Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-17
CONSUMPTION
NOT NEEDED TO
RAISE men HERE
Organic Act Gives Governor
Power TO Make Men Serve,
Says General Johnson

dig. No CONSUMPTION law will have
TO pass. because conscTiPtion is al
ready decided upon; and Il foresee
rightly, the trained meB OF the Ma
.ticnal Guard will do the fighting while
unframed men will do the digging. :
This was one Of the remarks made
by Brig. gen. Samuel l. Johnson today,
when he was asked some questions
regarding the status of Filipinos in
the National Guard of Hawaii
Gen. JOhns0n's statement that no
CONSUMPTION law will have to be
PASSED here is based jointly on the
organic act and statement made by
Gov. Lucius +. Pinkham at the ma
ticnal guard smoker November 2s,
1915.
Section eS OF the organic act vests
the governor with: "All the powers
aid duties which, by the law OF Ha-
vail. are conferred on or required OF
the president or any minister of the
Republic of Hawaii, . mot inconsistent
with the constitution OF the United
States >-@
Section 81 OF the same act says:
That the governor shall be respon-
s'ble for the execution OF the laws of
the United States and of the Territory
Of Hawaii within the said territory.
and whenever il becomes necessary
may call upon the commanders of the
military and naval forces OF the
United States in the Territory of Ha-
vail, or summon the posse comitatus
or call out the militia of the Territory
of Hawaii IN nravon4 or Sf,-n,,rae., 10 an,
less violence, invasion. instruction or
rebellion in the said territory"
The posse comitatus is simply
posse of citizens. and this clause in
itself gives the governor the right to
call on every resident OF the com
munity to report for such duty as the
governor shall demand at any time.
Those who have studied the situation
say the tive sections undoubtedly give
the governor power to cal flor volun-
tecrs at any time. q
Governor Pinkham has not failed To
make his position plain. and in pub.
Tic statement said there shall be no
stay-at-homes il the peace and safety
OF Hawaii is ever threatened. In his
speech at the armofy November 2S.
ne SAID emphatlcally:
Hawaii cannot be compared with
the mainland In case of war we can
neither depart therefrom, retreat nor
hide. and every one who can must
shoot, and the rest must dig"
There are Cos Filipinos in the Ma
tional Guard" Gen. Johnson contfn.
ued, and they are going to stay until
some one higher up than A. A. Wilder
orders them out. They are loyal sol,
diers, well drilled and amenable to
discipline, and they turn out to ,irills
regularly and with PROPER interest.
The $4,000 Filip:nos in Hawaii are
not going to be allowed to sit around
doing nothing II war comes. and they
might as well be trained for the emer.
gency before Il arises.
Tuesday night spokesman for al
most $50 Filipinos of the LIST III.
fantry came to Gen. Johnson after
drill at the armory and told him they
had enlisted because of their desire
10 serve their country. but If they
were not wanted in the guard they
would get out Gen. Johnson told them
they were wanted = se
Things that have been said" the
Filipino spokesman stated, have
made us feel our best efforts to be
loyal citizens are not appreciated. We
are too proud to stay in the guard
unless We are wanted"
Stay where you are" Gen. Johnson
told them, and then to show them
where they stood with him the com
mander went out and, taking their cap
ltain's place. put them through an
hours drill before a gallery crowded
with Filipinos.
Has Economic Side.
n 1T is not only from the prepared
ness standpoint, which is of utmost
importance. that FYlipinos are val
Fable I'm the militia" said the COM
mander of the guard. but it is impor-
|ant from an economic view. After the
f1lipiHos join the guard they learn
american standards more quickly,
they absorb the principle of discipline,
and they teach this to men who work
beside them on the plantations.
That their men are better behaved,
more saving, better hammered and
Better workers since joining the Ma
tional Guard, has been stated by
Aumber of plantation owners. The
planters In the territory have given
I13s.000 toward helping the National
Guard, and the bitterest opponents of
Organizing companies on plantations
have been won over. The companies
on the plantations are almost entirely
Composed of Filipinos."
& Gen. Johnson intimated strongly
that II the white men would flock to
the guard standard as the Filfpinos
do. and would be as regular In at
tending drill and as attentive to or
defs, the guard would take another
rapid step in advance.
Example TO White Men.
q Not to make any comparison, but
as matter of tact, said the general
we are having hard time to hold
Two companies Of white men together.
Every nationality except the Chinese
has more men in our ranks than the
White people, and while the other ra-
oes are working some of the white |
men are trying to injure the National
Guard by criticism"
Gen. johnson repeated several times