The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AS MOST DISLIKED
OF ALL ARMY POSTS
Correspondent at Schofield Says
This is Due Mainly To oner-
IA, Gus Restrictions
SERVICE IN HAWAII #5ai3
is DESPERATE TASK
Morale of Enlisted Men Is lust
As High Here As Anywhere
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Honolulu is the worst disliked army
station in the Union, according to !
correspondent at schOaeld Barracks
due mainly to the onerous restriction,
imposed upon the service in Hawaii.
This charactmisativn Cf Hawaii ha,
been brought forth by the republished
remarks of Secretary of War Garrison
who quoted distinguished turist 4
to the effect that the soldiers OF thin
department were less well behaved
than those 70 the Philippines, attribut.
ing the better behavior Of the Manila
men to the fact that they were proyid.
ed with an Army ". NJ. e. A. ~
The Advertiser has received two com.
munications on this subject, given be
low. w..
Why Hawaii Is Dislfxed ~. a
Editor Advertiser Having read the
article published Monday, the nth,
with regard to the Y. M. O. A., and tile
benefits accruing to the army through
its medium, rs i sol,lieg whc has nal
experience in both tho places referred
TO, Honolulu and Manila, would like to
say that my Impressions differed con.
siderably from those expressed by the
"distinguished jhrist 5f New. York
city, and am led to believe that he
is about as wen qualified 10 express an
intelligent opinion as to the needs and
the real requirements Of the soldier, as
the latter would be to handle an abst-
raet legal question involving the Rule
in Shelly's Case'' Of the Statute OF
Frauds. 'Ht EWs ..rsl
1t Is not new for the army to be- mis-
understood and their needs and con,
dition misrepresented by either "dis-
tinguished jurists, - or sometime mag,
asine writers. We of the array became
indifferent to II long ago, but II some
times makes us wonder what ~ Distin-
for. .- ..1a.h >.IGs.e p
Perfunctory Opinion saa
Now as to the troops in Manila be.
ing better behaved than those in Homo
lulu and this being attributable to the
good work Of the Y. NJ. III. n. This
statement bears all the ear marks or
tho most perfunctory ana superficial
analysis Of the question and leaves tine
impression that the writer rode through
the Localities IN . high power automo-
bile and then amused his friends with
his flecting glimpses OF the soldier and
his Impressions of the army generally,
Local Conditions To Blanc
. As one who has served many years
in the army at both the places named
as well as Others, i would like 10 say
a word or two as to the troops in Ha.
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to which the jurist refers TO are purely
local in their nature and. SO far as Ho.
nolulu is concerned, do NOT obtain IN
the large .garrisons in the United
States, at least in extent. iBaJf,
The American q Tommy" Is Just the
same on land and sea, Just the same as
the English t.Tommy, " the French
+" Tommy or any other old tTTom-
my" And when he appears different,
charge il TO his environment, not to the
individual himself. 81 ,.a-1>i3,>] II
Local conditions in Hawaii produce
the results Of which the jurist com.
plains in Hawaii. In Manila, there are
no armed patrols to meet the soldier
on the street, and cause hls arrest and
Immediate detention in "duranee vile, p
and association with all the local crooks
and scum of the city, for some slight
infractioh in discipline or misoenayiour
while making up for the long lonesome
nights ON post, while you Mr.. Jurist are
in your comfortable bed. - p t1% =.
In Manila, there are no armed patrols
with iron clad orders, that they dare not
disobey, to report tho names OF ali
"Tommies'f seen without collar on a
services uniform that tomorrow they may
be required to lie down in n mud pud-
die in, while ON tho skirmlsn line at
drill. These conditions do not obtain
in Manila hence the disparity IN the
Number Of reported cases. - =
Hawaii the Worst r.,.'s. -. '..1E
Honolulu Is considered among the
American soldiers as the worst military
station to which the soldier can be as
signed, chiefly because of the condi-
tions above stated, which were brought
by ''Distinguished Jurists, - and civil
ians OF like view point, giving utter.
rance TO such statements as the one
referred to in your paper.
Y. M o. "A. Is Sissy 4
Now as to the Y. M. G. A. A very
worthy organization from a superficial
point Of view. Then why don I the
soldiers fall all over each other IN be-
coming its members. E, Il.
: II is said to be non-sectarian but It
would be interesting to note how many
Roman Catholic or men of the Jewish
faith are numbered among Its officials
! served about three years at Fort
William Mckinley, where there is a
large Y. NJ g. a.. 1t has many amuse-
ments Of the kind known among soldiers
as 'fWilly" affairs, the recruits tioeIS
to IL, but the soldiers, (and soldier
does not regard recruit as a soldier
any more than a maehinIst's appren-
tiee is a journeyman maehinist> but the
backbone Of the army, the Kellys, the
Burkes, and the o'Sheas, the kind OF
men whom you want with you II You
were an officer leading forlorn hope,
do not 10 there. ~ -
AItimsenients Fal ".r.
. Mhyf Because, as ] have heard one
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