Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-18

cal Of the emphatic denial made to the
charge that under the previous adiu-
| tant-general the guard was politics
ridden. and the allegation that under
the present regime many officers
have been removed who belonged to
his own (Johnson's1 political party"
This affidavit takes up the charges
in detail, with particular reference to
the political phase, and after quoting
from the report declares that the state
ments are untrue and defamatory and
intended to reflect on the former ad-
jutant- general and the officers and en-
listed men of the guard. many of
whom it points out, have devoted
many years service to the guard from
purely patriotic motives and pride in
their Organization. . There was no
politics in the National Guard during
the time mentioned, nor has there
been since the 1911 appropriation by
the Legislature Of 100000 for an
armory in Honolulu" , -..
By this reference to the 1911 appro-
priation 1t is meant that prior to that
time the National Guard worked
through legislators TO secure a much
needed home, in which work it was
helped by many entirely outside the
guard, and that with the new armory
assured, all such political activities
were eliminated. .,..~.
Relationship Cuts No Figure.
II is fatty denied that relationship
between members of the legislature
and guard officers, or other similar in;
fiuence, made it almost impossible to
secure the removal OF inefficient off.
GERS. One affidavit states that only
one of the officers was so related and
he had been appointed after passing
the examination for second lieutenant
One by one the charges Of political
domination of the guard are taken up
and denounced. Finally the affidavit |
takes UP the statement that Adjutant- |
general Johnson has removed many Of
f1iers for inefficiency who are men, |
bers of his own political party.
mo officer was removed the afr |
davit declares, "for inefficiency or any |
other reason, and but one officer re-
signed up to date of the writing of |
said report, to wit, November II, 1915, |
and that officer was not Hawaiian
officer.
Hawaiian Officers Retained.
''All of the Hawaiian officers of the |
End Battalion of the regiment referred
to, and all Of the Hawaiian officers of |
the National Guard who were officers /
Of the National Guard at the time the |
present incumbent as Acknowledgement
assumed the duties of his office, on or
about August Is, 1915, now are, to wit,
on February Is, 1916, officers of the
National Guard of Hawaii, although
said Lieut.. Whitener, apparently in.
tended to convey the erroneous i'm
preston by the statement quoted from
of said report, that some
Of the Hawaiian officers had been re-
moved" t
The affidavit further declares that
up to November IL, 1915. all but one
If the officers were retained as off,
GERS by the new administration, that
since that date but three officers have
gone out of the guard-one by re-
luested resignation and two by volun-
AIRY designations of these three
officers two are white and one Chi
lese, and that the requested resigna-
ion was that of white officer.
Other aff1davits contain denials of
he charges of politics just as strongly
vorded, and declare, too, that under
he new administration there has not
,een any such dismissal of officers for
political reasons as would be inferred
rom Lieut.. Whitener's report