Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-23
SOMEWHERE IN HAWAYEE'
BY CORP. JswsoNE

/ I'd be better off soldering for 50
per month and found, with chance
! of becoming major giniral rather
. than working with a pick for SIPS a
1 day. He was Il shmart man the sar-
/ gint, why he even made me a citizen
! without going TO court. Why that fell
| low even knew when was born He
! said il was in some town in Massachu-
1 sets, that my folks went back to the
ould coInthry whin / was a year old
/, and me always thinking | was born in
] the onld country. Well, after the
doctor had me jumping around for an
hour and thin shtarted humping livery
and the sargint he took me in hand
again and proceeded to pick out
uniform. They had none at that time
| that would fit me so they thought
| they'd make me fit what they had
Those min at the recruiting station are
charitable lot. Whin discarded my
civilian clothing the sargint, he took
me over to an individual that was
standing in the corner of the day
room, who looked to me like wan of
the ould clothes buyers you see around
but he was not, the sargint assured
me, that no person was allowed to pur
chase old clothes at that station; that
the man standing there was collecting
the discarded clothing for an institu-
ton that harbored destitute old men.
My, but he kept straight face whin
telling ne that Well, after a little
while he asked me what time it was,
but win he found | had no watch he |
cot I oh re- IA
depot.
l arrived at the depot the next |
afternoon, fullfledged John, and Te-
ported to the X. o. | was sent to the |
receiving barracks. No, me bye, they |
nivver look your picture Elm thin
days. Why not? If you seen some |
of the faces that were congregated in
the barracks that day you would niy-
yer ask why Tie ould soldiers there |
were 4 Sociable crowd They'd make |
you feel at home anywhere, not bit |
distant. Why, they 4veh volunteered I
to show me how could draw checks
on the post traders store and
wouldn't have 20 settle for thin until
payday and thin / wouldn't have to
trouble myself, it would be taken out
of my pay. | wasn't a bit homesick
that nigat We sat at the traders I'M
til late, they telling me how to soldier
and what a good soldier would make
and allowed me to do all the check
drawing. Told me the honor was all
mine.
After being at the depot 80 days ri
was STINT to my company at Fort Stur-
geon and after going through the FORM
alities II Headquarters was told to re-
port to the first sargint of F Com
pany, Jerry O'Donohue be name, to
whom reported and after sizing me
up and satisfying himself was not
from the north Of ireland, shtarted in
to give me advice and ask the follow
ing: Reminder youI army name.
"How NANNY times have you gone over
the hill" where did you desert your
wife, Are there amy more than wan
sheriff looking Tor you" How long
do you intind to SHAY" 81 am shtrict
discipliaarian and my wife does wash
ing, do you intind washing your own
clothes?" After having satisfied him
that was ivirything should be and
that II was my intintion to sind my
clothes to Mrs. O'Donohue for wash
ing at the nominal sum of S1.5O per
month, was told To go to the stable
and fill me bedsackS with straw. No,
me bye, we had no mattresses in thin
days, we had to soldier. I,
Whin got to the squadron | was
asst gned to / Vas greeted by a lot OF !
ould timers sitting around the stove
roasting their snins and who informed ]
me that man must have five years in
the service before he would be allowed ]
aroun1 the stove to warm himself al Il
though they md no objection to me b,
hauling the coal for the fire. Is
Eventually getting out of the re-
cruit squad, | was returned for duty
and the fust time l mounted guard l
became orderly for the commanding I
officer and | mixed things up so that I
/ thought they were going to give me I
tin days rations and tell me that there /
was gold on the other side of the I
and had better go prospects
ing. 1t came about in this way:
was standing in front of the old mans :
quarters within he called me in and {
SAYS: "presint me compliments to the
adjutant and tell him the throops will /,
practise castrametation today" Be the
holy couldn't reminder anything like
that in those days and got ivirything
balled ND. want into the adjutant's i
office, saluted him with both hands l
/ was that excited-and said, 'The old {
man prisints something" | forgit what q
and saws "the throops will go to DAM I
nation .oday." In five minutes, in
stead Of being orderly to the ould man
/ had an orderly following me with 6
a gun while dug trenches with a pick.
Me bye, that vas the finest lesson I
taught me. From that time on
answered school. call with my little
book and slate. L.
sion being allowed them in service