Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-14

there for some bad cause, getting into
trouble, drink. failure; that they were
the 'down.and-outs,' young fellows who
enlisted as last resort.
Ny personal opinion of a man who
would write such a statement for pub.
lication Is that he has about as much
respect for his country and for the
army which stands ready to defend 1t,
as an ordinary ''lap-dog." and II the
time should ever came when the Unit
ed States needs men to defend IL, that
the most likely place to look for men
of his stamp would be in a hollow tree
somewhere out in the thickest timber
to be found. or else down in the cellar
covered up in the potato bin.
I have been in the army for three
years. and to my knowledge about 80
per cent OF the men In the army today
are clean, intelligent and more or less
we'll educated young men, many Of
them fully capable OF holding positions
of skilled laborers, carpenters, firemen,
timers, etc. t.as:# .z Il,
have known several men with col
lege educations, and men with less
than 9Th or 9TH grade schooling are
very rare. 49, r r. -. 3. -.
81 do not try to say that there are
no failures" and "down-and-o outs" in
the army, but / know that instead OF
being the large majority they are far
in the minority
/ am not in the least afraid to assert
that II you, should go into any city in
the United States and pick 5000 men
from all parts Of Inc city pick them
Unfortunately compare them
with 5000 soldiers from this island or
any other post, am certain that you
would be forced to admit that the SOL
dters were the best men mentally or
physically, or both.
Once again your article quotes q
shooting scrap of which happen to
have heard the particulars.
In the first place the shooting took
place right in the heart Of the red
light district, and II this author was
looking for materi:.. for an article on.
Honolulu as a city, what was he doing
in that part OF town? u
He states that lac was an eye wit.
ness, and ask him here il he we're
writing an article on San Francisco,
would he 60 on rhe "Barbary coast"
for his material. or would he 60 to
the Bowery and give his experiences
there as to New York City?
There are plenty of respectable pla-
ces of amusement In Honolulu without
going to that part of town at all. As
for the soldiers he saw insthat district.
they We're some of the undesirables
who wander into the army, and just
because he saw 30 or 80 uniformed
men who were misbehaying why
should he say that 80 per cent Of the
entire 5000 on the island were bad
lot"
! He states that he talked with one
man and evidentaily took his word
for the character OF all the men on
the island I have often noticed, both
IN Honolulu and m San Francisco.
where ! was soldier for some months.
that a bunch OF six or eight men may
come down the street in civilian
clothes and be staggering drunk and
making q show of themselves In gener-
al, and IL any notice Is taken of them
at all It will merely be a smile or.
shrue with possibly the remark that
s.that bunch a welI iit up..' But let
one soldier come down the street show.
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