The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-05
THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
lODaI Ms uHo F0Hs ISs4 so BY aMVnT
HE ADVERTISERS SEM-wEEKLY
Enlist or Be Drafted,

TIE WORK Oh reorganizlng the National GUAR
Of Hawaii will probably commence this week
There are enough men left in the present Second
Third and Fourth Infantry to supply the wal
strength battalion each regiment is to contribut,
to the new Second Infantry. The First Infantry
the Oahu regiment, is lacking considerably NOR,
than thousand men and if these cannot be secured
very shortly through volunteering, of a certainty
the draft will be put into effect here. "
This makes the summons Don't wait for con.
scription; volunteer now Infinitely more than a
mere slogan. 1t makes il real business. war bust
ness, and war, says the President, is grim bust
ress II means that the youths, OF this island are
being given their last chance to enter the ser.
vice of their country at time when the services
Of every fit man are wanted, or to be forced into
that service, with all choice Of organization gone
When the order comes to put the draft into force
here, the proportion OF citizens to be called to the
Colors will be larger by two or three times than
in any other part of the Union. The quota to be
furnished is based on population, but the draft is
from citizens alone, and the number of citizens
in Hawaii in proportion o,total population is far
below the American average, as everyone knows,
The war department originally announced that
Hawaii is expected to furnish approximately three
thousand infantry and a thousand mitianien Of
ether units-engineers signal corps, coast defense
and cavalry, This has been amended by later
order to more than 1000 infantry, besides the de-
tached companies. And when the call comes, these
men must be furnished and there will be an end
this Stacker chatter about the guard being good
enough for Fipinos only such as some of the
superior" race representatives now indulge in.
Al
1t is still an open question whether the non-cit-
zen members Of the guard, such as are the Fill
Pine nilitamen will be credited against the quota
the citizens OF these Islands will belealed upon to
furnish. In justice to Hawaii and our American
ISM they should not be counted, I'VE should fur
i.ish our share of men from citizenship not be
expected TO send out as Hawaii's share of the ma
tional defense two regiments composed largely Of
substitutes, such as our lipposI ACTUALLY would
be- 1t may be added here that we can spare a
couple Of thousand citizens from our necessary in
dustries better than we can spare the Filipinos,
anyhow. - %. .4:" ,....>> rae n -. ~ - !
When the draft comes it will mean that practi-
cally every eligible citizen will be conscrpted.
There are on the combined territorial voters list
today approximately 10000 names. Probably one
third of these are of draft age, between twentyone
and thirty years old, inclusive. This will furnish
6 go for the selectve draft If the physically de-
fcient, the mentally deficient the married nSn,
those single men with dependent relatives and
those required to carry the necessary industries
Of the country deducted it will not leave more
than sufficient number to fill the quota for Ha-
wall. @@
1t may be put down certainty then, that
every eligible citizen of this Territory will be
drafted into the service, to become either guards
man or regular, unless he volunteers before the
draft order arrives. This WILDE, unless all signs
fail before the end of this present month.
Of the Honolulu regiment be filled with Filipinos,
and the acceptance of more of these willing men
should not be allowed, We need the Filipino la
torers these days more than we need the jeunesse
doree, the gangsters the lily whites and the haw!
hawl boys. s%- b. .att
So its Enlist now; don't wait for conscription,"
for few days only.