The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-07-31
Five-Day Pay Schedule.

station on July 25 and return on July
20.
Five-Day Pay Schedule.
As matter Of fact Company l. left
Lahaina, their home station, early on
he morning of July 25 and were SEIZED.
lied to return to Lahaina on the Ma.
ma Kea at ten o. clock on the morning
IF July 20, which would have brought
hem to their station the same day.
This would make fye.day pay sched-
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However, Captain Young contends
hat he brought his men to Lahaina on
the twenty third and remained at that
place through the twenty-fourth, for
which days he contends that his men
are entitled to pay inasmueh as they
were taken away from their respective
occupations and would lose their civilian
salaries for the. time they were absent.
Col. ]. w. Jones, department. adju-
tant of the national guard, when APP
Dealed to by Paymaster Nicely and after
studying the rules and regulations in
addition to the orders and letters ex-
hanged in regard to the transportation
If Company l., upheld the ruling of
Paymaster Nicely. However, he took
he matter up Immediately with Cap
cain Freeman over the telephone at his
home. Captain Freeman stated that he
,ould make no decision until he had
irst examined all the letters and orders
which had passed and that he would
give the tangle his first attention in
he morning. Colonel Jones, in discuss.
NO the affair last evening said:
"It is an unfortunate situation and
| regret that IL arose. However, our
headquarters has no alternative in the
matter. The rules and regulations are
plain. In paying OH militiamen we will
follow the lead Of the paymaster Of tbs
regular Army, and if Captain Freeman
rules that Company l. is legally entitled
TO two days additional pay we will
with great pleasure make out n supple.
mentary payroll. w..
,"If he inteTprets the rules and regu
lations as we have interpreted them,
it will mean that Captain Freeman has
overpaid Company l. two days and that
the overpay must be refunded. 1t is
my hope and sincere wish that Captain
Freeman may have some Interpretation
of the rules and regulations which we
have not which will not make the Ie-
fund necessary but instead will give
| the men the two additional days.
Here at Their own Expense.
Heretofore Company l. has always
collected seven or eight days pay, but
this year it so CHANGED that steamer
schedules could be arranged t6>EGquire
the company to be here only FIVE days,
Company !, which returned from Red
Hill today, will get eight days pay,
while Company M Of Hilo will receive
seven days. The men of Company Il
who are still in town are doing so at
their own expense and were granted
permission to stay over. -, ..,..'&
II is unfortunate, because 1t Is un'
doubted that many of the men of the
company will feel that they are getting
the worst of it and it will cause harsh
feeling in the ranks. This is not the
situation in any shape and manner
Our headquarters are acting only as
we interpret the laws and regulations,
No one would be more pleased than my
self il Captain Freeman can find his
way clear to rule that the men are en-
titled to two days more pay from tbs
| Territory. "". r. ~.
"If he rules differently and it will
be necessary for the men Of Company
L TO refund two days pay, believe Q
means will be found to do so without
working any hardship on them because
of expenses incurred in the belief thai
they were to receive seven days pay
from the Territory. There are fifty
nine men Of Company l. here, and eacl
would be entitled TO two additional dol
lars if the extra allowance is made. ;
Captain Nicely, paymaster for thu
TERRITORY, will be at the Armory from
one O'Clock until two O'Clock this aft
ernoon to pay Off the men who hav,
not already been paid. w. ..r..'. =.
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