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1st Field Artillery Regiment Colors, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1914

 

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1st Field Artillery Regiment Colors, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1914

 

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1st Field Artillery Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

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1913 Maneuvers, officers and bugler wearing white OPFOR colors

 

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1913 Maneuvers - Artillery Climbing Kipapa Gulch

1st Field Artillery Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

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Battery Fire

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Firing Siege Guns

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1st Field Artillery Regiment, 1914 Maneuvers, Descending Kipapa Gulch, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

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Heliograph Signalers

1st Field Artillery Regiment, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1914

 

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Thanks Dirk,

 

These have been from files I had on hand, much more yet to scan over time.

 

The photos on this thread are a particular slice of time between the withdrawl of troops committed to the Philippine Insurection and America's entry into the Great War. It was during this period that Hawaii was garrisoned and the construction of Fort Shafter, Schofield Barracks and coastal fortifications was accelerated. Schofield Barracks was envisioned as a cantonment for seven full regiments and supporting units - the future Hawaiian Division, but in this interim period the Hawaiian Department on Oahu was a posting for veteran US Cavalry, Arilllery and Infantry Regiments who would never serve with the Division formed in 1921.

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One major difference between the Department and Division era units is (or the lack of) motorization. The Hawaiian Division was primarily motorized whereas the Department units were not.

 

An exception is Ambulance Company No. 9 (Motorized), Schofield Barracks, H.T.

 

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Motorized Medical Unit on Maneuvers with the Cavalry, 1914

 

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Medical Unit on Maneuvers with the Cavalry, 1914 - Note the white OPFOR bandanas

 

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Driver with Cav Officer (note the spurs)

 

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Two Medical Men with Aid Bags, one wearing a Bolo

as a Cavalryman rides by following his troop

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Have never seen the artillery pieces on post 28...I have seen toy models of them from the time period but never suspected they were modeled after real guns. Also one of your USAT pictures looks familiar....I think I have a copy of the same image or close to it....so I learned that picture was probably taken in Hawaii as the Transport moved west across the ocean

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FORT SHAFTER - Headquarters of the Hawaiian Department

Palm Circle Parade Ground, Barracks, Officers Housing, Fort Shafter Flats to right

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Fort Shafter flagpole on parade ground, Palm Circle with officers housing in background

 

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Signal Corps unit camped on parade ground at Fort Shafter, 1913, engaged in installing the first military telegraph system on Oahu.

 

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Palm Circle Parade Ground, Colonel's Home (Quarters) Fort Shafter 1908-1913

 

Schofield Barracks, Construction Commences

 

Following the establishment of Fort Shafter, construction commenced on Schofield Barracks in late 1908. These lands had been obtained by the United States government when Hawaii was annexed as a territory, and in turn were transferred to the War Department for military use in 1899 through Executive Order Number G.O. 147. On December 4, 1908, Captain Joseph C. Castner, construction quartermaster, arrived on Oahu to begin building a temporary cantonment on the Waianae-Uka military reservation. Captain Castner, with the help of local laborers, constructed tents for the officers and men, followed by temporary wooden barracks. The cantonment was informally known as Castner Village among military personnel. People in Honolulu referred to it as the Leilehua Barracks after the Leilehua Plain on which it was located.

 

On January 13, 1909 the Fifth Cavalry Regiment, 473 men strong, occupied the new installation. At this time the post included 248 temporary buildings and a sewer and water system.

 

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In 1910 the Fifth Cavalry was joined by the First Field Artillery Regiment, and the following year the Second Infantry Regiment was also assigned to Schofield Barracks.

 

In 1913 construction commenced on permanent buildings for the post, and the 25th Infantry Regiment augmented the troop level so that by 1914 6,000 men were stationed at Schofield Barracks, with the 1st Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Regiment, and 4th Cavalry all garrisoned there.

 

World War I saw the post's troop level reduced to nearly nothing, but in the years between 1920-1940 the post greatly expanded in size and population. By 1927, a cavalry post initially composed of tents had developed into a thriving military complex, and by the early 1930s, Schofield had become the United States Army's largest installation; in 1938 over 14,000 troops were stationed there

 

Sources (Addleman, 1939: 6 & 43-44; Infantry Journal, 1927: 447-455; and Honolulu Star Bulletin, February 1, 1933: p. 6 and June 27, 1933: sec. 3, p. 2).

 

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Another seldom seen Regular Army unit during the Great War years

 

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25th Infantry Regiment 'Buffalo Soldiers'

Posted to Oahu in 1914 after service in Cuba, the Philippines, Texas, and fighting forest fires during the Big Burn of 1910,

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25th Infantry Regiment 'Buffalo Soldiers' at Schofield Barracks in 1914

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Colored Soldiers marching under White Officers on Oahu, 1914, still wearing their Philippine Campaign era uniforms.

