The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-18
CONGRESSMEN HARfEN TO APPEAL OF HAWAII I&
.S+ FOR REPEAL OF FREE SUGAR CLAUSE OF 7ARiFFW
o Hear Plain Truths About Inadequate Army and Necessity For
: Defenses and Harbors: Needs Of Territory AmpGfied
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tured 70 say without fear of sucressfu
eontradietion that the men of the arm,
IN Hawaii were the most discontente,
body Of men in the entire United State
army. There were three principal rea
sons for this state Of affairs. "A N,
Troops Indecently Housed =.
First, a large proportion of the troop
here were not deeently housed. o.
the $500 men on this Island, there wer,
about 1000 not properly taken care o.
As Tar as quarters were concerned. IL
one section Of SchoHeld Barracks living
conditions were such that II similal
conditions existed on sugar planta
ton among the laborers the matte
would be made the subject OF an in
vestigation by the board Of health
Quarters were so crowded that ther,
was not room enough for the men Il
move about, and windows and doors al
had to be left wide open to let th,
Tour winds of heaven blow through, Ia
all kinds Of weather, otherwise thor,
would be great suffering for want oi
proper air space. IA ~. ff,,..-sl n IS
Conditions Not Healthfui 81
/ The sewerage in the section OF ths
camp at SchoHeld TO which he had
reference was All nlacaa n an sa.,s.,
Of the camp and burned a. nIgbt mar,
men having told him that I'd ne any,
where hear this Operation ~. ~ ~,
seating that thew weya In an /, 80 y,
getting away aE far as noss;bIa ~ "
Now, Mr.. Thurston had hoar1 q. -,
by one of the congtessionaI ,ay.vt t s
when this great marty vent baat A. ~
duties in conoress. ibstsaS - 91s ~ ~
having but one deleUata 4, $3.50, J -,
without a vote. To re5rssant 49," 800
ests Of the Islands, there would be more
senator's and representatives standing
pP Ior .ne welfare OF Hawaii than rep.
Iesented any two or three sections of
me .ne UNION. ne hoped that all of these
REPRESENTATIVES Of Hawaii would re
neWDer this when they had under con
siIs,stion tne welfare OF the American
soiuier On TINS island. ~
Colonial Resident System '..a.,s ~.
The second cause for d;s.o,t -,
among the soldierv here wos, an 80
Iishfnent Of the colonial residant s,s
tenn whereby certain organization.
would he kent hare n.,,r. .s,,,..I.'
meant that soldiers who wanted n s+ay
by their regiments and vet $500 NY
some day to get back tn the ro;nIanI
had to transfer to other 70 ;mants 80
get out. of the Islands. Either the w
must stay here permanently or else
abandon their regiments. he cited the
First lnfantry MS the leading example
q an oia regiment whose men wanted
70 stay With that organization, and
from wnleh men were transferring when,
Ior the sake Of getting back to the
mainland, not wanting to remain here
Epermhnanhiya This order had been ire.
.royad, ~ tar as the philippines and
hnama were concerned, but Hawaii
seemed 20 nave been overlooked. y p,
SgSsnon on Oivinan Clothes
Inc tnird cause for discomfort among
the mihta!y mere, declared Mr.. Thurs
lon, was the fact that the soldiers were
aIc allowed TO wear civilian clothes
Waen on duty. 2ihey were proud Of the
UNIFORM, or course, and the people of
honolulu were proud to have the men
On me UNIFORM here: but It was one
thlhg 70 De proud OF wearing the uni
FORM and another to be compelled to
wear wear ~ al the time. There was GER