The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-04-24


that the Communication OF rations
amounts 10 SsS7.10.
The regular monthly payroll Of the
regiment IS sS7e. This includes pay
Of an zdiutznt. two clerks and others
IL ali IS men, OF which the duties Of
l. are put down as watchmen One
Waterman and clerk often do all the
work Of a regiment in an Eastern
state
Dealing with the Citizens Guard
the expenses show that the quarter
master was paid for three years the
sun Of 50 800. that for rifles. pistols.
belts and scabbards. cartridges. shells.
primers. powder and lead. a total Of
s. go was consumed with an addition
Of nearly 81 900 for the rife range
for the destruction Of the materials
II cost the Guard sII25 for printing
and s2s for gold lettering on its sign
Flowers are down al SIS 90. while the
engrossfng Of a memorial to McStock-
er cost the taxpayers $3.50. Patrio-
tism in this case counted not the cost
TO the people.
Perhaps the legislator and citizen.
who gives little thought TO these par
tiGalars of government Tor misgoyern-
ment) might think that through the
changes wrought by the organic act.
giving these islands territorial gov
eminent. there would be little doing
/ In military circles. But he is in err
ror. as witness the expenditures dur
/ ing the present year While the Leg
! islature was in prospect. the men in
/ blue and gold prepared for the recep-
ton OF the lawmakers by buying fur
niture and having their armOries and
club house repaired, buying new caps
and leggings. stationery and stamped
/ envelopes by the thousand and finally
during the month just passed the fol
/ lowing items. % 500 primers. AZ kegs
of powder, and 4.506 pounds of lead.
/ enough <, annihilate the population
of the Eands, if the men shoot as
well as they should after the prac-
1 tice they have had as shown by rife
range expenses. The bills of the
military for January and February.
with part of those for March paid
reach the enormous sum of $6.95I-57
while as stated in the beginning of
this report the most necessary road
repairs have been entirely suspended
lUE Adth Vi w uO Is 10 uGdDlt
for this state of affairs? What sane
person could suggest the perpetual
ton of such a condition of things in
a community going through a most
crucial period in its financial history
Ia period in which the best thought
of our legislators is brought into play
TO minimize the burden of taxation
while providing the revenue neces
sary to meet the most urgent require
ments of the territory at large anC
the obligations created by the losses
TO individuals through the buboniC
plague, and yet we find in the appro
priation bill submitted to this legisla
; ture the sum of SS7 .904 for military
and in supplementary message of the
Governor an item of $500 for clerl
to adiutant general and incidentals.
Is II not time that this should stop
Time that the military arm of the
government, from its commandment
, chief down be brought to a realizing
sense of the fitness of things? In th'
opinion of your committee this waste
full extravaganza has gone on entirely
too long. We therefore recommend
that all expenditures for the militar!
mediately. and we recommend that il
the future each company of the guart
75 per cent of whose enrolled mem
bership attend the drills as prescrib
ed in the regulations. be allotted 50
month for expenses. That the head
quarters be given SIS per month TO
clerk hire and ali office expenses. Fur
Their we recommend that COMMITTEES
of three members of this House be ap
pointed to take stock of the Nationa
Guard arms and equipment togethe
= with list of names to whom appor
toned and to ascertain if all the eX
pensive purchases on account of TIA
, service have been for Territorial o
! private use
! In the opinion of the members o
) this committee the usefulness of tn
Citizens Guard is passed. and We fur
. Their recommend that it be abolished
( We recommend that all equipmen
now in the hands of the members o
! the Guard be ordered turned in to tn
: committee, upon proper receipt from
I its clerk. whose pay is provided 70
: by the resolution herewith submitted
1 and all such rifles and equipmen
shall be held under the requisitiol
Of the proper officer of the Nationa
Guard of the Territory All equip
? ment which is not needed shall b
? advertised and sold at auction You
: committee submits herewith a resC
a luton combining the legislation con
Z templated in this report.
e JOHN EMMELUTH.
n Be il enacted by the Legislature o
the Territory of Hawaii.
That from and after the date O
the approval of this resolution tn
expenditures on account of supper
of military and military pay roll. shall
consist of an allotment of SIS q mont
for expenses of the headquarters o
the regiment: whenever the officer
of any company shall certify TO tn
Territorial Treasurer and Auditor tina
, during the next preceding ealenda
, month seventy five per cent OF tn
men on the rolls of the company hav
attended the drills as prescribed b.
| the regulations, there shall be paid {
| such company officers an all ptmsn
!. OF SIS and that these payments shal
= constitute the entire sums 70 be pal
! out OF the treasury of the Tsrritor
. Iof Hawaii on account of the militar
establishment.
0 That a committee Of three men
o bers OF this House shall be appointe
by the Speaker. which committe
+ shall provide itself with clerk who's
e pay is hereby authorized. said CON
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