The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-19
ARMY OFFICER IN
BATHING SUIT IS
SUCCESSFUL SLEUTH
Five Soldiers All Of One Battery
Regret Now That They Went
.' Swimming" At Beach
CAUGHT WITH THE BOOZE"
THEY FACE COURT MARTIAL
Lieutenant Lyman Of Headquar-
tiers staff Does His "Bit"
"a Against John Barleycorn

= Yesterday the bathing suit played
q new role in the matter Of soldiers
and booze at WAIKIKI. The original
purpose Of the garb that has made the
MOana beach famous was to beat the
anti-drinking rule Of the new federal
law. Yesterday II was sworn into the
service as means of unfolding the
dignity Of the statute.
Five soldiers Of Battery f, First
Field Artillery, with one bottle Of
whisky, proceeded TO demonstrate that
prohibition doesn Z prohibit. The bottle
was passing busily from mouth to
mouth when a young man in a bathing
suit, n part Hawaiian, walked up to
the soldiers, who paid no attention to
him whatever, keeping strictly to the
business in hand, that OF getting the
whisky where no internal revenue col
lector need worry over It.
Don't you men know that it is
against the rules to drink" the young
man asked, sternly.
b "well, what If il is, bot" answered
one of the soldiers. "who invited
you TO butt in here, anyhow"
.'Inl show you, said the youth
snatehing the bottle and tossing it into
the muddy water Of the lagoon.
Then the five artillery men proceed
ed to strip for action, making solemn
promises to all and sundry that there
was one part Hawaiian in a bathing
suit who would soon be sorry he even
was born, II was about this time that
the swimmer introduced himself to the
group as Lieutenant Lyman, U. 8. A.,
attached to headquarters. He told the
soldiers to consider themselves under
arrest. That this was no joke they
soon learned, when the patrol wagon
called for them few minutes later and
they were turned over to Lieutenant
Baker Of the Second Infantry, provost
guard officer. ..,"
At the police station they were book.
ed as J. +. Schfartz, John Neuls, viii
liam Sherman, Thomas Jones and P. NJ.
Robinson. 80.
With federal authorities on the watch
for civilians who are furnishing drinks
to soldiers or sailors in uniform and
with army officers watching soldiers
who seek to break the regulations by
using intOxicants while in uniform, Of
tenders, civilian and soldiers alike, may
soon discover that there is a difference
between municipal ordinances or the
laws of Hawaii and the federal lawn
and that there is also q difference in
methods of enforcement.
There have been sure indications on
the streets that the new army prohi
bition law is being broken. Some sol
diers continue to get booze and some
civilians are facing trial in the fedora,
courts for supplying liquors to men il
Uniform. When such civilians are ar
rested they will learn the differences
between trial in police court and be
fore justice Of the federal court.
. What course will be followed with
the FIVE soldiers arrested yesterday
could not be learned last night. For {
soldier TO be drunk in uniform now II
far more serious for ii is not only al
offense against military regulations but
"a sure evidence that the laws of the
United States have been violated.
If the men be tried under army regu
latiOns and before a military couri
there are broad and sweeping provis
ions TO cover the offenses charged AND
there is n wide leeway as to the pen
atty that may be inflicted.