The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-19
RED TAPE S0ARLED
ABOUT TWO WOODS
j. F. Of KohaIa Gets captaincy,
J. F. ot Army Doesn't and War
|. Department lsr Upg In Air

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Department ls UpI In Air
The entire military eat Establishment Of
Honolulu, the War Department at
Washington and the President Of the
United States are derby concerned at
present in trying 70 nnravel lot of
red tape which recently gave ]. Frank
Woods, the Kohala ,ranchman, com.
mission 6s captain of reserves in the
qnartermaster department Of the army,
and left Quortormast6ri Sgt. J. i
Woods, q. s4th4a Of the local quarter.
master corps, waiting for both his com.
mission and the pay that goes With it.
This 10 one of the grave military Sc
sfets which the Hawaiian Department
has guarded we'll for several weeks
While the department officials are
laughing at the contrctemps which
cauecd them to swear in the Kohala
ranchman as an officer Of the army, and
i place him on the rolls rs an officer hold.
ing President Wilson's comm ission as
captain. soon to be ordered to active
4 duty, they arc seriously concerned as
to the amount of gray MATER being ex-
Lpended in the war department ut Wash.
tington in the effort to cut the Gordian
knot and give the rightful man the
fright to wear the two silver bars upon
his shoulders.
II was all due to little error Of de.
Ehyery on the part of the postofiicc.
tDay Dreams n.> 80
, Some time ago Sgt. J. II Woods, who
has served the army long and we'll as
noncommissioned officer. learned he " as
in line for a reserve commission in the
1nartermaster corps. The recommen-
dhtion won't on TO Washington, and
sergsant Woods began 70 dream dreams
Of the day when he would she'd the can.
vas leggings and other symbols of non
commissioned rank, and assume those
Eof an officer who would command the
fellows In the ranks, draw the pay Of a
captain and be able to take II easy in
the officers clubs. ~
He waited and waited, but no word
came from Washington, and his disap-
ipointment grew large.
/ One day about two months ago J.
] Frank Woods went TO the postofiice in
Kohala and received an Official looking
lenvelope with the war department s
stamp upon it. His surprise was great
'l--in fact he was STANDARDIZATION, on
Iopening'the envelope Formidable look
Il ing document fell out, signed by the
President and the secretary Of war, hp-
pointing J. #. Woods as q captain Of
reserves III the army Of the United
States. Frank could hardly believe bis
Il "A n. A. Al. n Il
wondcted how his namo had been
Ebrought 10 the attention of the Presi-
tdent, until he reasoned, H. out that, be-
ling Democrat, and one OF those who
we're worry few IN the Tcrritorya dozen
wears ago, President Wilson, also a
Democrat, had given thought TO the
lonce lone Democrat Of the Kohala pas.
btures and rewarded him for his deyo-
, ton to the cause. 1se.a
4 mighty nice of the President,p so.
kliloquised Frank He began to imagine
}, the kind of uniform be would wear as
a regular army officer and whether II
would bo different. from the one he
wore as an officer of the Hawaiian Ma
ti0nai Guard. Then there was another
letter which ordered him to report 10
the commandiag officer of the Hawaii,
& L F.. i
Frank sworn In a
Frank caught the. next steamer out
Il Hawaii, arrived in Honolulu, spread
tho news of his commission among his
friends, and then with the envelope,
commission and letter in his pocket
presented himself to the general. Frank
Ibid not wear uniform on this occa
Lsion, thinking 1t best to show himself
first asa civilian before DOMINIC regi-
lmentals. E #&'J.- N.'.N p,
The general and STAFF looked Frank
lover, and IL size counted for anything,
: he was the finest kind Of material for
an officer, for the ranehman tips the
beam at about 200 pounds, but looks
smaller as his muscles are solid. The
: Icommission, letter and envelope were
looked into and he was congratulated
upon his appointment. He was turned
over TO the judge advocate, or some
other officer who swOre him in as an
officer Of the army, his name was reg
istered and he was told to await or
; ders. -, aH, rs ~ ~ }..
: Not long after Sergeant Woods came
; over to headquarters with cablegram
!. from Washington announcing his pro
motion TO a eaptainey. There was con.
lsiderable puzzling over this cablegram
and during the inquiry for his com
mission ID developed that a letter adj
tdressed TO Capt. j. II. Woods, Homo
lulu, had been, received at the post
Ioffice and rs Frank 10 captain In the
4 bnational guard, IL was forwarded TO
him at Kohala. Frank got the commits.
sion and Sergeant Woods did not.
Red Tape Tangled 55,,r,r5
The next question was how TO get