The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-23
IS ON THE SANE LINES.
TESTIMONY IN THE COURT MAR
TIAL NOW SITTING.
Capt. Goods Expressions and Actions
a Sergeant and Corporal Testify
Tell Stories in Detail.

| Inc mllltarN court was a bit late at
dinner Wednesday evening and did
not get to business until 1;45 o'clock
All members were present. The ac-
cused was escorted to the court cham
Der by First Lieut.. Coyne, Company
| +. Minutes of the first session were
| read by the Judge Advocate.
Sergt. Carlyle was the first witness.
He was sergeant of Company +.
The story of the reduction announce
ment was repeated. Col. Mclean
made the announcement. A day or
two after witness and about half of
the company met defendant in his
room. There defendant said salaries
had been cut, the Government did not
appreciate the services of the soldiers
and he did not propose to do so much
for the Company.
The men took the statement in var
ious ways. Most of them promptly
backed out of the shoot on account of
the fact that the captain would take
no interest in it. Others wanted to
shoot anyway. Witness had heard de-
fendant repeat these remarks several
times.
Col. Mclean introduced the riot
drill Capt. Good spoke of it to the
Company many times as the "sailor
drill" Witness understood him to re-
fer to the Colonel. the introducer, as
sailor. 1t was commonly under
stood that Col. Mclean had been on
man-of-war. Remarks about - -
sailor drill were made during the
riot drill, but mostly on occasions be-
fore parades. When men would make
mistakes the defendant would tell the
men that he did not blame them for
he did not understand this = --
- sailor drill" himself.
Witness said the impressions the
men drew from these remarks were
that the captain considered the Col
onel was not competent to fill the po-
sition he was in. They We're given the
idea that he was not a military man.
On cross examination witness said
the captain called the men into the
company room on the first occasion
to have them express their opinions
regarding entering the competitive
shoot. Didn't know how many want
4 l.. 4
to enter. Knew that Corp. Neely went
among the men to find out how many
good shots would enter. Capt. Good
said in the company room that he pos
itively would not go in the shoot.
Expenses for extra shooting came
from the canteen. Capt. Good put up
prizes, but the witness understood the
money always came from the canteen.
Was not in position to say positively
that Capt. Cool never took any money
from his own pocket for shooting pur-
poses. On one occasion Capt. Good
did head the list to defray the eX-
penses of sick member of the COM
pany to his home i'm the States.
Thought defendant put up S25 to this
object.
Interest of the men in military mat
ters was not effected by the pay reduc-
tions. Capt. Goods stand killed inter
est in shooting and prevented the com
pany from entering the last match
In the Office defendant said that on
account of the reductions he felt dis
coura "od and that he had done n great
deal for the company. Among other
reasons given 10y Capt. Good for draw
ing out of shooting was that he could
not stand the expense. He said about
the same time that he was supporting
his daughter in Los Angeles. He
never withdrew from any other duties
that witness knew of.
Witness had never seen riot drill be-
fore. Did not know. as matter of
fact, that it was sailor drill and was
used only by the navy. Did not know
Lucien Young wrote the riot drill tac-
I
ties now i'm use. When sailor drill
was mentioned witness took it as be-
ing a reflection on the Colonel. Did
not know the riot drill was introduced
by the L. $. s. Philadelphia.
Private Miller being called, said he
had heard the remarks i'm the com
pany room made by Capt. Good. De-
fendant had several stock phrases
about the riot drill which he used
often. He invariably used the re-
marks in connection with the Colonel,
This talk would come during the drill.
Several times during 1895 and '96 had
heard Capt. Good speak of the Colonel
as a id sailor. When orders were
received defendant would read them to
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