Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-14

| VINO hdQ received lIiP same OTliI dS
| he had fought in the Spanish-Am
! can war: today they are private Citi
| Zens, with no more ambition for
| fight with foreign nation than the
most peaCeable man who doesn't know
| what a gun looks like.
In the event Of war his classmates
| and he were ready TO join the COlOrS:
! his own name was on the rolls in the
W r. department and if such turbulent
times ever come he would be one OF
the first private citizens called out.
Rath Opposes.
J. 4. Rath, who has served H. years
| in the British ARMY, hOtly opposed the
| bill The drills and education make
men 40 greater respecters o.. Law and
order. he said he could testify to by
personal experience. The talk of the
valuable knowledge Of hygiene att4in
ed through it was fallaciOuS. In al
most every war save the RuSSian-Iap
anese CAM align the number Of deaths
| from disease in the army had exceed
ed those on the battlefield and the
record OF the American army in the
| Spanish-American imbrOgliO therefore
| was no exception. The few hours train
ing given under the proposed law
would not do, he averred. 1t would he
! forgotten soon. If men are to be train
ed thus at all, they must be trained
thoroughly.
More Opposition Voiced.
DR.. Doremus Scudder and Rev Aka.
iko Akana opposed the bill on the
ground that If such educa ton is found
| necessary the man can get it quickly
in the regular army. His only pre-
paredness necessary is a strong, hardy
physique, maintained by hard labor in
the peaceful pursuits of daily life.
Attorney W. H. smith of Hilo filed
with the committee written protest
from people of the Crescent City. The
protest bore the signature of sc men,
which he said had been obtained in
two hours time, thus showing the
unanimity of opposition on the Big
Island. He also read a resolution
passed by the Hawaii county board
Of supervisors. He said Capt Jack ID.
Easton of the HilO company of the ma.
tional guard had expressed the Opin
ion that the only thorough preparation
for war was drill in the regular army,
where a man. would learn more in
three weeks than he could in six years
in the national guard. Thus, the value
of the education under the proposed
law would be negligible as preparation
for actual warfare.
Attorney Smith declared the bill I'M
American and not wanted by the PEG.
pie of the territory. Had the ques-
tion been submitted to the voters at
the last election it would have been
defeated and he thought that before
such a system were approved by the
lawmakers 1t should go to the cleo.
torate in a plebiscite.
Value Of k'ysienie Education
Emphasized.
Ed Towse and G. w. Smith, speak.
ing. in the measures behalf, empha
sized the value of the hygienic edu.
cation it would give young men.
Towse quoted from the sayings OF |
many famous men and declared that |
despite all peace-lovers may say, war !
always comes, history in this respect !
repeating since the world began. The |
greater part of the Bible is given to a |
history OF war. The opposition OF min |
listers is to be expected. He told of J
straw vote taken by Abraham Lincoln
at the time of his second election,
among the ministers of Springfield, Ill.
All Of the II officiating ministers were
opposed to Lincoln s reelection and
he quoted Lincoln as saying. II do
not believe these men have read their
Bible Alright" Lincoln was opposed to
war as much as any citizen; but it
was thrust upon him, just as 1t may be
forced on the United States again.
Towse thought the Legislature
should not be bound by the hue and
cry of the senseless mob" This re
mark was taken up in ridicule by all
the bills antagonists who followed
him.
L. Andrews. remarking he guessed
he belonged to the "senseless mob"
said that just before the meeting
Towse had been urging him to support
the bin. Towse, he understood, was
member of the Promotion Commit
tee, and Towse had said that if Ha,
wall took the lead in this Just think
what an ad this would be for Hawaii
on the mainland" /
Yes" said Andrews, I'VE advertise
these as the Isles Of Peace. Imagine
tourists. deluded with that idea, COM
ing to Honolulu to find such specta.
Giles as myself standing on a street
brner between J. A. MagOOn and Ed
Towse, going through the German
goose-step!" The idea. he claimed.
was un-American because it suggested
compulsion. Moreover, it specified no
age-iimit. Every man above Is years
of age would have to take the years
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