Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-20
Major. General Commanding
hawaiian Department Pleads
for Better Feeling Here

nolulu should not go on multiplying
institutions of various kinds for the
exclusive use Of soldiers-what the
men want Is to be considered on their
own merits, and TO be allowed some
measure Of participation in the fite
Of the community as men. not merely
as individual units of the army.
Such was the gist OF the plea made
to Honolulu last evening by Maj-gen.
William Harding Carter, commanding
the Hawaiian Department, when he
made q brief address at the Opera
House at the benefit given for the
General Library at Schofield Bar
racks
In no other community, SAID Gen
Carter. had he found a greater spirit
Of mutual fle1pfulness-noo other PLACE
had he seen so much welfare Worn.
Since my arrival here l have been
visited by Countless committees and
individuals" he said. eager to devise
ways and means of increasing the
welfare Of our soldiers. Honolulu IS
idealistic and altruistic. Never have
!. encountered an attempt TO exploit
the men.
pGlIIkss PatrenSsI. '''
THE average American soldier does
not IKE to be patronfzed. Taken as
body they are, the, most generous
people on earth, according 10 their
means. 1t is o. difficult thing to de
wise ways and means for the enter.
tainment or betterment Of the condi-
tons Of So large d garrison, II they
are to be treated as a thing apart
from the COMMUNITY. In the army, as
IN every community, there are 40
many minds abb men. Our fotgbears
have placed upon the pages Of history
the declaration that all men are born
ffee and equal. - :" - -
Z Perhaps So, bit II that Sc true
then they diverge from this state of
equality ut the very hour Of birth.
Environment and opportunity soon
lead men into most unequal lives.
Gun. army p comprised OF men who
enter the service OF their own Yolition.
Only i small percentages Of those. who
f0lunteer pass the required physical
examination. Every effort Isl mace
to ascertain their preSf6a& character.
but WITH the wandering instinct 81 the
people 81. our country, individual rec
6ras afe fafgIy 2Tsilabls. Vt Il the
ranks Of the American army We. find.
the same Identical conditions that ex-
list In groupings of peopie I'd cish life.
Some are Of superior mind: the next
and greater group constitute Tire aver
age :; the third rating Includes all
those of mediocre talents Here are
found. those whom environment and
lack of opportunity have weakened.
70 Altogether Human. e3,y;.l5r :,
TN determining what Is best TO do
for the soldier, it must be remember
ed that he is altogether human, IS
well as a man selected for his physi
cal perfection, and that tesneeds COM
pany; that when ne CONES TO town
he <wauts 70 see the brig it iiehks and
the peobie and he wants to be tteataJl,
like any other man. II he tdnduc
himself like gentleman. HSS& him
a gentleman. If he falls hx
side, treat his as you do thoS
like conditions in civil HfeI IL isii6f
your charity he asks, but only Oppor.
tunity to amuse himself In q reason.
able way. L,
I'm a practical way, With some 1e,.
900 soldiers in your midst II would be
we'll to consider the advisahiiity OF
providing for their special belefit-a
beach with dancing pavilion and
grounds where they could meet each
other, and other elements Of tiie popu-
lation upon q common footing, Such
On establishment should be regulated
20 as to absolutely bar intoxicating
liquors; because a great proportion Of
oar selaiers DO not seek that form Of
iiFerss ,>$t -
86ofnH1ag Of Library.
"O8serving the larg patronage OF
the moving picture shows established |
at SchofieId Barracks, I concluded |
that it would be well to afford the |
men the use OF larger. library than !
my OF those hitherto supported with |
n the organization. ] wrote to many
If my friends in the states aud was
at the generosity Hf their |
of books. So rapidly did |
hey accumulate that l soon found we !
lad more than 10000, ana that d suit
Ible building would be, NECESSARY 10
house them. We had no government |
available, but i felt
such a good cause would appeal 10 the
men themselves. Stone Yves gather
ID near Honolulu by the soldiers Of
Fort Shafter and sent to Lheif com.
AIDES at Schofield Barracks, where a
handsome and conVeafent library |
building has been erected. Upon the
hol hf,OE 20
nd nearly 1000 more hove been dis
ributed to the hospital, and other
'osts about Honolulu In constructing
his building it was necessar- for me
D become sponsor FOR material to
'iovide the roof. floors and ceiling,
tectric lights, DO k shelving and otn-
: items of equipment THIS was the
MY expense attached Is The erection
T.: this Library building, which IS now
omplete AMI will be dedicated on the