Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-10
HATS OFF TO
COLORy ISAD
Club ATTITUDE
National Guard Day Produces
Timely Talks by Military
Men-Carter Speaks

This was National Guard day with
the Honolulu AID Club. and at the
regular weekly uncheon-meeting al
the Young hotel number OF speak,
ers told of the aims, uses and adyan
tages of the organized militia Of the
United States that opened up new
vistas of thought to many Of the AID
Club members.
Governor Pinknam, commander-in-
chief of the territorial military estab-
lishment, was an honored guest. The
speakers included Maj.-gen. W. H
Carter, commanding the regular
troops in Hawaii, Col. John w,
Jones, ranking officer on the active
list of the National Guard of Hawaii,
and since 1907 the adjutant general.
and George W. Smith, president Of
Benson. Smith & Co. Senator-elect
Warren G. Harding of Ohio was an
other distinguished guest of the club
With the National Guard of Hawaii
as the specific theme, occasion was
taken to urge more punctilious OBJ
seryance of the honors due the flag.
Honolulu has been deplorably lax in
the past in saluting the national colors
when carried by the troops, and there
Is a strong general feeling that this
should be corrected. Civilians uncov-
er for the flag, bat soldiers salute, in
stead of removing the head dress, and
face toward the music, when the Star
Spangled Banner is PLAYED, saluting
at the last bar. That this is not gen.
orally understood is indicated by re-
marks often overheard in the crowd,
that that soldier ought to know
enough to take his hat of"
Gen. Carter Emphatic.
Gen. Carter urged increased inter.
est and increased enlistment in the
guard, and gave some very interegting i
figures to show the magnitude of fhe 4
for Hawaii's defense, Of
which defensive plan the National i
Guard of Hawaii is an integral part i
He said that when the three additional
infantry regiments which are to De
part of the local garrison arrive, tn
federal government would be spending
$15,000,000 per year on
the army of Oahu alone, to say moth.
ing Of the vast sums for the navy and
naval station.
I'm the event of an invasion 1t Il
would be absolutely necessary to de-
clare martial law at once said Cen
Carter, "and we couldn't afford to feed
anybody within the lines of Honolulu
who couldn't fight or work The best
way to render service is to qualify
for that service
Gen. Carter laid stress on the neces
sity Of national guard troops on the
other islandss saying that there should
be at least q battalion each on each
Of Hawaii. Kauai and Maui. He spoke
of the guard from the standpoint OF
national needs, and especially as ap.
piled to the Hawaiian islands, and his
talk made strong impression on his
hearers. He plainly voiced the de-
sire OF the federal government that
Hawaii do its own share toward home
defense. by building up a strong and
dependable militia.
Col. Jones' Speaks on Guard Benefits.
Col. Jones gave an interesting re-
sumo Of what the National Guard Of
Hawaii has done in the past.
He said:
Il have been asked to speak about
what the National Guard does for its
members, for the territory and for
the country at large.
at teaches its members discipline,