The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-16
GUARD SHOWING :
IN REVIEW WINS.
$4,000 REWARD
Legislators Declare That Con-
StruCtion Work Should
s Be Completed
INSPECTION OF TROOPS
TAKES UP ENTIRE DAY
Major Lehman OF Regular Army
Inspector-Big Turnout
a PIeases Officers

| (From Sunday Advertiser) b.:
| As q result of the splendid showing
made yesterday by the National Guard
of Hawaii at the annual review and
inspection required by the war depart.
Inent, AMI, furthermore, as result of
an inspection of the armory made fol.
lowing the review by a joint legisla.
tive committee, it is a certainty that
the present Legislature will make an APP
preparation of $40, 900 to complete the
construction work on the armOry build,
ing. This sum will be for building pur
poses solely and not for furnishings.
| The Legislative party numbered about
n score and, was headed by Charles +.
FChillingworth, president of the senate;
~. Lincoln HOlstein, speaker of the
house, and Senator James l.. Coke and
Representative j. II. Coney, chairmen
of the military committee in their re.
spective houses. After the armOry in
spection Speaker HoIstein voiced the
sentiment OF the entire committee when
he said:
4 Armory improvements Necessary
/ 'sIt is shame the armory has never
been completed and finished quarters
i provided for these half thousand and
more men who are being trained for
the territorial and national defense If
need be for their services. The build
ing is anything but attractive to the
men now and in some instances is q
4 yeritable fire trap. / have no doubt
that after what we saw here today that
the 100000 required to complete the
building will be appropriated by the
present legislature.
The statement was made in the pres.
ence Of Col. J. w. Jones, adjutant gen,
eral of the Hawaiian National Guard
and similar statements were made by
practically every one of the legislators
Allswere of the opinion that the armory
requires luther improvement imme
diateiy and that the guardsmen are en-
titled to finished quarters.
Turnout Is record Breaker
The review ind inspection was the
largest and most successful and wei
, carried out in the history of the guard
When the. long line Of khaki7clad hon,
I, soldiers swung into Palace Squar,
promptly at o'clock in the morning
} to the martial strains of the Hawaiian
band; the review being complimentary
to the legislative members and received
by Major NJ. J. Lehman Of the regula
army, thirty.seven officers and 521 mel
were in line. ~ .
The regiment comprises the nine com
a panies on Oahu and an added recruit
!, company. All the companies were vel
i filed and well Differed, the best show
9 ing being made by Company H, tn
Chinese organization, in point OF nun
A bers, eighty one out of the eighty min,
0 officers and men being in the ranks
!. -Four of the missing are out of the city
!. Because Of the well-filled companies an,
n the uarrowness of the street the regi
A ment was compelled to pass in review
y in column of platoons instead Of column
q of companies.
n Colonel Riley in Command
}. Col. W. \. Riley was in command o
A the regiment and Majors Gustave Ros
/. and NJ. NJ. johnson in command o
@ the Second and First battalions re
4 spectively. Colonel Riley had as hi
+ staff Major KilbOurne, Captain o Sui
ivan, quartermaster; Captain Warhan
eOmmissary, and Captain Schrader, ad
II jutant.
= Col. J. w. Jones, adjutant genera
1 was an interested spectator, with hi
staff, Col. g. W. Ziegler, inspector gen
- eraI Lieut.. Col. J. W. Short, chic
:. quartermaster; Major A. w. Neatly
. chief ordnance officer; Capt. Henry Va
. Giesen, quartermasteT corps, and Capt
;. J. II. DCugherty, aide to Governo
4 Pinkham
). Following the review the regimen
a pitched shelter tent camp on the Capi
:. tol grounds, where inspection wa
n made Ly Major Lenihan for the war de
{ rartmemt. At noon excellent "chOw
=. was served of frankfurters, beans an
. coffee, and the members of the Iegis
n lature were the guests of Commissar
Warhum at the officers mess. .
r Drill Test Is Severe
IN the afternoon Major Lehman pu
n the entire ten companies through
I rigid inspection drill by companies i
A 10th close and extended order. Fo
I. lowing the hard day Major Lehman n
|. 1ueAtrd to he excused from making an
i comment on his observations, inasmuc
Il ms he was required to make report i
Il writing to Major General Carter an
urforlrd to have his findings made pull
lie ~ ough that channel.
Colonel Riley, however, was enthl
Snstit over the showing made by tn
) ten companies, remarking:
" am proud of the hOys, both of
y r,Is and men. They made splendi
yhowing beth IN numbers, in thei
. ann construction end In their drill
?, ~" "onrt and inspection Of propert
# will We continued by Major Lehman o
regular company drill nights Necei
sorilv, the drill inspection was rapi(
4 but it MS very thorough
= Iva .n~' 80 the war department q
l. lcwr th' r'i'itia $@S per man for a
y. = ,"'ar"" at the annual inspection, tn
Il ,nrut viii accordingly receive SIS
i r@4
Y "r14or Of Militia Here
'irsi i'u'rNAnt Arthur l.. BUM
IS f"' rcr'od h"Qinning October I,
ll"i", was federal inspector instruct