The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-23

remember the date; heard them in June
and July of this year. Have heard Cap
tain Good remark that if the Govern
ment wished to have a man over us it
would be better to have a soldier than
a sailor. Frequently in giving orders
he would preface his command with
the remark, According to the latest in
terpretatton." The general impression
among the men was that Captain Good
| did not consider Col Mclean qualified
TO fill the position. Remember Captain
Good used violent language in relation
| to some member of the company who
had made a mistake in guiding right.
| Cross Examined: Men were allowed
ten rounds of ammunition each for tar
! get shooting, and anything over that
the men would have to 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 e. sailor drill of the Colo
nel's'' so often that it would be impos-
sible to state any particular time Have
heard him say that eff the Government
wanted to put a man over us they
should put a soldier instead of a -
sailor" This remark was not so COM
mon as his reference to the sailor drill
1t would be impossible to estimate the
number of times he referred to the drill
as | have stated; he made no bones of
it; it 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 it suited
him. l inferred from the remarks made
by Captain Good that he did not con-
slider Col. Mclean qualified to fill the
position. Captain Good once notified
us that we would be required to form
in single rank drill instead of double,
and that he did not know how they
Hri1 in hot
nothing in the tactics concerning a
single rank drill, and, strange to say,
there was no Interpretation of it with
the order. Remember the Miller street
episode. l 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 did not like him.
BY the Court, through Captain Kin |
ney-When Captain Good stated that |
they addressing the mem could get |
even 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 |
shooting, or did it impress you as refer
ring to your general duties? To gen
eral duties
Did Captain Good in the meeting with |
the members of the company, say or
act in any way that would lead the men
to believe that he would in any way
refuse duty or encourage the members |
of his company to do so? That was my
impression
Did you do any less duty after the
talk? Have done the same duty since
the reduction of pay. We rise at
o'clock in the morning. That is by gen
eral order, and man could not buck
against it. Do not consider Captain
Goods remarks were conducive to the
good discipline OF the men. 1 think
Captain Good knew he was wrong.
BY Robertson-The remark made by
Good regarding less work to be done
was during a conversation on shooting,
but l consider that they referred to
general work. Implied that he meant
that he would not do any more work
than he had to. Said he did not intend
to do any more work, any more drill
ing, than he had to- He could not con-
-rol the amount of work to be done by
he company. He might do so for day
Or two, until it got to headquarters,
but not after that
Private Buchanan. Am a private in
Captain Goods company. Remember
remarks made by Captain Good in ref
erence to reduction in pay; said the