The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-05-05
OAHU MUST RAISE TROOPS TO
HELP MAN HER FORTiFICATiONS
rE-on Saturdays Adve-s.se-0


guarding against attacks from the SEA;
Is Z have sid before. BY the time the
naval base Is well under way I think
thar or forts VIII b IN 8 sufficient
state % completion 50 that We need
lot fear much from attacks that may
he made BY any fleets OF any probable
enemy from me Sea IN order. how
ever. thai these forts may become more
than passive obstacles. u Is necessary
u provide 3 personnel for them sitter
-hsy have been completed This cues
ton q personnel i one that probably
VII bother rs The most o. anything.
and that Is the one thing IN which We
must have local assistance.
Before going into details in that
respect : would say that in addition
20 t1-S cas- Of defense against sea
arczck- there j. another kind Of defense
necessary. and that Is - Eua-i these
vsry fo--ifczrions from falling into the
hands % rhs enemy by attacking &
from the land side The War Depart.
-e-- : taking steps 70 ind ont what
nav b the minimum force necessary 70
safeguard the naval bsss and fo-tidcs-
lions from such strack- This defense
VIII necessarily siSo guard everything
slse OF this island o. practically every
thing else especially the city % Ho-
uo-uIu. and important commercial in
ce-eSts besides, Therefore We viii con-
slider then this defense IS safeguard
ing TIE island agzinst landings that
uishr - made away from the points
that The Publications might reach. for
which ne also need 3 personnel 50
-
5sfs-seS n make II that respect. and
: an going u t-y 70 show YOU the
necessity % some steps Of the loca,
sove-nm;nt - assist Is in getting s
personnel for these kinds o. 6eteases
ATLANTIC COAST MILITIA
On he Atlantic coast this matter
has been taken ID with the national
guard. o. the various stale govern
--s1-s- and they ara organizing na-
-5o-sI guards [o- the two kinds OF
defense 4 number o. the states have
already organized and Others are &C
-ivs-y engaged now II organizing what
-hey call 3 coast artillery corps -
assist in handling The guns This Is
necessary because the c1aS- artillery
~ the regular army : Tar short Of
The ---hz- - men Necessary Ths
same VIII come r--.e when our de-
r--S=s here are coDp-ec=i-vs VIII b
short Y regular coasc artillery w
VII D. short q men % man al the
guns and guns without men behind
them are useless The regular coast
artillery i expected. however. 70 fur
uish enough men 70 supply all o. the
sxue--s as vou might say. IN handling
-hs electrical machinery. the range
finding systems the submarine mine
systems. and those things that tax 2
-u-E time . lez-n-in fact the things
-rz- 6 man has 70 Be working AZ
nearly all the time 70 Be To % date
and know his machinery. Just the
sz-s IS q man running q ship But
there are other things that can b
learned in e shorter tine. w1i-1- how
ever. are such that soma Instruction
a. least should b given 50 that ire
men are ready when the time comes
q -zEs their places Therefore con-
sz6s- Il necessary that . certain part
q -hs defense should Be- furnished by
TIE Tsr-ic0-y--he personnel for the
defense II he large guns. when they
az co-uls-si. IS ! said before IN
TIE states. OF The Atlantic coast espe-
czz-v- active steps have been taken
z-E success has vs-y largely met trz
efforts Fu- TWO years now re have
rad soi-- -uznsuvs-s with The regular
coast artillery and natio-aI gus1d
r-oo1s- also some regular troops q
he mobile army. that Is infantry e.
-scssllv. some q thess troops = -
been placed with the regular coast az
-iTs-y and instructed il actually
handling The guns. and they have done
- fa- as % make good scores - ~
81 practise and II handling e-tirely
the heavy guns by themselves That
: only. however. the case With such
organizations SIS the coast artillery
regiments q New YORK and Boston;
TIE others have progressed fairy wsll
IN their Instruction but they have not
taken over The whole system
HALF ENOUGH MEN.
We can probably promise you
enough us1 % nan about half the
5ssz1s=s. II addition % manning the
sx-e-- p-zcs--hzt IS. the ohssrvi1g
stations and lines Of communications,
s-c.-b-t Ne ned Just about that many
more men That Is about ths condi-
ION q affairs that obtains OF the
mainland q he United states. and I
don't think i would be far different
here. : can not speak from statistics
OF this matter. but would say that
re might need say. = thousand men
= handle TIE guns here; that Il al
organization. say Al artillery corps,
s1ofd Be raised here % about FIVE
hundred men u 50. equivalent 70 2
battalion q var strength. organized
almost exactly the same as Al inta7-
~ battalion. and instruction given
annually. even Il for only one week ~
-hs guns they would b ready when
rhs President needed them 70 be call
= into service and assist right in The
Local fed defense Immediately You
nay -sst assured they would nsyer b
ordered u any other place; you would
have them right here a. home al The
time Nov. having these 6sfsnsss
-hose nsa would not Be available for
any other 5sfsnses- They must r.
main - those guns. otherwise those
guns VII not DO their duty; they VII
ro- keep away fleets that might a.
tack ths Publications from that side
There must D another defense You
al - --E small orr- -szIrrz- amy