The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-06-04

tfUHriuiu ~ NI.
iioH 4 tfna srat,f House Of utu.
ffsrfiattts
.tfam Wda rttftsi iNu m1ttff rpfo
a. ihtfau Nf ihr military 3f ttp National
% ipfH of iiavhH pHi tts h4Hh tot ode
M,nuIni period fut vtgh thr uousr b.
inakur tufopf ttHua hrls ioaty ta
SUBMIT thor report pa follows
Nnuf committee knowing that H ~
thrif duty o. iate ini1 consideration aii
uhitJts Rotating tu tr, militia ~ ~,
Territory when mas BE-, rf,rrrd a. them
hR tHla House. and that they w. report
their opir uu thereon ANA also 60 rc-
p.ff such measures a. may contribute
tp economy ana accountability iu That
department NJ the ", rritorlni civil ser
Vice. Wherefore your committee Co., duty
hound asks your honorable. body to state
that economy and rvtrrnrhmcnt' are
/ the WutUhwords heading our cunsidow-
ton pertaining CO. this subject and cN-
cry matter % appropriation referred "a
them
It has been referred tu your commit
tee two items. 10 wit. the military and
thu band. These two shall be separately
dealt with according TO their respective
merits
THE MILITARY
Department I'm his estimates, Js sub
mittcd Ia this House asked for an APP
preparation Of Si5, $50 FOR this service COR
the next biennial period
The burden Is laid upon your commit
tee to recommend whether the Govern
ors estimates should be granted; or
would it not be- better on principle OF
economy, to reduce the same, ana If not,
then for the Legislature to permit the
.fs,tf
the biennial period?
In face of the present depleted oondi-
ton of the Treasury, your committee
can not ask this House to pass the rec
ommendation made by the Governor.
Having thus disposed of the first propo-
sition, your committee begs leave to say,
that they having information in advance
as to some expenditures under this de-
partment VI the Government, and believ-
ing 1t to be in the interests of proper
legislation that this House be thorough
! ly informed on the conduct of this
branch of the service in the past, your
committee has taken the liberty to re-
quest from the Auditor General of this
Territory information respecting the ex-
pendtures on account of the military,
band and Citizens guard appropriations
from January II, 1898, to December 81,
| 1900, and the detailed list of the expen-
ditureS from January l of this year to
date of making the inquiry, and they
are hereto attached as exhibits J. and
! 3 and made parts of this report. They
have also received from the military de
partment a report explaining the various
items as set forth in the appropriations
for the military, etc.
! Your committee feels that We cannot
better serve the purposes of this report
than submitting the above statements Of
the auditing and military departments
as received by them.
/ We feel in a measure reluctance to
going into the details of the period Gov
cred by exhibit !, inasmucn as it covers
that period with which Hawaii was sub
merged in the volcanic eruption" of po-
litical contentious for supremacy; the pc
riod when the rights of the person were
repressed and subverted, which made
two-thirds of the members of this Legis-
lature practically parole prisoners, while
forced to pay the taxes that the author
tiles creating these conditions demanded
of them, and which conditions were
brought about by the very service under
consideration. We do not wish to fur
| Their criticise the expenditures during
said period than to say that the grand
total for the eight years is the enormous
| sum of $94S 10; and together with the
| expenditures to May 10 of this year
reaches almost round million. 1t is to
the expenditures during the present year
We desire more especially to call the at
tention of this House and for this pur-
pose will consider exhibit No. 2,
support of military pay roll,"a already
reported by the Committee on Public
| Expenditures. This pay roll shows pay
ments to the various members of the
military, including guards at Capitol
building, two clerks and an armorer,
with a servant at the bungalow, The
total expenditures under this head Is, to
May 10 inclusive, $3,70l.21.
| Exhibit No. 8 shows warrants drawn
on appropriations support of military"
for the same period
| Your committee would first call the at
tenton of this House to an item that
appears small, yet big enough-yery big
indeed-compared with the amount of the
moral damage it has done to this Leg
islature. Is under the suggestive title
pay roll of laborers. dining for
Senate Committee ROOM Sc. See March
| 30 (warranO, No. 1857.
This exhibit includes, as you will no
| tice. bill OF date February 2S 1900, for
wagon and horse hire, warrant No. gas.
$s9
| Warrant No s27, Geo T. Turner, No
vember 30. making and repairing uni
forms Sl23,S0.
Warrant No 95l, Geo. 7. Turner, De-
cember 81, 1900 for like service. 326l.4o
Warrant No. 1860, Geo T. Turner, JAN
uary 81 1900. for like services, S209.
Warrant No. ll2l, Geo. 7. Turner, Feb
ruary &C. for like services, 31s55o.
Warrant No. 1918, Geo. T. Turner,
March 30. 1900, for like services, $3.50.
Making a total of s9032o for making
and repairing uniforms.
Add to this the incidentals for cloth
and personal furnishings running through
this period of short four and IA half
months, amounting to s1,l9335 we have
grand total of s2,096,25 as expenditures
for uniforms and "fiim fam" during this
short period
An item overlooked and to which we
| desire to call your attention; that 10,
warrant No. l17O, S. Roth & Co, issued
February Is of this year, for making the
uniform. coat and pants, Capt A. G.