The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-06-10

in other respects) an eligible man for
this position
The guard should be armed with clubs
and pistols, and should have, each man,
his rife and filled cartridge belt conven-
iently at hand, elsewhere than in the
Receiving Station. At least one of the
guard, Il think two preferable) should
be kept constantly on patrol in Merchant
street between Nuuanu and Kaahumanu,
to observe movements in the three
streets named, as well as Bethel street
These patrolmen should be relieved, say,
every two hours, by other members Of
the guard, and should be kept diligently
on the move, and observant OF events.
Half hourly circuits OF the block in which
the building stands should be made by
one OF such patrolmen, i. e. around to,
and along Queen street. The rest OF the
guard should be on the alert, so disposed
throughout the building as to be able to
rally on any point Immediately upon
call, and at least one OF them should be
in the Receiving Station all the time,
whence the means of access to the yard
and ground cells is very easy.
The patrols will of course give the ear
Hest possible notice of any persons or
events in the locality, out OF the natural
order, and thus the entire guard will be
ever ready to meet any exigency or repel
any attack. In this connection let me
caution you that nothing short OF a
tragedy within plain sight, or orders
from the Marshal, should tempt any
member OF the guard away from the
building, or his beat.
In case of an attack they should meet
it upon the sidewalk, at the doors, or re-
treat within the building, secure the
doors and defend the premises from the
windows, as the force and direction of
the attacking party might suggest to the
one in command, and telephone at once
to the Marshal or his deputies. Seven
resolute men, we'll armed, should be able
to hold that building for hours against
any force that could be brought against
it from the front.
understand that the hours of special
guard are now from s p. NJ. to 6 A. NJ
While l do not now think it necessary
to extend these hours, yet captains OF
watches coming on duty at P. NJ and 8
A. NJ. respectively, should be especially
instructed to give particular attention 10
the guarding of the building prior to the
advent, and after the departure of the
special guard, evening and morning.
This, think, during one hour of each of
those watches, should take the form of
small detail OF their foreign patrols for
this service.
Now, as to the indiscriminate admis-
sion of all corners to the different offices
OF the building. This should be guarded
against during the day by some prac-
ticable, yet reasonable rule, that will at
once permit the despatch OF business,
premises. After office hours in the
evening, no one except members OF the
force, regular or SPECIAL, or other officers
OF the Government and attorneys and
others upon legitimate business to be
stated 10 the officer in charge, should be
admitted to the building. Let this prin-
ciple be enforced.
In particular would call your atten-
ton to the oft recurring absence OF "all
hands" from your own Office, during
business hours, which of course leaves
open opportunities such as should not
exist, for any venture such as herein
discussed. have frequently land sew
eral times during the present monthly
tried in vain to ring up some occupant of
your office,-a trial of both telephones
convinced me that no one was present.
| need not assure you that this should
not be, particularly at the present juno
ture, and l shall expect to see it RENE
died.
Not wishing to handicap you by the
enumeration of details to be observed in
the carrying into effect OF the foregoing
/ leave them chiefly for
your own device and application. The
main purpose, and in fact the only pur-
pose of my writing thus at length is to
secure the ample protection to that
building which its present importance
demands
repeat, that nothing herein is penned
in spirit of complaint, but of caution
and admonition only l shall expect
the main object OF these instructions to
be scrupulously observed and lived up
to. 1 purpose to myself test the effici-
ency and vigilance OF the guard in ques-
ton from time to time, and recommend
the same course to you. While / desire
that they should have a general notice
to this effect, for the purpose OF keeping
them on their mettle, L shall give no
special notice of the hours of my visits.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) G.. w. ASHFORD,
Attorney-General.
That was the opinion OF the Attorney
General in August last, when he thought
that we ought to guard against possible,
not merely probable danger, when he
thought that it was necessary TO have
men armed to the teeth with clubs, pis-
tolls, rifles and cartridge belts. Now when
we have volunteer guard at night only,
with no weapons on them, he complains
and sees threat and a menace 70 the
The statement that there was unneces-
sary ostentation and display, is without
As a matter of fact, the
guard was there two weeks before the
public knew anything Of it.
At this time garbled accounts OF what
was being done by the Cabinet appeared
in both English and native, which could
only have come from the Attorney-GeDe-
raj. Arguments which the Attorney
General made in the Cabinet, down even
to the underscoring, came out next day