Fort_Shafter_Hawaii_1912_14_Flag_Drewry

U. S. Army Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii 1912 - 1914

Photo Collection of Sergeant Flag Allen Drewry, U.S. Army Infantry

Photo Postcards of the Base and of fellow Soldier friends

Flag Allen Drewry (1892 -1967), a Greenfield, Weakley County, Tennessee farm boy, enlisted in the U.S. Army Jan 13, 1912 at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. He was transferred to Company "H" 2nd Infantry, Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii on April 13, 1912. A Tennessee farm boy traveling to Hawaii in 1912 must have been really something. Flag loved Hawaii, always wanted to go back.

Private Company "H" 2nd Infantry Jan 13, 1912 to April 5, 1913.
Corporal Company "H" 2nd Infantry April 5,1913 to Feb 14,1914
Sergeant Company "H" 2nd Infantry Feb 14,1914 to Dec 19,1914
Discharged from Army Dec 19, 1914 at Fort McDowell, California

Flag returned home to Greenfield, TN - worked as Auto Mechanic - was conscripted back into Army 1917 for WWI and remained until his retirement as Captain Flag A. Drewry in 1933. Among his Army things were these treasured photos - if you are a descendant of one of these men, please email me for original scan of the photo postcard.

MaryCarol
Granddaughter of Flag A. Drewry
In Loving Memory of my "PoPo"

*U.S. Army Fort Shafter opened in 1907. It was the first pemanent military post in Territory of Hawaii. Named after MG William R. Shafter (1835-1906) who led the U.S. expediditon to Cuba in 1898. Palm Circle was laid out as a cantonment for an infantry battalion. The barracks and officers' quarters were arranged around a parade field ringed by Royal Palms. The Fort gradually spread out from Palm Circle. In 1914 a regimental-sized cantonment area was constructed.

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Flag Drewry marked with X 3,000 men 2nd Regiment on Parade	Flag A. Drewry postcard to his Dad "I am on this one - this is "H" Co. that is first two lines or Platoons as we term it. There were abt 3,000 Soldiers in this parade. It is pretty nice to see a Regiment of Infanty on Parade" Son, Flag	Officers - Colonel, Lt. Colonel, Adjudant Quartermaster and Ordelies
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii Palm Circle * note small palm trees	Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii Buildings	In the Field -Flag Drewry 2nd from R Returning fire "This is the way we fight over here - ha ha"
Taining in the field wagons, artillery, marching	Training in the field Horses, wagons - Crossing the bridge	Training in the field Men marching across bridge
Training in field Men marching down road	Fort Shafter Co. "H" 2nd Infantry Baseball Team with names on back	"Baseball Team Company "H" 2 Infantry" 1. Gary 2. Galusha 3. Randall 4. Barron 5. Craven 6. Bethume 7. Bowes 8. Thomas 9. Johnson 10. Benge 11. Brown 12. Bambury
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"Target Camp" Walter E. Dixson, Brooklyn, N.Y Flag A. Drewry Greenfield, TN Alex Miller, Glostenburg Conn.	Paul Lehu, Hamburg, Germany Nagelrweg 37	Alva Wilson - Praireton, Indiana Emil Treteault, Quebec, Canada Floyd E. Anson, Rome, N.Y. William Buchner, Austria-Hungary
Andrew Moseley 59 Villa Ave - Buffalo, N.Y.	Emil Kiszka - Gallitzin, PA - "polish"	Samuel Soifer 3818 3rd Ave New York City Charles Schummen
William B. Still - Gulfport, Miss and Unknown	Ira Hunt - Cincinnati, Ohio William Brown - Detroit, Michigan	James Barker - Detroit, Michigan
Mr. Lawrance P. Barron Cofferville, Kansas	Sam Leibowitz 108 East 103rd St. New York City	Edward J. Downing Jeromeville, Ohio
Carloc (Carlos?) Marshall Primrose, Kentucky	Richard Geon 538 West 126th St. New York City	Frank Verderber 220 Wyhoff (Wykoff) Ave Brooklyn, N.Y. Jesse E. Conway - Chico, California

Webpage and Photo Graphics by MaryCarol

I'm hoping there are descendants - grandchildren, great grandchildren- of some of these men who find this webpage.

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