Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-01

navy OF the United States stationed
AT Honolulu and Leilehua. So large an
addition TO the number OF unmarried
men in our community has greatly IN
creased the gravity Of the problem OF
social vice. The attitude Of the mill
tary authorities toward the question
is one mainly OF solicitude for physi'
cal efficiency, The sole object OF the
regulations seems to be to guard the
men from disease Soldiers are en-
couraged to use prophylactics when
are freely dispensed When venereal
disease makes, il appearance the pa
tient Is punished by segregation and
loss of pay. Prostitution is not allow
ed on the reservations. In the COM
munity il is a matter Of common OBJ
servation that prostitution has greatly
increased since the coming or the
army. Very few cases of rape by
men of the service are on record
From time to time there has been
complaint of soldiers accosting 'Wo-
men in public places and even OF as
sault on the streets. These IN posi-
ton to know aVouch that Hawaiian
girls have had to contend with far
1IiOEG tCmpIaIIOA1~ S4AANS -SAAN
ment OF the large army posts.
1T should be stated, however, and
emphasized as the findings OF this
committee after careful consideration
that as whole the men OF the service
in Honolulu have given notable ex-
ample OF good conduct and sef-con-
troll. The addition OF more than 1000
men to the community the large ma
iority OF them young vigorous and UNI.
married, could not have been expected
to result otherwise than in some in-l
crease OF sexual vice, and particular
" as the influx OF men has been in
an overwhelmingly larger ratio than
that OF women brought with them, the
sexual impact has necessarily been
felt upon the community In a consid-
cradle degree.
"In every military command there
are number OF bad characters, and
| their activities have been notorious
and unfortunate, and have reflected
undeserved discredit upon the great
majority of men OF the service whose
conduct may justly be praised This
fact Is well recognized both by the
men Of the service and by the officers.
As rule the enlisted men are mark
edly courteous in their demeanor and
well-behaved when outside the rig.
orous discipline Of barracks. In pro-
portion to their numbers, the increase
of disorder and sexual vice has been
less than might be expected. There
Is good ground for saying that the sol
diers of the United States service
have added less to the growth of sex
| nal vice on Oahu than would 1000
similarly constituted men of almost.
any other element The soldier In Ho-
lnolulu as rule believes in maintain
ting the reputation of the uniform and
| the flag and is the first TO condemn
/ his comrade who casts discredit upon
either"
There are number of officers also
who are endeayoring earnestly to in.s
crease the morals Of the service and
aid the men in living decent and self
Prospecting lives.
dealt with and mention made Of tho
frequent abuse Of vehicles FOR use In
commercial vice.
Sections are devoted TO public
health generally and the schools and
, the social evil 1t is reported that the
lFayages of venereal diseases are
5 frightful and with practically no sys-
tematic work, outside the army pro-
phyIactic treatment, to check its eff
feets The schools are declared free
from immoral literature. and mention
made that no courses in sex hygiene
are given
Chapted II. takes up How to Deal
/, With the Social Evil
Three courses are discussed one
/ the course os doing nothing, second, a
strict policy OF regulation or regie-
mentation: third, the pursuit of q
tstrietly scientific policy of combat
ting the evil
| Backing up its arguments with an
lunanswerable array of facts, the men
and women who have made this social
survey emphaticaIly declare that the
third method must be adopted il the
permanent results for good are to be
secured. The first policy-"do moth
ling"-is quickly dismissed Regula.
tion is discussed in detail, the history.
Of several countries gone over. a mass
OF facts and figures presented and the
conclusion reached that regulation has
proved a failure everywhere Il has
been tried and must always fail.
Then the report declares boldly for
the third method It's findings. which,
are well worth quoting practically In
| full. are as follows:
Because of the considerations adj
vanced in the last chapter, the com
mittee finds il impossible to advocate
either of the first two methods of so.
luton outlined therein In dealing
with an evil so insidious, so wide.
spread, so intertwined with natural
human instincts, so dependent upon
faulty methods OF education and SO In
trenched In social environment, II is
impossible TO expect any ready-made-
remedy like that Of RECOMMENDATION TO
/ succeed The campaign against the
evil must be many sided, ii must plan
for o persistent prosecution to cover
many decades IL not centuries IL
! must be inherently just and sane and
must advance step by step towards its
| elimination. The, following sugges
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