Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-08
REDS AND BLUES
TOBATTLEFOR
Y.M.C.A. MEMBERS

With the slogan POI new members
on January 10" emblazoned on their
battle flags. the Red and Blue battai-
ions. each az which is composed Of
seven companies, under the command
of Captains George Angus and Emil
4. Bcrndt. viii commence their ma
EeuVerS Friday morning in the en-
deayOr to secure two hundred and one
new recruits 10 be stationed at the
Young Men Christian Association
barracks.
Division headquarters will be locat =
ed in the Offices OF the c. NJ. Cooke
estate on Fort street below King,
where Generals A. A. Ebcrsole AMI
A. H. Tarleton. in company with NJ
ior Ed ToTse, will plan the maneu"-
ers, receive news from the front. and
take charge OF the recruits as they
are enlisted. Numerous war bulletins
have been issued from. the office of
the commandant this week TO the
prospective recruits and many lave
already signified their intention &c en-
list on the 10th on account Of the fine
quarters and equipment which they
enlistment in the new BARRACKS on the
corner CT Hotel and Alakea streets.
Elaborate preparations have been
, made by the generals who will be sta
toned at headquarters during the
compaign. to let the general public
know the returns from the front. Ac-
cording to present plans, the recruit
ing parties will begin the skirmish at
8 O'Clock Friday morning end rein
forcements will follow them shortly
after that time Electrical sergeants
are equipping headquarters with pri-
vate telephones for the respective cap
tains of the two companies who will
report the details Of the battle every
five minutes.
The signal corps has arranged for
a giant thermometer, ten feet nigh, to
be placed just outside headquarters.
The mercury will rise one degree as
each new recruit is reported as hav-
ing enlisted and signed up. The boil
ing point will be at the POI mark.
In the window of the Office Supply
Company, which. has already been dec
Grated in keeping with the campaign
a bulletin will be displayed in the
form of an outline of the association
building, one side being given over to
the Red company and the other to the
Blue. Two hundred spaces will be
marked off and numbered according
ly. AS the first recruit is reported as
having been enlisted, he will be as
signed to the first bunk whether a
Red or Blue. --
In this way the passers-by may tell
at a glance just how the recruits are
coming in and which company is hav-
ing the greater success. On the other
hand, in the window OF the headquar-
tiers a complete schedule will be in
evidence telling the number of re-
Ecruits received by each of the four
teen teams of the two battalions every
five minutes.
One thousand summons have been
issued to that number of men and
recruits and on the morning of the
battle the fourteen companies will
canvass the entire city in the endeav-
or to secure two hundred and one new
recruits. The recruiting forces have
responded to the mess call sounded by
the commander-in-chief and will meet
in Cooke Hall at o'clock tomorrow
evening for dinner, at which time the
final instructions will be given out by
the commanding officers All men,
bers of the companies are ordered to
report for duty Friday morning at 8
O'Clock at Headquarters.