The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-01-09
REGIMENT IS
COMPLETE
At LAST
Final Recruit Is Transferred from
Company D to Eill Captain su-
per's Company Regimental
Orders Will Be Issued Today,
According to Lete Report.

Two men were secured for the Third
Recruit Company yesterday, which com
plctes this company, and Capt. Paul
Super expects that today this company
will be formally mustered into the Ma
tional Guard Of Hawaii and the regi.
mental status of the guard completed.
Only two recruits were necessary yes.
terday morning for perfecting the or
ganization Of Captain Super's company,
and at noon Charles Il. Hall, a CLERK
in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, joined
the company and was sworn in By Cap
tain Super, as recruiting officer, thus
making sixty men.
Thon the scout commenced for the last
man to I'll the company, and this was
accomplished late in the afternoon, III.
b. Evans Of the Honolulu school for
Boys having the honor Of being the man
to restore the National Guard Of Ha-
waii to its reglmental status, and or,
dcrs 10 this effect will be issued today,
IL was stated last night
But to get this man Col. John w.
Jones, adjntant general Of the guard,
had 70 transfer one man from Company
y, Captain Kolb's company, and the
man was Evans. But Company B is
going ahead so rapidly that it can well
spare a recruit, even though good one.
The other men who have joined the
company recently include George Gal.
hraith, w. N. Fatten, l.. II. Hachnlen,
Max Bolte, Paul kalabin, w. MeElwee,
9. ). Putnam, +. J.. Carter, Frank J.
Conley and Charles j.. Hall Captain
super declares that the last man will
be secured and sworn in before tonight.
I Equipment Is Shy. AZ
At present the Third Recruit Com
paDy has no equipment, and this will
have to be secured through a requisi.
tion by the adjdtant general upon the
war department, and the uniforms and
rifles sent from San Francisco. There
was q report yesterday that this equip.
ment might be furnished by the regular
Army authorities of the Hawaiian De-
partment, but this was denied at head,
quarters yesterday" Even if il was
permissible to supply such equipment
the ARMY here Has not got il in stock
TO supply. But lust as soon as the com
pany Is officially mustered into the
guard as a part Of the First Regiment
the order for tho full equipment win
20 forward, hi ,"W IL.
Other companies Of the guard are also
short Of equipment, and some members
of Company d, Captain Kolb,, are feel
ing, sad because they understand that
with giving them the letter ID, which
was formerly the Hilo company, they
will also be required TO use consid-
Erable amount of seeond hand equip
mont with the letter d inscribed on It.
| Company B Likes It. i-
Company b, Capt. J. NJ. Cooke, held
drill and special meeting in the now
ArmorH last night, AT which First Lieu.
tenant AHA and Second Lieut.. l. II.
Englcman, the latter taking his place
as an officer in this company for the
first time, took an active part.
II was decided by the company 10
hold a special drill and meeting next
Tuesday evening, at which time the
members viii pick the squads and teams
to take part in the big military tourna.
ment. =, .tt h N#1..
IT was also decided to try and gel
! the letter of lnoir company changed
TO *, instead Of b, as at present, and
TO make a lively campaign to have al
aR,Kamehamcha cadets Join. As these
| have all received military training, II
is expected that Company X" viii
be one of the crack companies Of the
guard.