The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-26
Colonel Johnson Adiutant Gem
efat Returns Home Pleased
With Results On Maui
VALLEY ISLAND NOW
BOASTS FIVE UNITS
Plantation Managers Render VAL
liable Assistance Royal Wei
come Home For Sgt. Evans

Five companies Of the National
Guard, one so large that IL probably
win be divided later and O machine
gun platoon organized, is Maui's con
tribution TO the Territory's force Of
citizen soiaiery This Is the word
brought back yesterday by Col. Sam.
uei I. johnson, adiutant general.
Three Of the Valley Islands com
anies are new, the organization Of
which has been completed This gives
Hawaii a complete force now Of two
regiments, a separate battalion Of five
companies, one machine gun company,
one cavalry troop and one engineer
company. Only FIVE more companies
are required to complete the Territory S
third regiment
Colonel johnson returned With even
greater enthusiasm and brighter hopes
for the movement than before. He
speaks words of high praise for the
plantation managers in Maui, who have
come forward gladly to support the
National Guard. He is further en-
eouraged by the news Of the Hawaii
guardsmen 3 record at the. big national
mitch at Jacksonville, Florida; in par.
ticular, by. the American individual
championship won by Sgt. Thomas J.
X. Evans.
Plans Reception To Evans
Colonel johnson had intended going
k,, Hawaii ,kak al
torn from Maui, but the news of Ev.
ans prowess down in Florida has
caused him to alter his plans and he
May not 60 to the Big Island for sew
eral days. He is planning a fitting re.
ception for America 8 champion rife
man, on the occasion Of the latter 8
Homecoming. The new Honolulu regi-
nent just completed is to be reviewed
next month. The event will take plac !
just after the arrival of the rife team
from the national match and it is
planned to hnstow special honorSS npon
! Sergeant Evans at that time.
"Nothing that has occurred in recent
years has given the National Guard
more encouragement than the feat &C.
complished by Sergeant Evans" de-
clared Colonel johnson yesterday.
People here can scarcely realize what
Evans has done.
"As q matter of fact, he has Won
the most coveted priZe in the, ,entife
rife tournament. 7 have attended sew
cral of thOse matches, you know, and |
realize that there is ne trophy or cham
Piouship more sought after or fought
for, than that one given for individual
excellence. v I ''' W..
Defeated All Marksnen
at means that Sergeant Evans went
up against most Of the very best marks
men in the United States, and defeatc';
them all or course, we do not know
vet Just what hia score was, or the ex.
act character of the entire test, but we
kI ow H. was severe, We cannot say
what all the ranges were, but we know
that TIE competition was oyer several
ranges, possibly the S00,yard, 30o-yard
500-yard and iO00.yaTd, distance The
firing Is rapid as well; as slow, which
more than doubly eomplieates the test
nnd brings every ounce of mettle,
nerve and grit the contestants possess
"'In this way Sergeant Evans Is bound
to prove a great advertisement for Ha.
wuii, In ordinary years the interna
tional rife matches would follow later
in the season., and as the best in the
States Evans would be one Of Amer
ca 3 picked team "a 60 to Canada or
England. But the European war prob,
ably win prevent that feature this
year .rl', 'E#E. TO-.
Discussing his Maui trip Col John,
son said: at cannot speak too highly
Of the valuable aid the plantation man.
ayers have given me in Maui, as else
where. Under other circumstance il
would have taken about six months to
complete the organization in the Valley
Island which we practically completed
in two days time. This speeding up
is due almost entirely to the hearty 60.
operation Of the plantation men.
Work On, Rthe Ranges
"As result work will begin tomor
row on three rifle ranges. l.. Weinz
heimer manager of the Pioneer Mill
Company at Lahaipa volunteered to
put force Of men at work tomorrow
preparing a range for the new troop
there. This company, by the way, has
an enrolment of 1870 or I35. That Is
too many for one company, and it is
possible we NAV take out about forty
members. forming machine gun pla'
toon. This feature has not been def
nit"Iv decided. however.
Frank Baldwin has given us the
old custom house building at Kahului
to be used as armory and drill shed
and also has offered to prepare a rife
range. Harry Balwin has volunteered
to construct q building for an armory
at Paia, to be used by the new troop
ut that point"