The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-14
Backers Await Arrival Of Captain,
Who Was Adiutant At
san Francisco ~
BIGGER THAN PLATrsBURG,
INTENTION Mt or PROMOTERS
Business Men Warned BY {. A.
MOtt-SmIth Training VIII
.%'.' Not Be Play WI

i Though still in embryo, plans for tn,
proposed military training camp TO-
Honolulu business and professional mel
are progressing favorhbly. Details eel
not be perfected until the arrival from
the Coast today or tomorrow of Capt
Paul Malone, Second Infantry, Fort
Shafter The captain Is familiar will
the organisation of the camp ut Sal
Francisco, having been adjntant there
and can advise the procedure .iera.
The movement here Is led by three
lawyers, f., A.. Mott;Smith, Alfred
Judd and M. +. tProsser. They, hav,
consulted with Col. Samuel l., johnson
adjutant general of the National Guar
of Hawaii, and Ma. Gen. w. II. Carter
commanding the Hawaiian Departncn
of the regular army; also with many
professional and business. men, and re
port that thus far they have, met. witt
encouragement on every side. ..
As soon as Captain Malone arrive
he will be called into consultation, IN,
the promoters hope to be able 70 All
nounce details of the plan with soh,
degree of defniteness before the end
of the week. The delay thus far tas
been due to the non-arrival of Gar,
tain Malone. NJ. ,-....
Big Plans for Camp
The scope Of the camp, as concsiveu
by the three lawyers, is broader THAI
that Of the Plattsburg camp. 1hcrc
the business men were given framing
as privates and in the elemen ta-y raml
and field work.
The idea of the Honolulu camu woul,
be, say the promoters, to conduct a
lengthy course Of instruction in tactic
and the technical part of military
campaign in addition to the field work
giving the recruits b rough fOunCltio
on which could be built later, by ape
cial work, the education necessary to
make officers. p. IL
The proposal is ITO give these Older
men of the community the mental prep.
aration to fit them as a sort of reserve
officers corps. - o.
At the outset, the promoters hasten
: to point out, this is not TO be taken
as an indication that they are seeking
to lure recruits by promises of "soft
snaps as officers. Il o.
"Just remember said Mr.. Mott,
Smith yesterday, "that if the business
and professional men of this city w're
to become officers and go into actual
warfare theirs would be no sineeUre
Remember the facts of the European
war; how one Of the serious shortages
among the Allies is in trained officers.
They had hardly enough officers at
the beginning, and the Australian
troops in the Dardanelles are so I'D t
of them that the companies have been
doubled in size. Something like the
same situation might confront the Unit,
ed States in the event of war
VIII Have Committee Of Is
The plan to date is to obtain a com.
mittee of twenty-five leading men Of
the city, these to act as recruit az
officers, to stir up individual; interest
among their friends in an attempt to
get force Of at least 200. This ID
may be altered in the course of The
week and simply an open invitation
issued, calling for volunteers. -.
The matter hinges on the opinion Of
Captain Malone, The general idea
however, is to enlist men of mature
wears, that their example may arouse
larger enthusiasm throughout the com
munity in military affairs; first, to an.
dergo textbook instruction under non
commissioned officers later, to expand
to field camp under the plan pursued
at Plattsburg.
Before any Of these men could be.
come members Of the proposed ofiears
reserve corps they Of course would lie
compelled TO take severe, examinations
to prove ftness-physical and mcntal
and in the general art of modern war,
fare tactics. ...
Women Blaze the Trail
1t is just a preliminary step toward
national preparedness along the trail
already blazed to a certain extent Ly
twenty Of the well!known women OF
Honolulu. These women have taken mp
first aid instruction, have already prog
ressed long way through the course
and most of them have passed examine
lions which qualify them as FIRST aid
army nurses.
Possibly this is the real moving spirit
behind the present agitation, for it ID
known that some of these women ire
wives of the men so deeply interested
in the men 3 training camp.
Advice Of the Military
AS hint to the prospective recruits
in the training camp, the following OK.
cerPt is taken from the Army and
Navy Journal, explaining how it is not
possible 20 create full-hedged army OH.
GERS. in three weeks time:
d, "There is said TO be grumblinp
among officers and soldiers of the regu
lar army as well as among members
of the national guard because Of prom
Use made-by whom it Is not said-tC
participants in the Plattsburg encamp
ment
"Men go there, it is alleged, with
the expectation of being educated in
three weeks as thoroughgOing army of
fcers, capable of holding commissions
, whereas three years or more is required
for the education of junior lieutenant
of the national guard and four years
for an officer of similar grade in the
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