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US Army (Colored) Infantry, 1914

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United States Infantrymen

1914 US First Infantry Regiment wearing M1910 belts

 

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1st US Infantry Regiment bugle corps, 1912 Schofield Barracks, T.H.

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Sergeant 5th US Cavalry, Troop K, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1910

Double disks, US & K 5th Cavalry and Sharpshooter Badge with expert requalification bar

 

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In 1901, the Regiment, minus the 2nd Squadron, embarked for the distant Philippine Islands to help put down the ruddy Philippine–American War being fought there. In 1902, the 2nd Squadron proceeded to the Philippines to join the rest of the Regiment. Dismounted, they battled in the jungles of the Pacific to help end the rebellion and defeat the army of Philippine revolutionary Emilio Aguinaldo.
 
After returning to the United States, in March 1903 the troopers of the 5th Cavalry were spread throughout Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Some of them fought Navajo Indians in small battles located in Arizona and Utah; a rarity in the twentieth century. The Regiment remained split up for five years until January 1909, when Headquarters along with 1st and 3rd Squadrons were reassigned to Pacific duty to strengthen the U.S. military presence in the new territory of Hawaii.
 
Although there was a small Army population on the island of Oahu, the deployment of cavalry troops mandated a permanent Army post. By December, Captain Joseph C. Castner had finished the plans for the development of today's Schofield Barracks. The 2nd squadron arrived in October 1910, to help in the completion of the construction. In 1913, threats to the United States-Mexico border brought the 5th Cavalry back to the deserts of the Southwest, where it was stationed at Fort Apache and Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
 

 

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1st Field Artillery Artificers - Gun Springs

 

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Artillery Officer wearing spurs pouring over a diagram in the repair shop

 

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1st Field Artillery Artificers - Gun or caisson axle

 

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1st Field Artillery workshop circa 1914, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

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More 5th US Cavalry Schofield Barracks, T.H. circa 1910

 

Troop C, 5th Cavalry Guidon

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US 5th Cavalry presenting sabers

 

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US 5th Cavalry Troop Officer

 

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US 5th Cavalry Regimental Colors on Parade

 

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Twilight of the Horse Cavalry - 5th US Cavalry at Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1910

 

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4th US Cavalry Troop H, 1914 Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

The trooper on the left is a Canadian from Nova Scotia serving in the pre-war US Cavalry in Hawaii. He left the islands as a Corporal in September 1915 to be discharged but he enlisted in the Regular Army at Camp McDowell as a 1st US Cavalry Sergeant. He was discharged in June 1918 to receive a direct commission as 1st LT with the 19th Field Artillery and served in France and Germany until July of 1919.

 

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The Men Who Built Schofield Barracks (and Fort Shafter, Fort Ruger, Fort Kamehameha, Fort Derussy, etc)

 

3rd Engineers Company I Honolulu, T.H.

 

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Initially organized as the 3rd Battalion of Engineers, 25 March 1901, at Fort Totten, N.Y. The battalion was expanded August 1916 and reorganized as the 3rd Engineer Regiment with portions of it in the Philippines, Hawaii and Panama.

 

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In April 1921, the regimental units withdrew from the Panama and Philippine Departments and assembled in Hawaii to become the engineer component of the Hawaiian Department/Division.  The 3rd Engineers planned and oversaw most of the military construction on the Island of Oahu and other parts of the Territory of Hawaii.
 

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3rd Engineers Company I Honolulu - Twin Brothers

 

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The Men Who Built Schofield Barracks

 

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Quartermaster Corps, Fort Shafter T.H. circa 1908-1910

 

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QMC Veteran of the War of '98 and the Philippine Insurrection, now posted to the Hawaiian Department at Fort Shafter, T.H. circa 1908-1910

 

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Photograph taken at the Post Studio, Fort Shafter, Honolulu, T.H.

 

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Fort Shafter Target Practice 1915

 

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500 yard firing point at Fort Shafter 1915 - 2nd Infantry Regiment

 

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Firing Range at Fort Shafter 1915, 2nd Regiment Infantrymen waiting for their turn to qualify

 

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600 yard firing point at Fort Shafter, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1915.  The rooftop in the background is on Palm Circle, Officers housing.

 

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Another 1st Infantry.....

 

Company B, 1st US Infantry Regiment 1915, Fort Shafter, T.H.

 

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US 1st Infantry Regiment Wagoneers, Territory of Hawaii 1915 - The Drivers are wearing goggles

 

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US 1st Infantry Regiment Wagoneers, Territory of Hawaii 1915

 

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....and another period 1915 photo detail of the two tone leggings particular to Schofield Barracks worn by road guards, MP's and cavalrymen

 

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