Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-14
NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS BANQUET
AND TOAST OLD and new COLONIES
Guard Officers and Guests Hear Words Of Commentator
and Advice and Spirit of Patriotism and Good Fellowship
Pervades Gathering

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Al last nights banquet Maj W Neey was aha @
ding the Hawaiian Department an
somSson and Ie~s j. Of the
The speakers Matheson. Col crOxtOn Gel
Advocate Stanack Chaplain Vaenn Fran
. Thompson and the Governor.
In his address the governor said:
Hosts the Officers of the National Guard of Hawaii ana
Guests of the Evening
permit others the gracious and friendly eX
essons that will be voiced this evening for those you honor
the sentiments deeply and would impress them on YOU
only assigned speak purposes as broad
az national life.
when / say as broad as national life and apply il to
the Territory Hawaii it, although TO cause the local
public and local private interests to fully realize its I'M
port difficult convince the mainland of the
exposed position of the United States.
THE Hawaiian Islands quite early in the last century
dstnctvey fixed in the of arseng American statesmen
as the pivotal point in the midst of the Pacific Ocean for de-
Tense and the control Of the major marine and
commerceson those great waters
Uncle SAM DELAYED
INSTEAD of acting promptly the people and the government
United States many deddes held its option Ila
wall the of millions of dollars until
the with Spain forced the United States OF America 10
maeraze the military necessity its statesmen had foresen
and money paid these islands became embodied
in that union.
TO minor degree the federal government army and
preparations taken steps make mpregnabe the
Island of Oahu the right to do so having cost $66
SO The expenditure for maintenance of the army
and navy will undoubtedly exceed the normal
gross value of the sugar crop of the territory.
1.-The Of the present territorial administration has
been and the plans and objects Of the
army and navy that may be delS in obtaining the
locations and forwarding constructions facilities reuir
ed Were the wholly selfish instead of patriotic
xnoul1 ha lv D0cSihn
All. WILLING TO AID
q am pleased to state of but individual in
past three years who has sought to embarrass the army
its land requirements
In reviewing the history of these islands we are brought
back TO the dominant which first sounded at the
old Haystack Wiamstown Massachusetts, and brought
here nearly hundred years ago. still be heard here
although temptations of commercasm have changed the
quality that the ring is not quite clear and true.
I'm attempting to pass the sound TO the Far East there
wholly unnecessary weakening of the standards obtaining in
America from earliest days of the pilgrims Many have
country the moral and religious arber of the
world forgetting first the mote from
that our practise and preaching may be consistent.
II have the prooundest belief that of the nations of
the Far respect those who among them deriving their
own counrymen for trying their American stand
ards living opportunity and civilization Their strug
gle existence intense they appreciate the full sgn
cance opportunity, and they consistently fail not
promptly avail themselves of every opening conceded or un
guarded
BELIEVES WAR CERTAIN
Just long overpOpuaOn threatens opportunity ana
existence the desire for power and wealth neies
ments and peoples just long will its various
aspects threaten and the world.
forms of agreement fail in great crises without the
absolute power enforce they be relied upon safe
guard for they liable to rather than protect
1T is obvious fact that all the world the
privilege being consulted where welfare concerned is
being ignored
hese facts gradually being realized but eonceit
of safety has as vet been but partially overcome
The only safety is in everpesent immediate power to
troll.
Potentially the United States of America power
to control its desnies hut its Indifference and ehargy
has been such and preparations deficient has dar
cd for many wears its rights will effect
yely until provided with the of making good its de-
mands
THANKFUL DEFENSE ACT
Congress took long STEP though long
needed to place the navy plane situation demands
Exceeding all the places within the United States the Ter