Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-28
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Capt. Charles d. Edmonson of Kauai,
who was commander Of the guard on
the night of trouble among the Fill
pinos, said today that the matter had
been played UP" far above its impor-
lance. It in no way approached a
riot, he said. s." =.
On that night, Capt: Edmonson
states, there were two centers Of
trouble, one between a Hawaiian and
Filipino guardsman, which Capt. Ed
monson and sergeant broke up, and
the other around the moving picture
show. He does not believe this lasted
ten minutes at the utmost. Assembly
pany streets in rapid time and nipped
the disturbance. The sudden activity
of the camp as the men hurried eto
their companies probably gave many
in the camp the belief that serious
trouble was impending and led to
talk among them of riot" in the
camp.
That the Filipinos are being UNJUST
ly criticized was the feeling expressed
by an officer of the 1st Infantry to-
day. Where they hae been glen
training for any perceptible period
they show obedience to discipline, he
stated, and called attention to the be-
havior OF the older Filipino com.
panies of the 1st Infantry, who are
said to have given no trouble at the
camp. . ...@
The question of whether or not the
Filipinos are to be kept in the guard
should be settled definitely, he con-
tinued. Either the government should
drop them from the guard at once, or
if they are kept in they should not be
made subject to criticism.
Two Left Behind
Two guardsmen of the Kauai COM
panies were left behind as the result
of the stampede of number of the
Filipino troops from the Kilauea'
before she sailed for that island yes
terday afternoon. The Filipinos who
left the ship claimed they were huE-
cry and had nothing to eat since
morning, and that the officers had
failed to feed them aboard as had
been promised.
But the whole detachment by no
means refused to obey the orders to
remain aboard the ship and there
were only % or 80 incipient mutt
neers out Of the detachment of over
500 men. All those who left the ship
returned in time to sail for Kauai,
excepting the two men mentioned.
1t is pretty we'll established that
but slight provision had been made
to feed the men and orllya small
quantity of bareback taken aboard for
their sustenance.
Directly, Major John w. Short, bri.
gade quartermaster, would be the Of
ficer to blame for the poor commits
sary arrangements, it is said, but is
held blameless as he was until noon
today still at the Kawailoa camp.
Some one on his staff to whom he
had delegated the duty of seeing that
food was supplied for the departing
outside island guardsmen may be
found to be responsible for the Kauai
hungry" riot.
The departure of the Kohala com.
pany of the End Infantry, on the
Mauna Kea was ordered this morn
ing, with all the guardsmen showing
no signs Of discomfort over their tw1
weeks vacation from the cane fields.
A 1st Infantry, N. G. H., officer, dis
cussing the reports of the riots
gambling and the presence of women
at Camp Lilfuokalano last week ad.
mits the basic truth Of the reports.
but declares they were greatly exag.
Grated.
Following the resistance of arrest
of one of the guardsmon for attempt
ing to force his way past a guard to
an entrance to picture show, only 80
or 40 Of the Filipinos made an at
tempt to keep their countryman from
detention Afterwards, there may
have been 500 or 600 men, both Ha-
waiians and Filipinos. milling around
the center of the disturbance. But
they were only doing so to see what
was happening and were not rioting."
says this officer.
six minutes after the bugle was
sounded every man of the LIST lnfan.
try was In his company's street, as
commanded" he adds. !
The presence Of women about the
camp was hard matter to handle
for none OF the officers could be Ger.
tain which OF them might have a le-
Ultimate reason to visit their hus.
bands. He saw no bawdy actions, he
asserts. Gambling there may have
been, probably was, but 1t was kept
concealed from most of the officers"
IS another contention of this officer.
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