The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-02

1t has been deemed necessary to appoint
a foreigner "a late military officer to drill
and organise our police force. Without a
well-drilled force no body of men will be-
come amenable to discipline, and without
discipline properly exercised the laws en-
acted for the punishment of criminals, and
for the protection of life and property, can
not be carried out.
The three young men in Italy are most
highly spoken of by their superiors. Two
OF whom are graduating at a military and
one at a naval college.
James Booths tutors are highly pleased
with him, be has had three promotions in
his class. Two Royal Chevrons awarded
to be worn on his uniform, and in addition
he holds the rank of picked pupil of whom
there are but two allowed to q company
he speaks Italian fuently, and. writes the
same almost perfectly.
j. K. Wilcox has applied himself so
a~ssiduously to his studies that he has in a
gr at measure repaired the defects of his
e".iy training, which had been much ne
g-scted, and the result of his examinations
have been flattering to him in the highest
degree.
r. N. Boyd, of the naval academy, has
passed all his examinations very satisfac-
torily.
When these young men have finished
their education they will return to these
Islands and exercise the knowledge they
have attained for the benefit If their coun-
try-apart from military or naval matters.
Cui boI wi aIu al Waut surveying
roads projected and opened, and qualified
inspectors (who require technical knewl-
edge of engineering to look to the safety
of our public railroads and other works.
Instead of grumbling at the outlay for
this education abroad, let it be carried out
more fully. Let Us send more young men,
say to Germany to become practical agri-
culturalists, foresters and botanists-and
should they turn out experts-their eX-
p~erience in these branches on their return
properly applied would be highly valuable
in developing the natural resources of tn csc
Islands.
THE number of communications we have
received about our water supply for Homo
lulu is an indication of the extent to which
it occupies the public mind at present. 1t
is, in fact, 4 daily subject of conversation
at street corners, and wherever men con-
gregate together. We shall be very glad to
have the privilege of announcing that some
steps are being taken to improve the water
supply Ofthe town, at the same time we cam
not but recognise the fact that hasty work
may prove only q costly blunder. The idea
which seems at present to possess the
minds of many persons is that our Artesian
supply should be utilized for the purpose
by the opening of one or more large wells,
and the construction of pumping ma
chinery to carry the supply to the necessary
elevation. The plan possesses one attrac-
lion in the remarkable pure character of
the Artesian water. Some careful m
however, ought to be made before the
simple and effective gravitation system is
abandoned for one which will not only be
costly in its start, but will require a large
annual expenditure for it's working, and
will involve a constant repairing aud re-
placing of expensive machinery aud boilers.
We understand that long G a civil en-
gineer of ability pointed out a place in
tNuuanu Valley where a reservoir of large
area could be secured by the construc-
ton of a comparatively small and inexpen-
sive lam. If this be the case we should
most decidedly advocate the construc-
ton of such a work. By this method we
should not only secure an adequate pressure
In the mains, but we should have q storage
of water calculated to carry US over any
ordinary dry season. The annual rainfall
in the upper part of the valley is very great,
and if once a large reservoir were filled the
city ought to be at very little risk of short
supply of water. What we suffer from at
present is chiefly the want of storage for
water, If the water thus secured shopho
not be found equal in quality to thainau ia
the Artesian wells it could be rand sh
pure and perfectly whOlesome1 day. from
paratively inexpensive Light hundandered
by a COM
1rotasS arrangement OF
80 Chapta-could secure the
q nro OF Th three months suppl o!
r. P1efore re it sent to town in a pure and
tnder his. wholesome condition anu secure
nsa r.. ssure-as we easily might-of from lVo
81, 100 lbs. or more we should nave al We
want here for very many years 10 come
The pressure could be utilised as III othel
| citias for Machinery and we should with Its
aid no longer need our steam fire engines
Tn continuation of the subject in our issue o
Yesterday on the " Military Craze = we lay De
fore our readers the following extracts from tn
HaaUaiian Gazette, published during Feoruar
and March, 1874, and which we consider peril
nent to the subject under discussion:
"HauUaiian Gazette, February 18th, 1874.
MISFORTUNE.
There is no use in assembling the tact tina
the most intense indignation was felt ana e.
nerienced during and since the riot. But on til
othar hand il is argued that had reasonabl
measures been taken on the part OF the authorl
ties to provide some kind OF an drnaed Jorc
to be available at o. moments notice the dt'
tur6ance might have been chec6e0 at It's ou
set. with simply the arrest of the leaders, and
this case no one would thought OF casting Dian
on any one. 1t is easy for people after a dlsast,
of any kind, to say what should have been doI
and what not; and to cast blame, when the
themselves had never suggested or even thougl
that such measures were necessary: hlotS oite
occur in American, English, and French cite
where every precaution is taken to guard again
them, and frequently more destruction OF pro
erty and life is done in a shorter space than o
Cured here. The last news from England +
: csiyed this week, reports an election riot
England, with destruction of property
ave all supposed ourselves to be tolerao
we'll protected by the Volunteer Co"Pauies
which we now find unreliable. Phey were g
dered out before a blow was struck, but the OF
GERS reported that nO dependence could
: placed ON them. Hence when too tate
, found ourselves defeneeless and welcomed t
: Intervention of a foreign armed force, Let
. profit by our experience and provide such mea
: of defence that may be relied ON in any futu
emergency"
I RatOaiidn gazette, March 18th, 1874.
In a lengthy leader ''Our military discuss
t ths subject with the ADVERTISER of tho
DAYS. The ADvERTIsER thought it "untort
nate that circumstances have apparently led
d the necessity, that the first othclal act OF l
n new Ministry should be a revival of the DePa
ment of War: that the one measure for which I
late Administration got universal as well
special credit the abandonment of any
C tempt to keep up a regular military force
Q should be the very meas re that the new = !
is ministration, Immediately on assuming Z
reins of potOer think proper to reverse. III
re journal also suggests that some apology sho'
- be given For the elaborate military esta0li
l. ment foreshadOaOed in the Articles Of wa
lr The Gazette then goes on to say "Ihe mi