The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-06

BILL is AMENDED
Military Committee Recommends
Passage and, In Present
Form, Is Likely To Pass

" . 81 II . q. e . y ".
speaker Holstcin . compulsory mill.
fary education bin will again be on
the cards for third reading next Tues.
day IN the house. II failed Of passage
recently, was sreconsidered and set for
q third reading second time next
Monday, but another change Of heart
caused IL 10 be re0ommitted 70 the
house military committee, from which
1t was again reported last Friday with
the Recommendation that II pass with
tbe following amendments:
Provided, however, that upon salts,
factory showing being made 20 the
Governor, or such officer as he may
designate, that any youth who is SUBJ
iect 70 the provisions OF this act has,
At some Institution Of learning where
military instruction Is given, received,
after his sixteenth year Of age, the in
strnetioD provided for, such youth shall
be certified as having complied with tho
i provisions Of this act ~
How Amendment win work
This amendment viii operate in
eases as, for instance, the Kamchameha
| School for Boys, where cadet eorpa
q maintained, and in this ease under
l supefyision Of a military officer as.
signed from the regular army. With
i the amendment, friends of the meas
ure believe now that there will he no
dinienlty in pushing the measure
through the house, AZ least
8 Military training is something that
viii help anyone along, said Judge
Dole to The Advertiser recently. sit
teaches the habits Of obedience. pune
tuRlity, eleanliness The enaes are
trained under military instruction, and
generally the physique i developed.
Judge Dole Had Rxporienco
~ well remember the time when I
uhed TO drill company Of stalwaft
Hawaiian boys on the other side Of the
Island. They were s.alwaft because Of
the lessons acquired under military in
Str9ction. Then, again, ! had we'll
trained volunteer cavalry squad over
u IN Kauai many years ago. Ask w. o.
4 Smith what fine set Of boys the young
Hawaiian eavalrymen developed into.
n He win repember, for he was my first
lieutenant.
Military instruction does not neces-
a
are an the better for the instruction
and the Lessons acquired. DO not
care to be quoted for or against Speak
er HoIstein 4 bin now ii the house. but
III nm sure that course of military
Il training will A no way injurc the
A youth Of this Territory. -
Opposition Wcakpntng
That some Of the members who OPP
| - ~.4Lr g. ~
= reading last week have undergone n
n change Of heart In its respect is known.
M II voted no the other day. said
= Representative Garcia TO The Advcr-
I tiser yesterday, ttbut since the nnwar.
ranted and uncalled-for attack made on
General Carter by some oiiicious person
| have changed my mind, and when the
bill comes up again for third reading
win register my vote with those vot.
ing aye. -
The Law on Militia
. Reference was made by General Car
ter when, ON Invitation Of Speaker Hol-
stein, that officer addressed the house
!, on the subject OF militia service, TO the
constitutional provision regarding the
militia. The section referred to reads
as follows:
Z "Thst the militia shall consist Of
|. every able-hodied male citizen Of the
! respective States Territories and the
District Of Columbia, and every ALE
, bodied male OF foreign birth who has
declared his intention to become citi
zen, who Is more than eighteen and
I less than forty-fve years Of age, and
shall he divided into two classes the
2 organized militia, TO be known as The
National Guard Of the State, Territory
or District Of Columbia, or by such
J, other designations as may be given
them by the laws of the respective
!, States or Territories, and the remain
der, to be known As the Reserve
Militia