The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-05
SOLDIER GARDENERS
PRODUCE RESULTS
Five schofield Companies Served
Nine thousand Pounds At
Mess During May

Ia these war times, when everyone
is making a special effort to plant a
spud or raise an onion, the activities
in this line Of our great wartime ex.
emplars, the soldiers, will be of in
terest 70 all. X '-@E a.ttj
The following are reports Olive
companies Of the First Infantry for
garden produce obtained in the month
of May from the company gardens.
Company Al: 600 pounds Irish pota-
toes, 245 pounds green beans, 3ll
pounds green onions, 200 pounds car.
rots, ninety-flve pounds lettuce, $40
pounds cabbage, 2lO pounds peppers,
and 1876 pounds papaias.
Company b: 100 pounds sweet pota
toes, 400 pounds Irish potatoes, l12
pounds green beans, ninety-three
pounds onions, thirty-three pounds car
rots, 267 pounds lettuce, l22 pounds
cabbage, twenty-five pounds rbubarb,
hfty-three pounds peppers, 4S5 pounds
papaias.
Company f: 100 pounds potatoes,
3S5 pounds beans, $50 pounds assorted
vegetables. 7 "
Company q: 1888 pounds assorted
vegetables.
Company II: 500 pounds potatoes,
forty pounds beans, l45 pounds onions
203 pounds carrots, seventy.two pounds
lettuce, ll60 pounds cabbage, 40
pounds papaias. '..'. wv
Nearly Five Tons
This makes grand total of over
nine thousand pounds of produce added
20 the messes of these five companies
for which the government pays moth
ing, IL the time of two company GER
deners be not considered.
The gardeners are trained men, who
are available to the government at a
moment 3 notice, so that there is NJ
reason why their time should be de
Quoted
The above is the report for these
FIVE companies. Other companies OF
the post, and Of other posts of the Isl
and, add many times this amount to
the ration each month. ~ .2tr
Towards Self support Z
With the farm of over three hundred
acres which are now being planted pro
ducing, the soldiers of the Territory
will be a long way toward self.support
and will have provided an example
which if followed with equal zest by
the civilian population of the Islands
will make the people nearly independ
ent of the mainland food.
Army Schools Open re si1F
War is not to be allowed to inter.
fere with the education of the soldiers
in common school bfanches of learn
ing, Among the many recruits nowbe
ing received are some who, because OF
beginning work at an early age, ART
deficient in education, as well as many
of foreign birth, who need an educa.
tion in English. Today the post schools
for these men open. One of the ar
tillery, quartermaster corps, ambulance
company, and medical corps, is under
the supervision of Chaplain Fealy
One for the Twenty-ffth Infantry
Thirty-second Infantry, and Fourth
Cavalry, is to be conducted by Chap
lain Winter. 49,.
Teachers, at the rate Of one for every
fifteen pupils, are to be detailed from
among the enlisted men competent to
give required instruction. n.y.
New Fire Marshal d..
Colonel Albright, Twenty-ffth In
. faptry, has been appointed post Gre
marshal vice Major Schley, deceased
For the First Infantry garrison Cap.
tain Blackford has been detailed fire
marshal in place of Captain CatliR
who is sick in quarters. 4
Captain Leonard, and Lieutenant
Rose, line officers, together with Doe
tor Rossiter, have been detailed as Q
board to determine the manner and
cause of death of Private John Kra
jesky, who committed suicide at the
Fort Shafter hospital last week.