The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-14
NATIONAL GUARD
+. SOON WILL HAVE "
STRENGTHEN 5000
First Result Of This Force win
Be Equipment Of Cav
airy Troop
SPECIAL INSPECTIONS
CONSIDERED OFFICIAL
War Department WIZ Recognize
All Companies Not Passed
Before March 81

| Five thousand men VIII be officially
| recognized as members Of the national
! guard of this Territory aftIr the sPe.
cial inspections that are to be held
! by Col. {. 5. Lincoln, inspector in.
structor Of the guard, ami his as
sistant, First Lieutenant Bonesteel,
stationed at Ililo. The first result of
this is that the troop df Cavalry re-
eruited from among the rough riders
of the Parker ranch at Waimea. Ha-
wall, is to be fully equipped at once,
and accepted as component part of
the guard after March 81. The twelve
4 additional companies belonging to the
4 Second and Third regiments of Infan-
4 spectiOn under recent author zationl of
the division of militia affairs of the
war department, an will be recog-
nized as pat of the guard after the
same date.
Equipment viii Be Found
! According TO information received
by local guard officers, q BALANCE Of
an unallotted fund available for the
equipment of m.litia Cavalry troop
has been found in Washington and this
VIII be used Tor scndiNg the necessary
| equipment for the command at Wal
mea Immediately.
| In view Of the peculiar conditions
1 existing in the Territory of Hawaii, "
says one communication recently re-
ceived here, the war department has
decided to approve requests that the
special inspections held b. Lieutenant
Bonesteel and Co onel lincoln be CON
Sidered as official and as c.untng in
the census of The guard s actual num.
Der. The department, it is declared,
\ will recognize7 all special inspections
that have been made by, Colonel Lin
X coin .or, unrec ognized Companies. on
\ Maui and Kauai and is making ar
! arrangements for the special inspection
of the other companies on those is
lands and elsewhere throughout the
! Territory.
Recognition Is Extended
Recognition will be extended after
March 81 to such companies as have
not yet been recognized i'll the Sec,
Ond and Third regiments of Infantry
and the troop of Cavalry, provided
they are able to meet the federal re-
quircments. No equipment can be sent
to the Territory for any commands
other than the Cavalry troop, as there
are no funds available.
The ruling of the division Of mill
tia affairs regarding the territorial
guard, and based upon the 'pccuIiar
conditions prevailing' i'll these Is
lands, also viii affect the action o.
the militia pay bill now pending in
congress. 1t is generally believed that
this bill will pass, as the last serious
opposition is thought to have vanish
ed with the resignation from the cabi
net Of Secretary Garrison.
This pay bin provides that TWEEN
ty.fve per cent of the pay given to
ngu'ar army men and nUn-commission
ed CthrGrs of corrcspon ling rank, shall
be paid TO militiampn. Officers are &c
re"rivo from two hundred to five hun
drcd dollars per amnrn, if they ar,
abe to pass the examinations for Their
grade in the service. The bin also PRO
Nilcs for the feie. al cation of the
guarI by the appointment Of specially
selected officers to cOmmrnd il and
removes all possibility Of local poll
ties playing any part in the affairs OF
the militia.
More Than 1000 Men Now
With the completion of the fOrma
annual inspections of last Sunday
more than four thousand men have
passed under the eye Of the inspector
instructor. These men are actual,
mcmters of the guard. Next Sunday
there is to he another inspection, am
the first battalion of the First mfan
try, with the Engineer company am
the machine gun detachment are to w
inspected. Following That, at the frs
available time, the as yet unrecOgniz
ed companies of the guard or Mau
and Kauai will b. Inspected under til,
recent ruling of the division Of mill
tia affairs. and then will b, come com
POnent parts Of the guard. With thei
acceptance as members Of the miHti;
nf the Territory, that body will mum
Der more than five thousand officer
and mon, ard will take rank as one o
the strongest bodies of militia in tn,
United States.
- Efforts are icing made TO eliminate
: the knockers in the guard, some q
, whom have beenS max ing trouble o
more or less seriousness. and the Low
atty of the officers to the guard and t,
their Positions is going to he consider