Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-13
Letters
THE SALOON At LEtLEauA.
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| just the same as the civilians. The
! fact that they wear khaki suits does
not change the man fer better or for
| worse i have found as good men
among those enlisted In the army as
I ever met anywhere. | have invited
them to my home and enjoyed their
comradeship, and 1t Is what a man is.
| not the fact that he is q soldier or
civilian. an officer or g private, that
makes him worthy Of our confidence
and friendship. No man with self re-
spect cares to associate with a drunk
ard or an ignorant. egotistieal man:
the ability 10 make other people re-
spect you Is In your hands. Do IL.
The saloon won't help you.
The fact that Mr.. KImball was good
enough T. find place on the outskirts
of the camp more than 20 miles from
the city and that the Oahu Railroad &
Land Company we're willing to assist
by leasing their property to help
pacify the civilians, does not alter the
fact that 1t Is about as difficult to
find good place to locate a saloon,
as it is to find good place on ones
body to locate a BON, and they are
both rather painful in their results.
The only difference is they say boil
sometimes clears the system and the
saloon, whether at Scbofield or in
Honolulu. has the opposite effect Do
not think the temperance people are
opposing the saloon at Schofield be-
cause 1t mainly affects the soldiers.
This is not true They are Just as
much oDDcsed to saloons In town for
the civilians as at Schofield for the.
soldiers. In what other business in
the world would 1t take an armed
guard to preserve order furnished by
the u g. and in what other business
would 1t be thought necessary to have
a subway under the track that these
men might safely cross the track?
This subway Is bluff and the words
only entrance" are not true, as more
than half of the men go through the
the fence. The writer states that he
does not deny the statement that
some of the drunken soldiers are "
ing around near the subway or on the
brink Of the Volcano but It is no
worse for soldier to be drunk than
for civilian, and that most men
learn their bad habits. If they have
anv. before they joined the army. II
believe this to be true. and that the
training Of the army is. In many cases,
beneficial, but there are many men
In the service who never drank or
Datronized the saloon, and III Ii can
be proven, and SIN sure 1t can. that
the saloon at Leilehua or in Honolulu
causes one man In a year to become
a drunkard IL Is sufficient reason why
1t should not exist
Can the pleasures of the social class
or the profits to the saloonkeeper be
a SUFFICIENT excuse for the granting of
a license which shall be the means of
running a man, body and soul? / was
told by the manager of the place that
ne did not drink liquor, and why? Be
cause he knew it would prevent him
from giving the business his best at.
tention. appeal to you, boys OF the
United States army, fit is not good
for the saloonkeeper to drink is II |
good enough for you? Do YOU real.
re that more men have been killed |
by rum than in all the wars? to say
nothing Of the desolate homes, the
starving children And have not the
two murders committed by drunken
soldiers during the past year and as |
many more committed by drunken CT
villains caused you to pause and think
for minute? And the victoms of the
saloon who died because they did not
have the will power to resist the temp |
tations of strong drink went not down
to the honored graves of those who
died in the defence of their flag and |
country but to dishonored drunk |
ARDS grave of misery and shame. |
And all through the curse Of LIQUOR |
Is it worth while? Do you wonder
that we butt in and protest against a.
license out at Schofield even If It is /
out of sight. The writer seems to |
think that no one wants the soldier
and that they want to deprive him OF |
many rights of the civilians. This is
not true. a. Il ".,-. w.
If you intend to continue as a soldierI
make it your study to be the best sol.
der in the army, mentally, morally
and physically, and il you intend to-
go into civil life again fit yourself for
that, choose your course and work
for it; If it is home and family,
make yourself worthy of it. It may be
hard but it is worth while Ask your.
self honestly, and If you doubt your
self ask some one whom you can
trusts the saloon a help or hin.
drance?" 30 =
/ don't believe there is a man in the
army or anywhere else who would be
proud to see his son drinking in a
saloon. Then why encourage that
which you know does more harm than
good?
The statement that the civilian does
not care for the flag or the men of
the army who support it is absolutely
false. We all respect the flag and the
men who uphold it, but it certainly
does not create a respect for the ma
ton who would accept money from
such a source of revenue as the liquor
traffic. Nor does 1t create respect for
the soldier sworn to protect his flag
and country to see him so under the
n f1nonao of linr1or no IN ii