The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-24

Z IN referring 10 the urlllt tuSS NcIc -
frequent and common that | could not
remember the date; heard them in June
rand July of this year Have heard Cap
/ tain Good remark that ii the Govern
uent wished TO have a man over ms i
would be better to have a soldier thar
a sailor Frequently in giving orders
he would preface his command with
1 the remark. According 10 the latest in
terpretation. The general impression
among the men was that Captain Good
did not consider Col. Mclean qualified
TO I'LL the position. Remember Captain
Good used violent language in relation
10 some member of the company who
had made a mistake in guiding right.
Cross Examined: Men were allowed
ten rounds of ammurSCon each for tar
get shooting. and anything over that
the men would have 10 furnish; always
understood that money for this came
out of the canteen. Captain Goods own
reloading tools were used by the COM
pany. Heard Captain Good say he had
been doing a lot of extra duty without
orders. but in the future he proposed TO
do as little as possible. He had been
speaking of the shoot when he made
this remark Captain Good may have
referred TO the extra expense he had
borne in keeping up the target prac-
tice. Remember Captain Good Offering
cash prize for shooting; could not say
whether he did it more than once. Re
marks on the riot drill l considered
were against the Colonel. He spoke of
the "- sailor drill of the Colo
nel'S" so often that il would be impos-
sible to state any particular time. Have
heard him say that If the Government
wanted TO put man over us they
should put soldier instead of -
sailor" This remark was not so COM
mon as his reference TO the sailor drill.
II would be impossible TO estimate the
number Of times he referred TO the drill
as l have stated; he made no bones of
it; il was a common thing, and he
would make the remark in the hall, on
the stairs, in the yard, on the parade
ground and wherever else ii suited
him I inferred from the remarks made
by Captain Good that he did not con-
siGer Col. Mclean qualified TO I'LL the
position. Captain Good once notified
rs that We would be required TO form
in single rank drill instead of double,
and that he did not know how they
would drill in that way. as there was
in the tactics concerning a
single rank drill. and. strange to say,
there was no Interpretation of II with
he order, Remember the Miller street
episode. I was in the first set of fours
Of the first platoon. There were two
sets OF fours. Am not on good terms
with Captain Good; was reduced to the
ranks by him, and gave him to under
stand that I did not like him.
BY the Court, through Captain Kin
Captain Good stated that
they addressing the men) could get
sven with the Government by doing as
little as possible. what did you under
stand by that? That he would do less
work. Was it in reference to the target !
or did it impress you as refer
ring TO your general duties? To gen
sral duties.
Did Captain Good in the meeting with |
the members of the company. say or
act in any way that would lead the men
10 believe that he would in any way
refuse duty or encourage the members
1f his company TO do so? That was my
Did you do any less duty after the
alk2 Have done the same duty since
he reduction Of pay. We rise at ;
)'clock in the morning That is by gen (
sral order, and man could not buck :
against it. Do not consider Captain /
Goods remarks were conducive to the
good discipline OF the men. I think I
captain Good knew he was wrong.
By Robertson-The remark made by
Good regarding less work to be done
vas during a conversation on shooting. (
1ut / consider that they referred TO 4
general work. Implied that he meant +
hat he would not do any more work +
han ne had to. Said he did not intend
% do any more work, any more drill +
ng. than he had to. He could not con-
roI the amount Of work to be done by (
he company. He might do so for a day
]r two, until it got TO headquarters, 4
Jut not after that.
Private Buchanan. Am private in /
Captain Goods company. Remember /
,emarks made by Captain Good in ref
areuce to reduction in pay; said the
Government did not appreciate our /
work and he did not propose to do any
more than he had to. l am not sure
whether it was before or after his re-
marks about the shoot. Speaking of
he drill, he said it was q a---l
sailors drill It was known among. the
men that Col. Mclean introduced the
not drill Don't know that he ever used
the Colo1el's name, but he threw ou5
references which the men believed
were 10 the Colonel. He would begin
his remarks by saying, According TO
the latest Interpretation of the Colo
neIs- Remember when the bell was
put up. 4 few weeks ago. when we
were going to the butts, Captain Good
said, Hes making a ship out OF this
place; al we need now is q rudder.
On another occasion he said. If they
give him rope enough he would hang
himself" Never heard him speak re-
spectfuIly OF the Colonel: he always
had sueer on his face when ne men
toned him Understood the two Of
fcers we're not friendly, and it was the
general opinion that the two men would