Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-25
STATEMENTS ON
II. WHITENER'S
REPORT CONFLICT
-GCantihnnd from mage onel

/ 'tContthred nom mage onel
that an attache of one OF the terrific.
rial departments under instructions
took the copy for the Whitener re-
port TO o local printing office to be
printed, that the report was printed
and the copies delivered at the Capt.
toll. and that the bill was charged TO
the territory on open account, not
| against any particular department.
The bill is said to be still unpaid.
II such is the case, the report to
the war department was printed by
authority of some territorial official.
cIark's Affidavit.
Clark is now clerk of the federal
court but up to few days ago was
secretary to Governor Pinkham. His
affidavit. dated March IS, is as fol-
lows:
City and County of Honolulu.
)ss
Territory of Hawaii.
l, George R. Clark, IS years of age,
and a citizen of the United States re-
siding in the City and County of Ho-
nolulu, Territory of Hawaii, state as
follows:
am a married man residing at Mo-
analua in said city and county. | am
the clerk of the United States district
court of the Territory of Hawaii, hav-
ing been. appointed to that position
on March Is, 1915. Prior. to such ap,
pointment and from October 81. 1912,
up to and including March IA, 1916,
was secretary to the governor Of the
Territory of Hawaii, first serving in
that capacity under Hon. Walter F.
Frear, and being continued in Office
by the present governor, Hon. l.. E.
Pinkham, until | resigned said office
on March IA, 1916, in order to accept
and enter on the duties of my present
position. 4, In politics I am Republi-
can, although have never taken any
active part in politics.
I enlisted in the National Guard of
Hawaii in June Of 1913, and am now
a member of the guard.
/ have read the report Of First Lieu
tenant William c. Whitener, U. S! In
fantry, nspector-instructor of the Ma
tiOnnl Guard Of Hawaii, made under
date of November IL, 1915, to the
and know the contents thereof.
Lieutenant Whitener was a frequent
caller on Governor Pinkham on mat
terS appertaining to the National
Guard, and on one occasion brought
me his, said Lieutenant Whitener's
report above referred to, and stated
that Governor Pinkham had instructed
him to bring the report to me that ]
would copy it for MIN. He further
stated that he was anxious to have it
completed in order that 1t could be for.
warded to Washington in the next out
going mail, and / worked until IL
o'clock that. night In order to COM
pIete the work, making one original
and four typewriter carbon copies
of the report, The next morning
Lieutenant Whitener came and took
away all Of the copiej of said report
with the exception of one carbon copy
which he requested me to hand to
Governor Pinkham. When Governor
Pinkham came IN / gave him the car
bon copy of the report as requested
by Lieutenant Whitener, and at that
time asked Governor Pinkham if he
had requested Lieutenant Whitener to
bring the report to me to be copied.
Governor Pinkham stated that he had
told Lieutenant Whitener to bring the
report to me that would copy it for
him. IL Il, 4. -. 4
Later on Governor Pinkham stated
to me- that the report was too long
that it should have been briefer and
that he wanted to have 1t printed.
From the time of my enlistment in
the National Guard in june of 1913 as
aforesaid and up to the time of the re.
tirement of the former adjutant-gen-
eral on or about August Is, 1915. /
was in a position to know whether OF
not there was any politics in the Ma
tional Guard, and l know that there
was not, and the statements OF said
Lieutenant Whitener in said report
that there was politics in the guard
during any of the time of my mem
bership in the guard, are deliberately
false -. ~. ..:....
GEORGE R. CLARK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of March 1916. 49,.
]. NJ. CAMARA, .
(SeaD Notary Public.
First judicial Circuit, Territory of Ha.
waii. 49,.
Yesterday Delegate Kuhio wrote
the governor asking for a direct state
ment on the National Guard matter
The princes letter reads:
"At first Indirectly and now direct
ly as delegate to congress, the report
of LIST Lieut.. w. c.. Whitener, u, s..
Infantry, inspector-instructor of the
National Guard of Hawaii, made 20
the chief of the division of militia
affairs, under date of Nov. IL, 1915
has come to my attention. In that re-
port certain criticism is made of the
Hawaiians or people of the Hawaiian
race as to % their efficiency as Off
GERS and enlisted men of the guard
and (2l their participation in politics.
AS delegate to congress repre-
sent as between the territorial govern
ment and the national government, the
people of Hawaii. And of them, as
you well know, the majority are of the
same race as myself; to wit, Hawai-
ian. And as such delegate and as a.