Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28

During the first period the adapta'
bfiify, qualifications, and experience
n each man will be more carefully
incurred into. At the end OF the frs!
period transfers will be made to eff
feet q final distribution among the
Examinations of each arm with
view to special training by arms o:
the service during the second period.
This final distribution will be base"
On adaptabilfty. qualifications and ex-
oerience Of the individuals concerned:
The method of determining and effect
lng this distribution is left to the de.
Dartment commander, Brig.-G
Charles g. Treat.
Officers on duty as instructors in
the training camp shall be relieved
of al administrative work as far as
possible, says the special order, ex-
cepf the supervision Of the same. All
records. reports, rosters and so on
oha1l be prepared by designated re-
fafye officers and candidates as part
of their instructions.
All rank must be forgotten except
Tor the purpose OF maintaining disc1.
pine. and the candidates are asked
10 live and work on equal terms
Rank 10 ostraelzed =
Rank is of no Importance in a
rchool, says the order, particularly
under the conditions that surround
these camps. Rank will become: Of
vital Importance when these training
camps are closed and their graduates
are assigned to the normal duties o.
oIIicers.
Records, rations and reports--the
I1Tee military R's-will be used for
The most part as in he army.
Any man on duty at a training
camp who evidences unfitness for
IOiy BY reason OF Labits, lack OF char
1cter fnefffcfency, or who, IS guilty
ol misconduct viii be reported at once
q the commanding officer of the
amp. Following such reports boards
81 officers viii pc formed to lnvesti-
I1te and submit Recommendations.
Companies will be organized on the
first day at the camp, and men viii
.e Instructed in the arrangement OF
heir beds and lockers preparatory to
he first nights sleep. Those beds
.IIl look good to ABOUT 100 tired men
0Fery night for the next three months
md II Is probable that, realizing this,
hey viii pay close attention TO thesa
Instructions. @r-. 49,
Work will start in a hurry, practise
marches, sighting and semaphors
.'1naling Kipling has a poem about
boots boots-bo ots-boots marcfin' up
and down again. and the 100 huskies
VIII understand This as never before
b the days that follow. 4 .s..e- ss.
Gradually the work will Increase as
he weeks 60 by. The second week
WI include all that has gone before,
|oEether with manual Of the bayonet
and saber and st1ay of the rifle. Every
evening there viii be study hours.
Then there will be conferences with
the Instructors. +. .sa.s.
On the fourth week the men will
begin mounting guard and posting
Tciiefs, and the conference will in.
crease In number. Problems will be
8iYen for WORKING out After a tins
the men win be classified into differ.
ent arms of the service, according to
how they show :p in the preliminary
work s@.
In the weeks that follow concen.
rated knowledge will be distributed
10 the men In large doses, and there
viii be no time to waste.
Local army officers have already
emphasized the fact that nnt.n OF
character and ability are wanted;
men who are natural leaders of their
fellows; aud men who will enter the
work, not as q clance for job, but
IS an opportunity ef serving this
country in time of serious neec.