The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-05-05

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temporary control OF the SeSs- having
one Of its fleets in the vicinity II
these islands, and unless We had some
mobile troops they might by 2 quick
movement land some Of the sailors and
marines Of their fleet on this island
and by 8 quick movement take our
forrifcacions from the rear Such 8
defense against such 3 possible attack
must Dc here all the time. We can
not wait 70 have II sent from the
mainland o. the United States L
must Dc here continually, and thst
kind % . defense must bs prepared.
with organized Troops II We have
roc that defense ready. Ne ara more
than liable 70 lose our base here At
the very beginning OF hOsliusS. Now.
II : this particular thing that We
have neal of looking after now. that
:. The Federal garrison TIA. may be
stationed here must have assistance
locally. and that must b organized
assistance You shou.6 hcve 2 rs
tiolzl guz1d here organized Just as
large As you can for this purpose.
I think that You all agree that the
action that the government has taken
II giving you . large naval bass here,
which ! think il un6out teddy vii be
il the future. Viii give much moe
Importance 10 this Territory. L VIII
add 70 the prestige and i viii add
70 the business Of the Territory Add
likewise ! think that YOU ara al will
ing II YOU can So your way clear.
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institution Consequently, in addition
70 having organized troops for assist
ing in the handling OF the heavy guns
We must have organized troops 70 as
sist the mobile garrison that may be
stationed here in guarding against .
frs- attack that might Be made
NEED LARGE DEFENSE
IN addition 10 that, Of course, We
need : larger defense. but that need
not oe here Immediately. = part OF
that viii necessarily have 20 ts fur
nishei from the mainland: part Of
that il Is also expected VIII Be fur
nished from here; and I think some
steps might be taken here 10 ind out
II 2 measure what can be done in that
respect about what might te expect
ed The War Department needs in
formation OF what i might expect 10
cary here. for the reason that you
are 50 far away. that We should know
quite definitely what is Necessary here
as an ultimate defense II ~ some
accident OF by an overwhelming force
We should lose control OF the sea this
defense could scarcely be II 1torced
from the rlainland-no reinlo-csns nt
could be expected Therefore. our de-
fense, which should be sent hare as
quickly as possible after war breaks
out. should Be such q one as viii sus-
tain Itself I think. perhaps, that the
resources OF this island are sufficient,
in addition 70 what is sent here with
zhe force 70 support Z force Of that
kind for long enough time 70 secIre
relief By z feet that would have 10
come even from the othz- OCEAN, but
the force should be strong enough 10
prevent this place from beng taken
as long as the force can remain here
and Be strong enough 70 keep OF s-y
probable attacks that might Be made
upon IL For such 9 defense, I say,
the larger 6steass-what We call on
the mainland the coast guard but
which here should be called Z parma
neut dsfsns@this force must be met
mainly from volunteers, and we must
have some information about what
might BE- expected in the way Of VOL
unteers IN This Territory 10 make up
this larger f0-ce- in order that we
may know two thing-hrsL the g.
Enlistment Of 2 proper arsenal 70
furnish supplies fo- such z probable
force; and, in addition 70 that, the
minimum force that must b sent
from the mainland in order 10 safe
guard the station OF this island
might say ! think that the pro-
lection OF this island is practically the
protection Of this Territory; that there
Is nothing else on these Islands that
Is tenable. II the United States holds
. base on this island, nor is there any
thing else here that viii lCck partic-
ularly attractive o. worth while for an
enemy 70 expend much time OF energy
taking This would be the objective:
II would be the objective, perhaps not
50 mUch as being OF use 70 the enemy
as II would in5ure US 10 lose IL
THE CHARACTER OF WARFARE
And that brings Us down TO the
character Of warfare that must be