The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-25

Inc Dlfufcated memorial Day wh1ch
Governor Pinkham has bestowed upon
the Territory has brought about a sit
uation unparalleled since the day was
instituted by the Grand Army Of the
Republic as a solemn national observ-
ance. " "
From the office of the adjutant gene
raj of the National Guard there already
has issued an order that the men turn
out on Monday, May 81, in company
with the Second Infantry, U. s. A.
That is the day on which the Grand
Army will hold its exercises, but the
Governor has named Saturday. May
20, as a legal holiday, since the calen
dar date Of Memorial Day falls this
year on Sunday, the thirtieth.
Guard Ordered Out
'From time out of mind" said Col
onel John w. Jones, adjntant general
of the guard, yesterday, "a routine or.
der has issued from his Office for the
men to turn out on the day named by
the Grand Army. As soon as we
learned the choice of the Grand Army
this year, the order was posted, as 4
matter of routine
Shall the order be rescindedf Cover
nor Pinkham is commander in CHER
of the territorial forces. Win he orr
der the men to parade on Saturday, by
.themselvesf
@. A. r. Scornful
Grand Army men yesterday ridiculed
the suggestion. As well, they said,
give Hamlet without the melancholy
Dane.
81 intend" said w. L. Eaton, chair,
man of the Grand Army committee
in charge, yesterday, "to ask Cover.
nor Pinkham on Monday what his IN
tentions are. We shall have four hun
dred Spanish War veterans in line,
whether we get the militia or not.
That will give us a pretty fair show
ing. And of course, as [ have already
said, our own arrangements will be
carried through on Monday, precisely
as they were first announced
Arrest Of Absentees7
On the other hand, there are many
employers who will not wish to see
those of their employees who are mill
tiamen absent from work Monday, IL
the Saturday preceding was a holiday.
"Will the men be liable for dis
obedience of orders if they fail to re-
port for duty Monday, as they are now
ordered to dot" Colonel Jones was
asked
The Colonel shrugged his shoulders.
ct s a distressing situation he said.
Ono doubt we shall end by doing
whatever the Hawaiian department or
the United States Army does. The or
ders are that we shall act in commune
tion with the Second Infantry, U. S. a.
81 suppose if the Second Infantry
should parade on Monday, many of our
men would have to be absent, unless
their employers were generous to them.
As far as disobedience Of orders goes,
the conditions of mans employment
pre- always taken into account
Up to Major General
In the last analysis the solution of
the whole problem fails on Major Gen
cral Carter, who, by the way, is
Grand Army man himself. He and
Chairman Eaton will meet to discuss
the situation Monday. i
If the United States Army turns out
with the Grand Army on Monday, the
militia will do the same, unless pos
itively forbidden by Governor Pink
ham.
And whatever the army and the ma
tional guard do, the Honolulu School
for Boys and the Kamehameha School
are likely to do. Certainly there will
be no exercises on Saturday, independ-
ent of the Grand Army. Nobody wish.
es to grotcsque the spirit of so solemn
an occasion as Memorial Day, and to
parade on Saturday without the vet
Grams would be a piece of unforgivable
buffoonery.
Exercises, or no exercises, however,
ard whatever the Grand Army and the
other States and Territories of the
Union may do, Memorial Day in Ha-
wall is Saturday, May 20. Governor