Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-05-24
Compulsory Rstrench-
ment.

army occupy iNT Tue aiace DHllu-
ing is being r,cked by internal
squabbles. and C, urts-martial are
the order Of the day. Men are
hauled APP for not salutiug certain
officers who are IN every sense
the interiors OF the men court
mertialed. Happily for the
incensed littleness Of ignorant
and conceited officerdom. the
army has TO be reduced, and
thereby the aggregate of iusubor-
dination involved in privates and
non commissioned officers for
not keeping one elbow constantly
bent in the exercise Of saluting
stands chance of being dimin-
ished; because the p. g. treasury
can st nd the strain, and being
almost depleted by extravaganza,
will itself, soon follow the ex
ample of the prjvates by declin
ing to afford the customary honor
to the vouchers of the gold-laced
gentry on pay day.
During the past two weeks, it
is reported that over twenty
privates of the paid forces have
been paid Oft, and twice that
number, whose period of enlist
ment has not expired, would ike
to get their liberty; for in adj
dition to the natOral repuIsion
which men have to serving under
incompetent and exacting officers,
every reduction of the force
increases the labor of the men
who remain.
The HoLoMUA has repeatedly
pointed ont to the government
the folly of wasting the taxpayers
money on this military force, so
utterly useless by reason of Being
badly Differed, and for other
causes a poor defence against a
well directed seige from without.
No doubt the guilty conscience of
the oligarchy was influenced by
reports fabricated in their own
camp, and which led to the
employment of an army of spies
and guards who were constantly
Matching false rumors and reports
which has kept Marshal Hitch
cock on a sick bed, and scared
Acknowledgement Smith into
habit of poking at his increasing
ly weird and projecting shadow.
1t was thus scares were invented
and follies came to the surface
which were costly to the tax
payers. Now the other folly is
perpetrated of diseharging the
men and ret ,ining the OIL GERS
on the principle that alone of all
things the oligarchy must be
ornamental. 1t would of course
render the government liable to
the suspicion of committing a
rational act for once in its career,
to have procured the services of
professional soldier to take
command of the forces, instead
of sending the Com mander-in
chief for five weeks to school to
study first principles. There are
several retired officers of various
nations here-soldiers of fortune
VII use honor and ability could
be relied upon to serve as pro-
fessional soldiers. even an
oligarchy.
1t ought to have occurred to
such astute men as the military
councillors of the government.
that even if the royalists were
insincere in their protestations
that they would keep the peace
until the executive of the United
States made final pronounce
ment on the question at Issue:
andthey. the royalists, determined
secretly to attack and attempt
the overthrow of the Provisional
order of things; they would be
likely to select one of the
numerous weak positions outside |
Of the capital for their purpose. /
Now after 500 900 or there /
lbouts, has been spent in useless
'oldlering instead of being spent
N harbor dredging and other
profitable Improvement. the sand
'ags are removed and the army
5 to be reduced to peace foot
ng because the danger. which
ever existed, has passed away.
nd the best government we
yer had is selling bonds Is per
emit below par and the final