The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-04
ARMORY NEEDED
SAYS COL, JONES
DRILL SHED IS FEDERAL PROP
ERTY AND NOT FIT FOR THE
STORING AND CARE OF ARMS.

Col. j. w. Jones has sent his report
to Governor Dole as commander of the
National Guard, recommending an APP
preparation of $4,000 for an armory in
Honolulu and s27, $50 for the regular eX-
penses of the national guard. Appro-
priations are also asked for armories at
Waikiki and Hilo. The report says
that the drill shed is not a proper place
in which to store and care for the $780,
600 worth of property owned by the
Guard, that the arms will be spoiled
by the rain and dust which get into
the building. The drill shed is more
over the property of the federal govern
ment, and the Hawaiian guard may be
turned out at any time.
The report contains the following:
THE work and interior economy of
the regiment has been greatly hamper
ed by reason of being housed under
four different roofs in Honolulu instead
of one, and the work of attending the
care and preservation of the property
entrusted to its keeping thereby greatly
increased. All of this property has not
been as well cared for as 1t should have
been; this however is not through any
neglect on the part of the officers hav-
ing it in charge, but by reason of the
fact that the drill shed, in which por-
ton of it is kept, is neither dust nor
weather plDOl, the ROOT leaking Dduly
and being sadly in need of repairs
1.-THE dust in dry weather and rain
in wet weather blows into the drill shed
and into the company rooms through
the Ventilating spaces near the roof,
and the roof is defective and leaks bad
ly, it being impossible to stop the leak
ing without putting an entire new roof
on the building. The United States
authorities desire that the building be
4 a1 p hn
ground that it is unfit for any purpose
but the temporary storage of articles
practically unaffected by the weather
although they have a temporary use for
and greatly desire to get the drill shed
at the present time to house carts and
wagons in, that they are not now able
to properly care for, and the regiment
is only allowed to continue in the use
of the drill shed until such time as
other quarters may be provided or un-
til such time as the shed or the space
occupied by it Is arbitrarily taken. The
regiment therefore is subject to being
permanently dlspossessed at any time.
The regiment has several times been
called upon to relinquish the use of the
drill shed for short periods, the last
time being in March, 1902.
IF there We're no question about the
retention of the drill shed in the pos
session of the regiment, it would cost a
very considerable sum to put in in a
proper condition and re-roof it. As
it now Is the rain and dust settles on
the guns and other property making it
impossible to keen such property in
good condition. Even though a new
roof We're put on the drill shed and the
Nentilating spaces made weather proof
the building being an iron one, the
moisture i'm the atmosphere would con-
dense and run down and damage the
arms New arms have recently been
received from the United States Gov
ernment, and, in spite Of the fact that
the utmost care Is exercised under the