Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-24

e rILITARY etiquette is something
M $50 unfamiliar to thea majority on
,ciyilians that many an amusing
FAUX lpas is innocently perpetrated
-thesd days. We are all buried about
in a }war-world of events with such
mad speed that all ideas OF pre-
scedence and social >obserVances are
jumbIed together in chaotic mass.
Now that Jack" and George,
sI;ousin Sam" are all in the service
with their commissions earned just
Sthe same as if they had gone through
-four years of military and social
routine at West Point, it is admittedly
"a bit awkward at first to greet them
with the titles of their rank.
Men with the title of lieutenants are
spoken of and to as Mr., but when
introduced are always given their
title OF lieutenant. The only time
they are otherwise addressed with
their rank is when they are in com.
mand and addressed with formal
Communication. Officers are made
soyer night now, and it is rather
embarrassing, unless one has in some
way a connection with the service,
always to give the correct titles. Only
~captains and officers OF higher ranks
ARE addressed with rank designations.
THAT is all simple enough, but at the
ecivilian parties it is sometimes puz,
-zling to the girl anxious to do the
right thing, to know the correct so.
lution-how to introduce her untn-
formed friends to each other, and So
on.
But your home was not under mill
=tary rule was it?' asked an army ma
tron to whom this predicament was
related. In your own home, milady,
you are the highest authority. What
ever transpires, that is a social not q
military function. Military etiquette
sis not observed at civilian homes dur.
ing these times nor was 1t ever en-.
forced particularly. All guests by
virtue of the equality Of their invita-.
,@tions are presumed to be equal to each
tt-other-to bark back to our school
days.
Good breeding dictates as much.
The differences Of rank are essential
Z to discipline, but today when We
know that at Shafter are % college
men from one college alone, one
easily realizes that no wide breach
exists today. They are all our SOL
diers who from the highest to the
lowest in rank are our protectors and
every last man would fight, and not in |
vain, for the women of their nation. !
Lads have been met through the So
cial work for the enlisted men that
: would be a delight to have in any
shome-refined, educated in the
worlds affairs and, above all, our
~soldier lads.
At social affairs other than military /
all uniformed men irrespective OF
3 frank are subordinate to the hostess.
The soldier of today averages high
type. The undesirable in the service
is just as undesirable there as he is /
I. in civil life and to large extent has !,
been weeded out From watching
; with casual eye various parades the
soldier meant little. Today when we
are in such strife and our lives come 7
in contact with the man in uniform,
we have learned to know that Just as
many men in the ranks as in the line 7
!. are gentlemen.
Officers and men mix, certainly do
: mix these days, for one sees them to.
gether walking already on the streets
enjoying motor ride together, and
/. last but not least dancing at the same
: parties. Ill., ~ -....I. H..
!, The old traditions, like many other
things we used to think of as fixed
as the stars, have changed They
have gone further-for they have been
so disregarded that one knows that
it will be many a day before we go
back to the old order. So many Of
the service men are receiving their
commissions, and they needs must be
soldiers and gentlemen to gain their
bar. We must within our hearts re-
spect and honor them for their am
bition and thus, they cannot all be of.
ficers. Orders is orders" and the
man who fails to be good soldier
will make a mighty poor specimen of
an officer
One of our Honolulu society boys
who was an aide on the governors
staff here and held the title of cap
tain is now sergeant in field artil-
lery company away from here. Those
among US who know this boy would
rise in just anger if he was discourte-
ously received by anyone.
The men entertained here are find
ing homes and making friends where i