Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-21
LIEUT. COLONEL BILLIARDS
ADDRESS TO OFFIC Frs

instruction at Fort Shaftcr for nation.
al guard officers. delivered notable
address Saturday afternoon to the Off.
ccrs assembled in the special camp.
His address dealt with the ideals OF
military department Col Billiard
said:
Military Department.
In the civic crank in the peace per.
vert, even in the soldier whose heart
r. not whole and from choice In the
soldiers work. the mere expression.
military department, arouses preiu
dice, hostile criticism. To such II
stands for nothing. monkey business,
foOlishncss. On the other hand, to
the trained soldier ana knower of men
to natural man,-that Is. TO n man
whose mind has not been perverted
by a lot of place theory TO the stu.
dent and observer Of realities, military
department signifies. II stands for
training and discipline, the power of
man and wisdom of man.
l'have not got myself the task of
telling you the thousand things In
which military department consists.
or of discussing and deciding for you
the countless doubtful poin,s and
questions that may occur 10 you un.
der this heading. That would take
too long. shall have to be general.
For details | refer you to that excel.
lent publication. Capt. J. A. Moss OH.
GERS Manual. shall here feel that
have touched success Il can but show
you the reason, reach and power and
leave conviction of the need, the utll-
fly and dignity Of the thing called
military department, its worthiness OF
your attention and practice
The first necessity In his military
| training yet always the hardest thing
with the civic loving American Is to
get him to come, even In his own
mind to anything like a full and ade.
quate acceptance of military deport-
, ment. This Is why shall devote my
time discussing ont In detail the
things that make II up.
We Americans pride ourselves upon
our contempt of all form and man
ner. That has been our boast and
glorying. For the opposite opinion
In any one We have neither regard
not patience. Less and less hereafter
can that be our view or practice; be-
cause 1t Is sign OF crndcness' OF
national inexperienced. Form and man
ner are really laws of life which,
! In the history ana progress OF every
people, grow mp ana become more
and more necessary ana valuable as
men Increase In number They are
conditions OF population ana ciVliiZa'
ton. They are the necessary OUT.
growth OF the close association OF
men, the product OF the experience
OF living together. Iheir origin IL
proof enough OF their necessity anu
value. Until lately our country IN
| gen raj mas not needed them because
/ we have not lived IN thick commuh'
/ tiles. The army Is the exception
There men have always been ana sun
are associated more closely ana ihu'
I matoly than In civil lie ana nave con
/ sequcntly needed FORM ana manner
This Is why when the rest OF our
countrymen are prldlns themselves
upon rejecting these. soldiers nave
been guiding their lives ana resuiat-
ing their intercourse by the system
of rules which we cal military de'
pertinent.
II we wish to remain freemeh' All
conventions are 10 ne iue"ioheu'
They should be required 10 approve
themselves to us before we accept
them. ! would not anywhere make
or preserve unnecessary ones even
under the gnlso oil military deport'
ment. That the wise course always
They are burdensome and when once
they are fixed upon u.s. our institn'
lions. especially continuous ones IKE
an army, all tend to saddle them upon
MS 10 n time and extent TAR beyond
our ability to shake them on or even
detect their rise, reason or present
utility. but experience shows that
those conventions that make up mill