The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-01
SAMUEL JOHNSON
! APPOINTED HEAD
NATIONAL GUARD

~ NJ s. 8. MANCHURIA, May 2s,
l9l5s-- Governor Pinkham, Ho-
nonli: Aseept appointment ad.
jutant general with great appreciation.
Sam Johnson. y M W.
This wireless message, received yes
terday by Governor Pinkham from Col.
Samuel johnson, ". q. IT., now aboard
the Manehuria on his way to the ORR.
ent, closed the much.discussed question
Of who was to succeed Col. J. W. Jones
as adiutant general of the National
Guard Of Hawaii o. r. ...1.5s -
Governor Pinkham made the appoint
ment the moment the wireless was re-
eeived. That Colonel johnson would
be appointed was forecasted in The Ad.
vertiser two weeks ago. The Governor
told The Advertiser very recently that
he was not I'M position TO say whom
he would appoint or when the appoint.
ment would be made. On May 25--
Tuesday Of this week--the GoyernOr
wirelessed aboard the Manchuria, which
left Honolulu last Saturday morning
for the Orient, to Colonel Johnson:
:Have appointed you adjutant, gen.
ersl, effective about September ].
Wireless acceptance. - -. 49,.
Return in August
Colonel jOhnson's term Of Office is
for four years from September !. The
new head of the National Guard ex-
poets to return late in August. Colonel
Jones, whose commission expired on
| April /, will remain in office until his
successor qualities. At that time IL Is
believed that Colonel Jones will be
placed on the retired list. The posi-
tion of adjutant general pays $4,000 a
year. B o.. %. a. .H
Colonel Johnson is no stranger to the
National Guard. He was connected
with it as an officer for fifteen years,
leaving the guard in 1908. He en-.
listed as a private in 1893, the organ
iZation being then known as the Iiii-
zens' Guard of Hawaii. When he re.
| tired in 1908 he had reached the rank
OF colonel OF the First Regiment He
was captain of Company + in 1900,
and in 1907 was made lieutenant
colonel, a month later being promoted
to colonel, holding the post from April
ID of that wear until June ) the year
after, when he resigned.
For some years past Colonel johnson
has been manager Of the Hawaii Hard
wood Company, at Pahoa, Puma, Ha-
wall, whore he has also been acting as
| postmaster. Colonel and Mrs, Johnson
are social favorites. both OH the Big
Island and in Honolulu.
Jones Makes Statement
Colonel cones, the retiring adjutant
general, last night handed to The Ad-
vertiser the following statement.
80 many friends having inquired as
to why ] am retiring from the National
| Guard, make the following statement:
"On May |, 1915, Governor Pinkham
wrote me a note stating: When I re-
ceive yonr resignation dated May 5,
subject to my acceptance, which hope
never to exercise, your appointment as
adjutant general will be made
my note of May 1, 1916 in reply,
stated in part:
MY integrity and honor are the
property not alone of myself, but of
! my family, and have no right to give
I them into the keeping of another;
therefore ! cannot permit myself to
comply with your su 7gestion. How
ever, should yOu see fit to reappoint me
and thereafter desire my removal and
request a resignation on grounds which
do not involve or reflect upon my in
tegrity or honor, you may have L.
"On May 7, IFS, ] discussed the mat
ter at some length with Governor Pink
ham, he rcafirming his position, and j,
mine. n
| ION May q, 1915, I was informed
by Governor Pinkham that he would
not reappoint me, and that he would
appoint no one to the Office without first
receiving a resignation subject to his
! ~. W. JONES. u"