmopolitan", page 316. This is a crop of the bottom figure, which is titled: Signaling with the Heliograph. Note the crossed-flags badge of the Signal Corps on their sleeves. From the accompanying text, this could have been from the encampment at Chickamauga, or Tampa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted September 2, 2018 1st Field Artillery, 1914 Manuevers - Schofield Barracks, TH, Field Pieces Firing on the Range (for those of you familiar with Schofield, this is now Area X) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted September 2, 2018 1st Field Artillery, 1914 Maneuvers - Schofield Barracks, TH, The Heavies - Firing the Siege Guns with the Waianae Mountains in the background Gun Crew standing by their Piece Recoil Heavy Battery Firing on the Range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted August 12, 2019 1st US Field Artillery on parade, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1912 - Mounted Band 1st US Field Artillery on parade, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1912 - Mounted Band Leading the Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted January 4, 2020 1st US Field Artillery park at Castner (Schofield Barracks) 1914 3" M1902 Field Pieces with caissons Two Redllegs with a 3" M1902 Field Piece (Could also be a M1904 or M1905) 1st US Field Artillery temporary quarters at Castner Village (Schofield Barracks) 1914 The 3-inch field gun M1902 (76.2 mm), a.k.a. M1904 and M1905, was the U.S. Army’s first nickel steel, quick-firing field gun with a recoil mechanism This weapon replaced the 3.2-inch gun M1897 in most combat units, but both weapons remained in service until after World War I. General John J. Pershing brought several of the guns with him during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916–17, but they were not fired in combat. The M1902/5 was in service from 1905 through 1919. During World War I, the Army primarily used the French 75 mm gun instead of the M1902s, which were mostly kept in the United States for training. Although this weapon appears in World War I-era tables of organization and equipment, very few of the M1902s were used in combat in Europe. They were gradually phased out of active service in the 1920s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted February 17, 2020 Promotion to Corporal, First Regiment Field Artillery, September 1914 Schofield Barracks, T.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted February 17, 2020 Artillery Officer in spurs observing the fall of shot, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1914 Siege Gun Practice, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted November 21, 2022 1st US Field Artillery 1912 Schofield Barracks, T.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share #14 Posted January 28, 2023 1st US Field Artillery Castner Village, 1914 Maintenance & Repair Gun Springs Artillery Officer wearing spurs pouring over the schematic drawings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share #15 Posted January 28, 2023 1st US Field Artillery - 7" Howitzer 1912 1st FA Gunner, 1914 Setting the 5" & 7" Fuses "Easy does it Sarge" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share #16 Posted January 28, 2023 Hawaiian Service Camp Castner (Schofield Barracks) Territory of Hawaii 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted January 28, 2023 Share #17 Posted January 28, 2023 A lot of great details in the artillery shots…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iron Brigade Posted January 28, 2023 Share #18 Posted January 28, 2023 Very interesting photos. Thank you for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC1901 Posted January 29, 2023 Share #19 Posted January 29, 2023 Wow. Multiple likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busternfo Posted January 29, 2023 Share #20 Posted January 29, 2023 Yes, fascinating details about artillery. The larger guns (7 inch?) on what look like retracting carriage look very similar to the CAC 10 inch guns at Fort Casey on Whidbey Is. WA. Part of the "Triangle of Fire" covering the Strait of Juan de Fuca. I understand those guns came to Fort Casey from the Philippines. Thanks for posting those wonderful photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinigander Posted April 18, 2023 Share #21 Posted April 18, 2023 Wonderful photographs, much to see. Thanks for posting. Not being pickey, but the vehicles that contain the mounted spare wheels are: 3-inch Gun Battery Wagon Model of 1902. The caission no longer carried the spare wheel as was done with the muzzle-loading system. illinigander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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