Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-11
ARMY POSTS STIRRED
BY ALLEGED ISLANDER
Enlisted Men Declare School
Principals Words at Biiou
Massmeeting Are Insult


In defense OF their reputation and
thel honor of the uniform they wear,
theI soldiers OF an entire army post
have risen, almost TO man, and are
demanding public retraction by Prin.
cipal Perley Horne of Kamehameha
Schools, OF certain statements attack.
ing the character of the enlisted men
alleged to have been made by him.
Fort Shafter Is up in arms, and with
the officers behind them, the men in.
tend TO press their case to the limit
possibly taking II into the courts in
the form of slander proceedings.
Enlisted men back OF the protest
assert that they will fight to a fin
ish in the courts and elsewhere un
I'll they get Professor Horne removed
from his present position at the head
OF the Kamehameha Schools, anC
some OF them talk OF even more sum
mary action.
Exception, Is taken 10 a scathine
denunciation Of the soldiery of Oahu
made by Professor Horne during s
speech before the mass meeting o.
citizens held at the Bijou theater the
night of Sunday. December I, the
meeting being called to discuss con
ditions affecting girls and women In
Hawaii. Professor Horne is quoted
as saying that girls dreaded to leave
school aud so cut .nto the world nov
unless they are. well provided for, be
cause they were aware of the soldiers
and adventurers from the mainland
- n-,.sA.,o1 4<o rroffoF1 and unPf
Hawaiian girls their legitimate prey.
Soldiers Protest
The men from Shafter, the army
post nearest 70 town, have. rushed e
the defense sof their uniform, anc
have organizedi 20 secure either de
traction or substantiation from thu
school principal. II II said that .
considerable fund has already beer
raised to defray legal expenses, ant
that soldiers from the other posts Oh
the island are In fu;i sympathy with
the movement and are ready to DIG
down for contributions.
Officers Take Stand
Captain Jameson, commanding For
Shafter, stated this morning through
his adjutant, Lieutenant Preston, that
he had taken no action in the matter
as vet. but might do SO. The general
attitude or the officers is to stand
back Of the men In any action which
the latter may take, and several COM
missioned officers have expressed
their indignation at the tendency O
some alleged reformers to make loost
and slanderous statements regarding
the army.
Sergeant NJ Dishler, of L company
Second Infantry. has been acting TO-
the men of Fort Shafter. and this,
morning he applied to Lieutenant Col
onel Campbell, adjutant general, fol
permission to call massmeeting o.
soldiers to be held at some local the
ater next Sunday, to pass resolutions
and launch campaign that will pro
tect the soldiers from slanderous at
tacks This permission can come only
from the department commander, ant
Colonel Campbell promised to take
the matter up with Colonel McGun
negle. and give Sergeant Dishler al
answer tomorrow morning. The, ad
jutant general is In sympathy witt
any dignified movement by the sol.
diers that will put their attitude fair
ly and squarely before the people o
Honolulu.
Attorney Lorrin Andrews has beer
retained, according to Sergeant Dish.
Ter. to attend to the legal end of the
controversy.
The Service, a local weekly devoted
to army and navy matters, has al
ready taken Professor Horne to tasl
editorially for his alleged statements
and considerable publicity is likely t.
be given to the controversy. .
The Soldiers Side.
Explaining the position of the sol
diers, Sergeant Dishler said:
We all know that the enlisted men
have hard enough time on these is
lands, always going round in uniform
because civilian clothes are prohibit,
ed. without being insulted, but when
these men make false and misleading
statements to the public. then il is
time for the army to wake up. every
soldier should take an interest in
clearing his name
Il have 0een stationed at Fort
Shafter since September, 1911, and to
my knowledge no case of rape or any
other case of mistreating young girls.
either Hawaiian or other nationality.
has been reported to the commanding
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