The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-08-15
ANXIOUS TO AID POLICE
Declares if Men Suspected of
Murder Are Proven Guilty
They Should Be Hanged-Mili-
tary Authorities Will Do Ev-
erything Possible to Uncover
Criminals-But Expect Impair
tial Investigation and Trial.
(FrOm Thursday Advertiser)

~ sSAH 80 ~
Enlisted men of the United States
Army on Oahu who manifest a spirit
Of lawlcssness or who fail to conduct
themselves properly when off the mill
tary reservation,are to feel the weight
Of drastic MEASURES which Gen. Fred
erick Funston, commanding the depart
ment OF Hawaii, is preparing to take,
according to statement made by the
brigadier yesterday. alls- 81 hta
General Funston = attention had been
called to an editorial in japanese
paper on the recent murder of Japa-
nese hack driver, for which crime two
soldiers have been arrested as suspects.
1.-THE great majority of the enlisted
men are perfectly well behaved and can
be trusted to come to town and conduct
themselves properly said General
Funston, "but there is a small proper
ton inclined to lawlessness, who make
speetaelcs of themselves on the street
by beiHg drunk aud otherwise casting
discredit on the uniform they wear,
81 am preparing to take drastic
action, within the next few days, in
respect to These men, and when ! get
through with them they may wish they
had never been born. j think can
break their backs for them.
but / am not going 70 punish the
good soldier with the bad. There is
to re separation OF the sheep frop,
the goats, under the plans which are
being prepared. Men who show that
they cannot behave themselves when
IN the city viii not be permitted to
visit the city. ~ tsf
"Mcn who bring diseredit on the uni
form they wear while in the city can
/, prepare TO spend the rest of their days
in the army on the reservation.
1.-THE provost guard has done good
work, but its efficiency is necessarily
/, limited because of its small numerical
strength. NOn-commissioned officers are
required on this detail and ID is diff
! cult matter to spare any more of them
! from their regiments where they are
: needed. ! am considering, however, the
mounting of provost guard during
the afternoon as well as for a portion
of the night.
"As far as this murder, attributed
to soldiers by the police. il concerned
if the men are guilty they should b,
! hanged, whether they were drunk oil
, sober at the time, and if guilty / hope
they are banged. We stand ready Il
. help the civil authorities in every way
in fcrreting out the perpetrators of tn,
crime. We want to see strict justice
g done. The accused men, under the law
are presumed to be innocent until the!
are proven guilty, however, and I'm
doubtedly will receive fair and i'm
partial trial. We will protect their in
terests TO the extent of seeing that the
m get a fair and Just trial.
'There is one thing to consider abou
III the supposed robberies alleged to hav
IS been committed recently by men in I'll
A. uniform of soldiers. have beea d,
partment commander fourteen year
j, aud Of my own personal knowledge
a. know Of several instances whore higl
IN way rObberies were charged to soldier
ie and 1T was subsequently learned ths
g. they were committed by civilians VIII
tb wore portions of soldiers uniforms f.
ii the sole purpose of divertiDg suspicio
NJ from themselves and onto innocent me-
re 81 remember one particularly fl
grant ease of this kind which occnrre
re while ! was at the Preside. OF courr
Ia there have been robberies eommitte
eh by soldiers, but the mere fact that
d. man wears a campaign hat or soldier
lie blouse doesn Z make him soldier. Tn
u fact should be taken into consider
nd tion. "