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

say that Il We lose This. they can't
take away the mainland from Us, but
10 war has ever been successful no
ySa- has ever brought about proper re-
suits or strengthened the character
and dignity Of 3 nation. that has not
been carried On aggrelSive'y. This
place Is Of more value 20 Us as 3 base
than i Is 20 anybody else for agzres-
sive operations Il We DO not keep
this base We are unable. or II Is very
difficult for Us. 81 least. 20 csIEy On
var aggTessively anywhere in the Pa
cifc and there ore this base is worth
mora 70 Us than Il Is 70 ANYBODY else.
They would take this place, perhaps
not 50 much for sctinE agg -essivsly
against the mainland Of ne Cn-tsd
States IS they would 70 i1jure Us n
acting aEsreSsiyely against tfsn-
Another thing that I th.-z il is
well 70 remember. and that Is that this
Territory Is TOW = part OF the naUol,
3 strong. powerful natioa- Il : vel
u remember that the naCO- i only
strong and powerful on account Of The
combined efforts Of the various ties
and territories that make Up tE1t rs
ton Every state and every territory
must lend its strength 20 The -a--cr in
order that the nation itself may os
stronger; without al the assistanc>
that cen be given from all Of the
states and territories. the rztion can
not b most powerful
within the last five OF SIX yzsTs
the national guard Of the va-9-ls
states has improved very gree lily Inc
Federal government. UPON the recon-
menda-ion OF the War Ds-artnenr,
has come 10 the further assisterc- of
the national guard Of the variou>
states. and II is improving greatly FROM.
year 10 year. and I have no doubt
that the earnestness with which they
are al work now viii bring forth from
the Federal government much more
assistance. The War Department has
established now q Department of Nj
utia which is in charge OF Colonel
Weaver. an officer who has long b=en
il close contact with the national
guard OF the various states and one
who has their interests at heart Gen.
e.al Oliver. the acting Secretary Of
War. has also done much for the ma
tionel guard Of the various states, and
I feel confident that any assistance
needed for the organization Of addi-
tional troops as they may be needed
here viii be furnished by Colonel
Weaver and his department upon any
request that might be made
= don't know that have very much
further TO say. Ny main object was
TO show. as I started out TO say, the
necessity OF organized personnel here
AZ the very beginning Of trouble. We
are not looking for trouble, and the
best way. as you al know, 70 guard
against trouble Is 10 be prepared; but
4 trouble must come, I would rather
Be prepared than not II must go TO
war against NY wishes. would rather
De prepared 70 go 70 war than unpre-
pared 1 recognized that last evening
I saw two OF Major Cummings boys ont
at the post in z little boxing match,
and I think one Of them had prepared
himself much better than the other
and had him al q disadvsntage- In
the same way I think the army as well
as the other parts Of the government
NJ the other citizens Of the United
states are not particularly DESTROYS Of
having war. but nobody is so DESTROYS
Of beirg prepared for war when il
comes as fhe army itself 1 cannot
say but there is little selfshness in
this proposition Of our recommending
certain measures I presume that ev-
erybody who has 2 speciality, everybody
who has z profession, or is pursuing
any particular line Of study. brings out
the strongest points that he can for
that particular thing and SO II you
think sometimes that the army officers
bring ont things that possibly ara a
little extrsvsgant, il Is On account OF
the careful study they have made Of
tbs subject, and I want 70 tel you one
thing. that the officers Of the army
have the welfare Of our country and
the safety OF our country constantly At
heart and I DO not believe that any
officer would come before q body Of
Americas cftizsns and recommend any
thing that he did not think was essen
tiaI FIR the safeguarding Of our Amer
icaD Institutions. Thank you gentle
MN"
VOTE OF THANKS
Al ths conclusion Of his address the
Major was applauded by those who
filed the meeting room OF the chamber.
Z vote OF thanks for him being propos-