Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-26

correspondence the inspector.instruc-
tor points out the need of an armory
before real results can be expected
IRON the guard.
Following are excerpts from some
Of Captain Johnson's reports:
Dec. 81. i9lI.-"Onee an armory is
and service in the militia
made more attractive. more c3n De re-
CURED of the officers and men"
The Armory is the thing We must
have here before We can expect any
big results"
March 81, 19l2.-"whiie conditions
as they are rs far as the ar
mory and the personnel of the guard
are concerned. but little actual pro-
Erass can be made. II is true that
the officers and non-commissioRed Of
ficerS are learning something relative
10 their military work all the time.
That is of course progress IN wa,
but real progress toward obtaining
what is wanted will not be made until
the armory is built.
7 am sure that the armory Will be
built soon. After that is an assured
fact, / hope to be able to render re-
ports showing more progress. The
material is here and under anything
like fair conditions the organized mill
tia of Hawaii will improve rapidly"
June 80, 1912.-sWith the compile
ton Of the new armory 1t is now al
most an assured fact that several new
organizations will be added to the
guard. There are two companies at
least which will be organized from
the best material. One from white
men, nearly all of whom are ex-reguiar
soldiers who are working in this city
and are only waiting for the compile
ton of the armory to organize; and
enc from the graduates of the Kane
haneha military school who are also
waiting for the same thing. All
told the prospects for larger and
more efficient guard in the territory
we're never brighter than they are at
present.
Doctorse Disagree
The medicos have had little war
OF their own over guard affairs. First
Lieutenant Mount, the regular army
surgeon detailed TO the national
guard encampment at Moanasla last
year, made some very caustic criti-
cisms regarding the efficiency and
knowledge of military hygiene of both
hospital corps men and madical Off
GERS. Major Moore, the guard medico
in command at Moanalua encamp-
ment, comes back with report to the
adjutant general, in which he accuses
Dr.. Mount of ulfairness and hasty
judgment, this report having the en-.
dorsement of Lieutenant Colonel
Cooper, the surgeon general of Ha,
wall.
Col. Jones Defends Guard
Colonel Jones makes the following
brief statement in regard to the con
dition of the militia regiment:
The national guard of Hawaii
through its encampments and schools
of instruction has made some progress
during the past two years. Its effici
ency is not as great as is to, be de-
sired, but it ranks as high in those
matters indicating efficiency and In
some cases higher than some of the
states, which may readily be seen
from the tables of analysis and ex
cerpts from the reports of the chiei
of division of military affairs.
The same causes which in the
states operate against higher effici
ency are to be met with here in fal
greater degree, and, as set out in the
reoprts referred to and the reports
made to the war department by the
inspector instructor. Capt. w. H
Johnson, show that Hawaii has more
to contend against than any state
This is particularly applicable to the
guard organizations at Honolulu.
Consideration should be given t.
the fact that it is the unavoidable por
ton of the national guard officer tt
meet a never-ceasing call upon his
time and that his personal funds are
often used to help tide over con
ditions in which the men of his com
pany find themselves, in his effort tC
retain their interest through a sense
of obligation to him as well as thai
which they owe to the territory. II
no other walk in life are such de
mands made upon an individual, and
the officers OF the First Infantry and
many of its enlisted personnel who
have been steadfast in their determin
alton to remain with and keep up the
guard. are entitled to the highesi
commentator for their efforts in tht
face of the discouraging conditions
and the continual financial loss be
cause of the time and effort devoted
to the guard, which if expended alonl
different lines would have netted I
substantial recompense, and, in thu
face of actual financial loss in tn.
cases of almost all of the enlisted
men who attended the encampment il
August-September, 1912, where the,
received United States pay of from
5 80 per day for privates to S 20 ant
$3.50 per day for non-commissionet
officers, whereas If they had remained
away from camp they would hav,
earned from $3.50 to $3.50 per day
their aggregate. loss, making allow
ance for some to be without EN-