The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-18
ReneWs Recruiting To Raise
Twelve More Companies In
- Kauai and Maui'
MEANS ENLISTMENT or
ADDITIONAL 500 MEN
Practically All Companies Now
Have Greater Strength Than
the Government Requires

With the announcement yesterday Of
severa! national guard appointments
for the Island of Kauai came an in
timation from headquarters Of the mill,
tia organization that the recruiting
| campaign is to be renewed with in.
creased vigor in Kauai and Maui i'm.
mediately, with the avowed intention
of having before spring an entire regi
ment in each of those islands.
The project is to have a cOmp'e' G
Third Infantry organization in the
Valley Island and a Fourth Infantry
organization in Kauai. This will give
each OF Une four principal islands a
regiment. The ESesent membership of
the National Guard of Hawaii in all
the counties is approximately 5000.
This number has been inspected and ap-
proved and is the guards actual
strength The forthcoming campaign
will mean the addition of more than
500 men to the total.
Strength Of Regiments
AT piOotht tHC lHlFu lnIAHIIy, N.
g. H., consists of four companie =, the
first battalion, in Kauai, and eight
companies, the second and third bat
talions, in Maui. The national g lard
leaders propose to raise four more com.
panies in tho latter county and eight
IN the former. The headquarters of
the Third Infantry already is establish
ed at Kahului, Maui, and in case the
recruiting campaign meets with success
the four Kauai companies belonging to
the Third Infantry merely will he
transferred to the new regiment, or
Fourth Infantry, in the Garden Island.
This, it is understood, will have lit
tile If any effect on the approaching
federal inspection of the militia troops,
to take place next month. 1t is unlike
Iy the desired number of new, men can
lie enrolled, equipped and drilled suf-
fciently to pass muster by that time,
hence the inspection will be for the
three regiments as they are at present.
This inspection, be it understood, is
to obtain for the Second and Third In
fantry the official recognition of the
War Department, which to date rec
ognizes only the First Infantry, $, alton
ed at Honolulu. There appears little
doubt that the SecLnd and Third will
pass federal inspection with flying col
Ors however, for most of the companies
contain considerably more than sixty
five men, the number which the gov
eminent insists upon.
In addition. most of the oops have
received their full quota of equipment,
tho hina nm -, L.
even having its rapid fires at hand
and in use. ~
Number of Troops
The status of the national guard
today in point of TROOPS s that Oahu
has a complete infant. regiment of
twelve companies, and in addition a
hrst separate company, first separate
company of engineers, signal corps
ard band, a total Of about 1900 men.
Hawaii has a full regiment Of twelve
companies, and i'll addition II troop of
cavalry, of eighty-six members, and a
machine gun company Of forty mem.
hers; total Of more than 300 men.
Maui, as told, has two hattali0ns, or
eight companies, and Kauai has one
battalion, or four companies
The following appointments Of Of
drers were announced yeste; day: To
We ca"taims of infantry, with rank
from February 3: II. F. lIadfcld, G. P.
'ilcON, and J. IT, Moragme. To be first
heutcnants of infantry, " tn rank from
February |: A. G. KauMk or, with rank
rom February ,, Max Bolte, +. VIM
Wolfe, James \. SpaIding, Henry
Smythe, H. \. Browne, William Waia
leale. To be second Iicutenanls of
infantry, with rank from February 2:
John l.. HjOrth, +. +. McCan, A. J.
Derby, VIM. Hubby, Jr., K. l.. Hughes,
X. A. Knock, 4. A. Creevey, Lawrence
Hill, ID. +. Baldwin, ID. f. Thompson,
II. k. Wilmington, William II. Wright
and Albert Mitchell.
officers will Report
Fhcse officers are ordered to report
to the commanding officer First Batta
lion, Third Infantry for duty In con
nectiOn with the organization Of new
companies on the Island Of Kauai, and
to report to the officers examining
board to take the prescribed examina
ton for the grades to which appointed
mately II acres makai Of the railroad
The suitcase was to have expired in
June, 1918, and the exchange was made
on the basis Of tn" value of the un-
expired lease and ~ SO per acre. The