The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-17
Complete SHAKING
UP GIVEN TO FIRST I
I GUARD regiment
Twelve Lettered Companies Re-
duchd 10 SIX and Two ArtlI-
lery Companies abolished
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ORDER TO BE ISSUED
!, ~ BY HEADnDARrERS TODAY
Tired Of Going Without Pay For
Lack Of Strength, Radical
Measures Taken
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Complete reorganization Of the first
regiment of the national guard, sta.
toned at Honolulu, willbe effected 10
day IN orders tosbe be issued from the
regimental headquarters. The plans
were worked out by Capt. 4. @. Craw
ford, G. A, c. U. s.. A., inspector in.
stractor, and the adjutant generals of.
foe and give the regiment the worst
shaking up IL has had in years. The
twelve lettered companies are reduced
to six, and the two coast artillery com
lpanies are abolished. .... IT ,..st... /.
Better companies and pay for them
are the ruling reasons for the shakesuN.
The companies are at present so de.
pleted Of men that il is practically i'm
possible to proceed with systematic
scheme of instruction. From the view,
point of the men themselves the
changes will be much for the better.
for under strength, as at present, IL j
impossible for them 70 draw pay, while
with six companies at the required
strength their pay will depend upor
their average attendance alone.
The enlisted personnel of Company
ID and of the coast artillery eompanie
ia transferred to the machine gun com
pany of the FIRST regiment. These are
all white organizations, and the action
IL evidence of the fact that the effort
TO maintain more than one unit of
white men in Honolulu has been a dis
mai failure. '.f..... .N
The entire second battalion is broken
mp, its enlisted personnel is transferred
to the unassigned list or the national
guard reserve. Several of them are
transferred to other organizations.
! The Japanese company TO be formed
will 10 into the regiment rs CompanEI
ID, And will be placed in command of
Capt William G. Allen, now of Com
Japanese Company f'1. ~ +
Companies A, b and G Of the first
battalion remain, greatly augmented by
transfers from the second battalion
Company G, formerly Portuguese, will
probably lose its identity as such, as
the men TO be transferred TO It are
largely Hawaiians. While at the pres
ent time they are greatly below
strength, they will number by tonight.
> I'M the order named, eighty, eighty.three
and eighty-two men, or approximately
the strength required by the war de-
pertinent. ~ .15 ..&& -
Company d, the next in line viii be
Japanese and is vet to be organized.
A meeting of the Japanese. Americans
in the city has been called for tomor-
row night at which the company may
be, started, "a sa.. E,a.ys 1919.
The next four letter companies, f, F,
G aud H, win be transferred to the
outside districts and, as already men
TONED, the men at present In them will
20 to other companies. These compan,
lea win be located at Eva, Waipahu
and Waialua and there is possibility
that one of the four will not be or,
ganized for some time. ..,.'
The third battalion retains Compan.
les / and NJ, the former Hawaiian in
personnel and raised by transfers to a
strength of seventy-four. Company M
is Filipino, like Company b, remains
practically intact, with a strength of
ninety-three. The Chinese company
formerly Company II, is transferred to
the third, battalion as Company X. III
has at the present time strength of
but thirty.seven and must, say guard
Officials, recruit up at once, ~ ..,
New Companies
The remaining company of this bat
talon, tsL,Y is the company recently
organized at Aiea with a strength Of
$50. It's acceptance by the war de-
partmeft has not yet been announced,
The machine company, augmented by
the men from Company d. and the coast
artillery companies, will number eighty.
five men. nF." D.
II IL announced from guard head
quarters that nonscommissi0ned officers
transferred from one company to an
o'her, will retain their grade and their
eohtinphnse in twill be a matter for
their new comPaDy commander to de,
, eide. r.I&,
The shakesup among officers has been
extensive also and as finally de-
eidcd upon, ffter a number Of tenta'
tive lists had been drawn up, the new
role will be as follows: 80,
HEADQUARTERS Company - Captain
Frank Dougherty, adjutant.
Machine Gun Company - Captain
Lawrence Judd and Lieutenants White
Ryeroft and Clark. . : i
Supply Company Captain Lewis B
Reeves and Lieutenant MacKaye. -
Company A--Capt. Henry O'sulli
van, with Lieuts. Godfrey and Desha
Company B--Capt. s. NJ Lowrey
with Lieuts. Baker and Benny.
Company C-Capt. H.. Stuart John
son, with. Lieuts. May aud Vichery.
Company D-Capt. w. @. Allen
with Lieuts. Midkifr and Warren.
Company E-Officers not selected
also +, q and II. 4.EE#
Company I--Capt. Samuel II. Ware
with Iieuts, McCallum and Kauhan,
Company K--capt. Ching X. Amona
with ,Lieuts. Song and zap. 49,.
Company Il, Aiea Capt. Charles n
Arnold, with Ieuts. White and De L
10 Nuxs We. @4,g-eLs ~ L.b .iitf,.. IN. q. !.
! Company M-cept. Walter ". Kohl
with Lieuts. Haehnlen and Gimbel.