The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-02-06

64sass OUR DlSSATISFIEDy ARMY
soldiers who purchased their DISCHARGES from
the 1919 exceeds the total number Of any
month Of that according figures published the Army and
Three thousand three hundred and twenty men, approximately
three regiments severed their connection with the
not including considerable number who
discharges in the Hawaiian Department which not
these figures, for some
Discharge by purchase although sanctioned by law granted
privilege subject to certain conditions and not right in
addition to the large number OF soldiers who bought their
last year three hundred applications dpproved exclusive
of this department
The largest Of dsapproyas was the second division
which has been mobzed the Texas border Although this
sion has practically been awaiting call to active
the long continued residence in undesirable localities the
stringent requirements Of duty Of this nature with prospect
any relief or change appears to have rkse the rank
In this division out of nneyone applications discharge by pur-
chase sixyour dsapproved all probability
Recently privilege purchase discharge has been entirely
suspended troops the border would seem to
indicate that the officers Of that division and the department
were becoming concerned the shortage Of men.
short time the recruiting Offices the Southwestern
applying for enlistment Since then Secretary of
made statement to the committee working
proposed amendment TO the enlistment laws that
Missouri there practically applications for enlistment
ing in while that city especially good field recruiting
He stated that the for this that discharged
ing back from the border had poisoned
pecye recruits to such extent to them from trying
army life, 4s /,
Men ANONYMOUSLY fred out Of the army by dshon-
oabe discharge could be expected to poison the minds all hearers
with regard to conditions the service but if the
honoraby discharged soldiers conditions Of
cuar place poison the minds prospective
the service apparently the situation calls for
Obviously the first step would be to ascertain the real
much Of the general dissatisfaction which prevail among
the rank and file Various communications appearing press
and in the service journals from time to time indicate that
aside from purely local conditions the principal of don-
in the ranks the lengthening the enlistment
ton of double for
pay which lies within the power remedy
reduction of clothing allowances of serving enlistment
tracts which done by the department In addition these
of discomfort other
uniform regulation Hawaii
by treatment of the regular army upon
being relieved from duty with the militia had
detailed militia duty future be returned to the line
segeants but this small consolation those serving with
militia. aU ." tN
The Hay Bill passed the most
daeul pill which the has had swallow many years
and while it is generally understood that this bill
of which pleased nobody
tanned that he acting information
of high rank Whatever motives actuated these gentlemen
quite certain that they have entirely dregarded
for the of whom the army composed 81 t9gfTf
When the Hay Bill law generally predicted by
soldiers that it would fall within year proven
be the The feature has failed utterly length
of the of enlistment together with
other unsatisfactory conditions stated above and the action of the
department keeping regiments permanently
has caused shortage of approximately thousand
army. l,a#tt
When the difficulties of recruiting the army understood
matter of retaining the importance
During the the Chicago recruiting app
cants for enlistment rejected number 500
who applied while New York 1375S rejected IT.
055 applicants and of those accepted later rejected
the depots When such small Of perfectly
tive recruits quite imperative the the country
at large that there be discomfort within
depete its ranks nuy the efforts Of
partmen to stimulate national interest in this institution
CATHCART MADE NO MISTAKE
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