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

IONlnS respective oates, 10 VII,
Oct 2s. 1915. NOV. 3. 1915, and
Nov. IL, 1915. -.
! Yesterday, March 81, 1916. exhib-
/ tied that printed copy of the Whitenef |
report 10 a prominent citizen of Ho- |
nolulu. who stated to me that Mr. |
Charles r. Forbes had in Washing |
| ten, d. G., given him a copy Of the |
1ener report. Said citizen at the |
time OF MAKING that statement re-
called from memory the substance of I
paragraph Is Of said report, which Is |
as follows: -
is. Such being the past and pre- |
sent condition Cf tho Nati"anl Guard /
rf Hawaii IL is well tn look into the /
future prospects of its permanency I
and future efficiency. AT once its I
past history looms IN, as something /
probably to be repeated. And that I
history has been full of politics. ~
SO long as the present governor |,
holds office, and the present adiutant-
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 /
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,
will 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 I
so carefully selected will resign, and
their places taken by party men, The I
National Guard of Hawaii will be-
come rotten to the core. The old,
shiftless, indifferent political organi-
zatinn Of the past will be the type OF
the future"
Letter Of Nov. II, 1915.
The letter of November IL, 1915, +
above referred to is as follows:
Honolulu, Nov. IL. 1915.
The Endau Development Company,
Ltd.
Il hasten to inform YOU to this eff
feet after carefully noting your reply
and to state my position definitely
", L
that should receive the apDointment
by the President of the Tinted States
of brigad'er-eeneral Of the National
Guard Of Hawaii. which am at Fbar-
ty TO state a snecial endeavor will be
made to accomplish by the powers
that be. that then and in that case I
shan not accept the offer to go to
Endau. -
Yours truly,
SAMUEL 7. JOHNSON
Upon inquiry at the Advertiser Of
flee | was informed that the foregoing
report had been received on Novem-
Der IA, 1915, and printed, and that
the account on the books of the Ga
zette Company, against which the
charge for printing was made, was
that of the Territorial Government. /
was further informed from the Adj:
yertiser office that the report had
been brought to the Advertiser office
to be printed by a Territorial Govern
ment employe.
The admissions of Mr.. Pinkham
contained in his article in this morn
ing's Advertiser are a very welcome
and acceptable addition to the matter :
under consideration.
Respectfully.
J. w. JONES. l.
Delegate kuhio Letter.
Delegate Kuhio sent the following ,
letter to the tar-Bulletin this morn
ing
Honolulu, March 81, 1916.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: In order that the general pub
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 1t is for the purpose of righting
a wrong done 10 the members of the
National Guard Of Hawaii, particularly Il
the Hawaiian members thereof, and
for submission to the war
department such data as will directly
and entirely negative and refute the
false, malicious and slanderous 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 a
by its officers to the war department, q
were first violated by Lieut.. Whitener t
when he gave the contents of said re- :
port into the keeping of the governor, I
and again violated by Governor PINK.
ham when he gave the contents of !,
said report into the keeping of various
government officials and also int the
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- /.
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