The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-29
WANT A BETTER
NATIONAL GUARD.
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and the position Of Adiutant General
made salaried position, the same re-
muneration being provided therefor as
is provided for the heads of the other
Territorial departments. The work Of
the Guard in relation to the Federal
Government and in relation to this
Territory should not depend upon the
pleasure or sense of duty of any one
person in order to insure its perform.
ance as is now the case.
That the Territorial troops when
called into the service of the Terri.
tory for the suppression of the strike
at Lahaina, in 1904, received no COM
pensation for their services, the men
of such force and the officers of the
Guard having paid over 800 neces
sarily incident rs an expense of such
| expedition, which sum has never been
| reimbursed to them. 1t is therefore
our belief that the money thus expend-
ed should be refunded, and that all
troops should be paid for riot duty or
any other duty necessary in the opin.
ion of the Governor for the preserva.
ton of order or the wellbeing of the
Territory.
"That the drillshed or armory Of
the National Guard at Honolulu is in
q shameful condition and is not safe
place to keep property of any kind;
that the roof leaks badly, and, owing
to faulty construction, it can not be
made tight; as stated by the United
States Depot Quartermaster in 1903,
the building should be condemned and
torn down, on the ground that it is
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| rary storage of articles unaffected by
the weather; that there are no neces-
| sarv conveniences in the drillshed or
adjacent thereto which may be used
by the several hundred men who report
for duty three or four times week.
'That new armory should be
erected wherein could be properly safe
guarded all military property, and
which would provide all necessary IA
cilities for the mental, moral and phys
ical upbulding of the members of the
Guard, and where such attractions
could be provided as would be an in
ducement to young men to enlist
thereby insuring the best personnel OBJ
tainable.
"As matter of revenue which may
partially meet the additional expense
incident to an increase of the Guard
we believe that tax of not less thar
one dollar per annum should be paid
by each owner or possessor of firearms
within the Territory.
Reports Received.
The annual reports of other commit
tees were received. The treasurer, T.
| II. Petrie, reported that the receipts
of the wear had been $2055,45, and
the expenditures $1S94.97. The secre
tary reported an increase of one in the
membership, which now totals sixty
eight.
Wives Property.
| T.. ]. King reported that hereafter tn,
assessed value of property in the nam'
of or belonging to- wives would have
to be returned by the wives, likewise
mothers property. This was the rcsul
of recent tax suit in the courts, whe1
the mother of one who had turned il
the value of her property repudiatec
the authority of the son to make sucf
return, with the result that the govern
ment lost one years taxes. 1t was fur
ther reported that the tax assessor in
sisted now on seeing the power Of at
torney of those making assessments in
the name of others. p. C. Jones had
discovered that point.
Wells-Fargo Rates. 4,
NJ. Brasch called attention to the ex.
orbitant rates of the Wells Fargo com.
pany from New York to Honolulu, due
to the fact that through rates cannot
he had and n rebiling at San Francisco
| is now necessary. The association will
see what can be done.
Credit for Soldiers.
Z. A. Berndt asked what system could
be best adopted for the extension of
credit to enlisted men in the various
posts. His firm had asked that the sol.
der desiring credit present a letter
from his commanding officer. This had
worked well, the men had secured the
supplies they needed and the firm had
been promptly paid. The matter was
referred to committee.
Compliments to Retiring officers.
Prior to the voting for officers and
directors, +. w. Macfarlane and others
paid their compliments to the retiring
officers, George w. Smith, who has been
president since 1901, being especially
thanked for what he has done for the
association.
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