Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-09
Letters
THE VOLCANO SALOON"
Continued from page four.)

civilian brethren who respect neither
the man in khaki nor the flag for
which he fights and dies. Nothing is
more distasteful to the most Ameri.
can people of nowadays than man
clad in the uniform Of his country.
They will not stand at attention when
Star Spangled Banner" is played at
eventide. Yet We do in spite OF our
beer at Mt. Leilehua An effort In
the direction of preserving chastity
and morality of the community, by the
people of the community, and lifting
up those who have fallen fnot from
drink will require every moment of
sanity creatures time I,fF.
wish to say on behalf of the army
that not all soldiers nor the majority
of them are addicted to the drink hab-
it, and of those who are so unfor-
tunate not the majority Of them are
drunkards lying in the ditch and scat.
tered over the field as has been re-
Gently and falsely alleged by some Of
my maniacal contemporaries. Yes, an
additional guard is required to keep
order but that is no different from the
military provost guard in Honolulu
where there are several hundred brave
civil gendarmes (policemen) to guard
the public from the possible reproach
Of soldiers. As to Mr.. Kimbal1 tax.
ing the soldiers money there is moth
ing wrong about that. Hadn't he just
as we'll have it as the saloon men of
Honolulu? The soldiers concerned
don't care who gets the money Just
so they get the goods. Again il Is bet
ter to get drunk at the Volcano of
Leilehua near the reservation as only
those will see it who are looking for
such scenes. Further, the Volcano
out here is no more likely to cause a
tragedy than the saloons and dens Of
city. This whole kick to break up
the Volcano is nothing more or less
than a movement to force the soldiers
trade back into the, city, as it has
been discovered that the revenue
from the soldiers is enormous when
it is going all to one man.
When all is summed up it will be
found that the army harbors no GRIM
inals of any class. They are speedily
punished and always given the extent
of the law under the military code.
The army Furnishes when the civil
fails to bring indictment, which
proves it's ability to cope with any
situation that might arise among the
enlisted men. It is known to all
enlisted me that the people in
civil life are not materially
concerned about the as to their
welfare. II they were, things
would work out differently in congress
when the appropriation bill is pre-
sented Yet l do not mean to criti-
cize the action of my government, for
we agree to accept such bounty, pay.
clothing and ration as is fixed or may
be fixed by law, which means that
congress can change our pay and al.
lowances at any line, it has done il sew
eral times, without meeting with the
least resistance from the great tenn.
perance workers, the good folks. Not
one of them have asked congress to
restore one penny taken from us.
Any Christian who does not live up
to and obey the 10 commandments.
especially this one, Love thy neigh.
Dor as thyself' is a hypocrite and is
just as certain of reaching heaven as
q hippopOtamus.
GEORGE G. ANDERSON.
Reference to congress is made on
ly as a basis of proof that the tenn
perance people are not really concern
ed about the army.