The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-28

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joke it would be if [ came in and took
out a breech block. He told me | had
better not do it as I might get shot Il
never occurred 70 me that by speaking
TO Captain Good this trouble could
have been avoided. When the impulse
struck me to go over the fence / went
and came ont again. Saw no one 10
talk to that night. Did not know Cap
tain Good was on guard. Knew nothing
of the Court Martial being ordered un-
til l saw it in the paper Cannot say
how often / have reported 10 the Mar
shall within the past year.
CAPT. GOODS TESTIMONY.
Captain John Good, Jr., the accused,
was called and sworn. Have been con-
nected with the national guard prac-
tically since January H. 1893. l called
the men in the company office regard
ing the shoot for the Marlin rife. On
May 1 a reduction of pay took place
and l called the men into the office to
learn their views regarding the advis-
ability of putting in a team for the
shoot. Stated to them that we had
been doing a great deal of extra work
in the shoot beyond what was required
by the government and when extra
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of the canteen. For a long time men
who could not shoot volunteered 10 do
the work of those who could. pointed
to the Winchester rife on the wall and
remarked that i had cost me person
ally more than IcOuld afford with the
reduction in the pay. | stated to the
men that | was only required to shoot
so many shots per month and l did not
propose to do any more than l was
ordered to do nor compel the men 10
do it; it was a good man who carried
out his orders. My remarks referred
only to the shoot There was no deci-
sion reached at that meeting. but at
later one, if / remember right. Nine
men were willing to shoot. l cannot
say that [ made the remark that we
were regarded as prostitutes neces-
Sary evil.
There was no change made in any of
the routine work except that the
Colonel had ceased the afternoon drill.
petition was handed me about this
time containing a request for the drills
to cease. The man who handed it
asked me to circulate it in Co. E. /
declined to allow it and handed it back
to him. At the officers mess room
made some remark about doing less
work. Any other remarks made by me
were of the same tenor and related TO
the shooting contests. L never have
said at any time that we would not go
through this - -.- sailor drill of
the ColoneFs. Have frequently spo-
ken of the riot drill as the sailor drill
because as matter of fact it is a sailor
drill and originated with a lot of boys
at Annapolis. 1t came to the Hawai-
ian Islands through Lieutenant Jones.
We got it from Capt. IngersOll Of the
Philadelphia. Afterward Captain
Pratt made a type written copy of il.
This was prior to Colonel McLean's
arrival but was not used in the Nation
al Guard until after he came. There
were never any orders promulgated in
writing to go through this riot drill.
Col. Mclean gave verbal orders that
we should go through i. link Col.
Mclean got his knowledge of the drill
from the copy we had. Some of the
maneuvers are not in the text book.
Company E began the drill the latter
part of May, 1895. There was never
an intended Sneer at the Colonel in
my remarks. l do not like the drill
because it subverts the fundamental
principles of the infantry drill which
we are going through. WITNESS then
gave briefly the difference between
the two drills) Drilling the riot drill
confused the men when they were going
through the infantry drill. These
mistakes caused criticism on the riot
drill. The Colonel, after he COM
menced drilling us in the drill he
amended some of the movements and l
made the necessary explanation to
them as to the changes. The express
sion according to the latest interpre-
tation of the Colonel was frequently
used in relation to the infantry drill;
there was no allusion to the Colonel in
a sneering way. l am minute in de-
tails when l am instructing the men.
The remark regarding the only thing
needed is rudder has been going
about the grounds for a year. I have
tried to check it. The method of rails
ing and lowering the flag, Colonel Nc
Lean told me, was in accordance with
the system in vogue in the United
States nevy. When I showed him the
tactics of the army he said, Yes that's
the practice in the army but the Z. S.
Army don't know how to raise the flag.
At the conclusion of the parade on
July f, gave the order to Lubbock to
guide right" He did not understand
me and in a moment of heat after Civ
ing the order several times I said -
- it guide right" On May IS 1 was
officer of the day. On the morning of
the 18th l had squad of men take
the guns to Kakaako for the purpose
of saluting the L. S. S. S. Charleston
1 remember Carlyle brought a sight to
me but do not remember what I did
with it beyond laying it on my desk. l
was officer of the day in December last
and not again until May. Remember
hearing the Colonel say he had a sight
for the purpose of studying the grad
uations, and that it required a man
with a scientific education to do it. An
order was given last year to put the
guns in order for immediate use.
Weatherby told me what he had done.