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" CmblaZOned on their
battle flags. the kPd and Blue battal-
ions. each G! which is composed Of
seven companies, under the command
OF Captains George Angus and Emil
4. Berndt, viii! commence their ma
reuvers Friday morning in the en-
1eavOr to secure two hundred and one
new recruits to be stationed at the
Young Men Christian Association
barracks
Division headquarters will be lOcat
ed in the offices Of the {. NJ. Cooke
estate on Fort street below KIM,
where Generals A. A. Ebersote AMI
A. II. Tarleton. in company with Ma-
ior Ed TOwse, will plan the maneu"-
ers, receive news from the front. and
take charge OF the recruits as they
are enlisted. Numerous war bullet ms
have been issued from the office OF
the commardant 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
will have access to during their year S
enlistment in the new barracks on the
corner of 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
O'Clock Friday morning end REIN
foreements will follow them shortly
after that time. Electrical. snrgeants
are yequippilg 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 a Blue.
In this way the passers-by may tell
at 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-
cruits 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
boys who are. looked upon as likely
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 ommander-in-chief and will meet
in Cooke Hall at 6 o'clock tomorrow
evening for dinner, at which time the
final Instructions will be given out by
the commanding officers. All mem
;; bers of the companies are ordered to
report for duty Friday morning at 9
O'Clock at headquarters