Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-02
COLOMALIzING
ORDER Is NOT j..
WELL RECEIVED
win Work Especial Hardship on
Non Commissioned Officers
r.. of 25th Infantry

The colonializiHg Of Oahus garri-
son by the war department, announced
in the Star-Bulletin yesterday, has
been the sole topic of discussion in
army circles today: Everyone who
wears Uncle Sans uniform, from the
commanding general to the greenest
rookie is vitality interested in the
move which makes the present garr.-
son CT Hawaii permanent
That the ruling is not popular goes
without saying The officers will suf-
fer some Inconvenience and many Of
them will have to remain here longer
than they anticipated, but the real
hardship comes on the non-cOmmis-
stoned officers and regiments as or
CARNATIONS.
The men of the 25th Infantry are
especially hard hit, for now both the
colcred infantry regiments are ON for
eign service for good, the 18th here.
and tho 24th inathe Philippines. The
men must stay away from the main
land entirely or give up soldering.
True, there are two cavalry regiments
in the states, but not every dough- -
is fit to become horse soldier. aid
there is little chance Of advancement,
as the non-coms in these outfits are
to all intent and purpose permanent
cies. A sergeant of the 25th then.
with say Is years service to his credit.
will have to stay in Hawaii for 10
years more in order to earn retire
ment. with only possibly three
month furlcugh every enlistment to
break the monotony of Schofield.
When the Philippines was made a
colonial garrison, talk Of a foreign
service roster for line sergeants was
started. and now that Hawaii has,
been added to Uncle Sans colonies"
there is an excellent chance of this
move going through but it would
bring no relief to the colo~nd ser
geants who can not serve with white
troops. .a.- -.
Officers Puzzled.
There is considerable speculation
among army Officers here as to the
intent of the fcur-vear tour provision.
The order received Yesterday states
that the tour will be four years in Ha-
waii out it also states that roster of
foreign service CT officers will be kept
so that the duty, outside of conttnen-
tai United States will he as nearly
euualiZed as possible. At the present
time there are many Officers here
who already have mach. more foreign
service to their credit than many of
the same grade en- the mainland. To
keen these officers here another two
wears or So would merely pile up more
foreign service to their credit and
make it that much harder to eonalize
the arrount 1T is BaFeued thep that
Yesterdays. orders infer that hereaf-
ter the tour will be four years but
that those who have served a reason
able time here will be ordered home,
so that the habftual stay-at-homes
viii have chance to make IN their
deficiency. This is mere speculation.
hut as the FOREIGN service roster plan
hasn't been worked out as yet, the
guess, sounds reasonable. ~.
The colonializing OF the Oahu
troops, although discussed as a posi-.
bility for more than a year, came as
something Of surprise yesterday, for
within the last few months reliable
information came from Washington
that the move would not be made un-
til the present garrison had been re-
lieved This Because it was
not contemplated to have two
such old regiments as the LIST
and I'd Infantry permanently out.
side the United States and be-
cause of the peculiar position of the
18th Infantry. noted above. 49,