Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
hawaiian Militia.

There are "a paragraphs IN said
report. and the report incorpor
ates three letters under the fol-
lowing respective dates. to wit,
| Oct IS, 1916. Nov. 3, 1915, and
/ Nov. IL. 1915.
Yesterday. March 81. 1916. exhib-
i tied that printed copy of the Whitener
report TO a promiDent citizen OF Ho-
| noluiu, who stated to me that Mr..
Charles r. Forbes had in Washing
ten, D. O., given him copy of the
tener report. Said citizen at the
time of MAKING thaf statement re-
called from memory the substance OF
paragrsnh Is OF said report. which is
as follows:
rs. Such being the past and pre-
sent condition IF the Nrticnat Guard
~ Hawasi n IS wen N lcok into the
future prospects Of its permanency
and future efficiency. At once its
past history looms up, as something
probably 70 be repeated And that
history has been full OF politics.
so long as the present governor
holds office, and the present adjutant-
general serves under him, will there
be no politics. and great strides to-
ward efficiency But there is the
presidential election coming on next
year; there might be change of adj
ministrsticn at that time. Some acct
dent might happen to the governor
anything that might cause another
governor TO be appointed Looking
over the political field and the candi-
dates for governor from both parties.
! 1t is practically certain that the next
governor. no matter what his party.
viii at once issue orders to convert
the National Guard of Hawaii into
political machine that will vote right.
And this means that all the officers
SO carefully selected viii resign, and
their places taken by party men. The
National Guard Of Hawaii will be-
come rotten to the core. The old,
sbiftless. Indifferent political organi-
zation of the past will be the type OF
the future
Letter Of Nov. II, 1915.
The letter of November H. 1915,
above referred to is as follows:
( Honolulu, Nov. IL. 1915.
The Fndau Development Company,
Ltd.
I &
II hasten TO inform you to this ef-
feet sfter carefully noting your reply
and to state my position definitely
md pcssf've'y on this subject. namely,
that should receive the appointment
by the President of the United States
&c f-svaf'er-general Of the National
Guprd If Hawaii, which am at FIBER
tv to state a special endeavor will be
made to accomplish by the powers
that be- .that then end in that case r
shall not accept the offer TO go to
Endau.
Yours truly.
SAMUEL !. JOHNSON"
Upon inquiry at the Advertiser Of
flee. ! was informed that the foregoing
report had been received on Noyem-
Der IL 1915, and printed. and that
the account on the books OF the Ga
zette Company. against which the
charge Tor printing was made, was
that of the Territorial Government. /
was further informed from the Adj
vertiser office that the report had
been brought to the Advertiser office
TO be printed by Territorial Govern
Iment employe
The admissions Of Mr.. Pinkham
contained In his article in thte morn.
ing's Advertiser are a very welcome
and acceptable addition to the matter
under consideration
Respectfully.
]. w JONES.
Delegate kuhio letter:
Delegate Kuhio sent the following
letter to the Star-Bulletin this morn
ing:
Honolulu, March 81. 1916.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: In order that the general pu1-
lie may know what actuates me in
making an official investigation of the
falsity of the statements contained in
the report concerning the National
Guard of Hawaii, made to the war de-
partment by Lieut.. William C. Whit
ener on November IL, 1915, state
that Il IL for the purpose Of Fighting
4 wrong done to the members Of the
National Guard Of Hawaii, particularly
the Hawaiian members thereof, and
preparinp for submission TO the war
department such data as will directly
and entirely negative and refute tho
false, malicious and sianderous state
ments contained In said report, and TO
further show that the requirements of
the war department that such reports
be kept confidential and sent direct
by its officers to the war department,
were first violated BY Lieut. Whitener'
when he gave the contents of said re-
port into the keeping Of the governor,
and again violated by Governor Pink-
ham when he gave the contents of
said report into the keeping of various
government officials and also into tho
keeping Of the Hawaiian Gazette Com
! pany for the express purpose of fur.
Their violating the confidential nature:
OF said report by causing its distribu-