Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

Each I'm itself seemed tinw!eidy,
slow. possibly scant in effect. But
somehoy. after considerable Crcaking
az government machinery, these
moves got results, and IL is now ap-
parent that the results have come with
4 speed and momentum entirely un'
expected by the majority OF Amer
lean people.
Right now we are much further In
20 the war than most Americans rea-
lie. 49,"
Troops Move Steadily
In New York there are evidences al
every side. The steady movement oil
troops is a matter OF wonder - and
would be much more wonderful were
The true extent OF It known. / see IN
the daily papers and in official an
houncements certain guarded hints
which seem 10 mean that there are
great many more American soldiers
actually In France than is generally
thought To be the case. Meanwhile
the preparations TO send more never
SHAKEN.
Every day almost in New York Is a
parade day OF some sort. Regiments
Of poung men are going out to camps
enlisted and drafted. The thing
most generally commented on here is
that the draft forces are going with a
willingness and determination which
a not excelled by the volunteers. OF
course those drafted men do not really
banker for the stern discipline andthe
probable suffering of the war-front,
hut now they have been drafted they
are eoing out with sort Of blithe re.
eoluteness which Is typically Amer
ican. Around the camps there is
nlenty or merriment as well as plenty
~ hard work. have seen several OF
these camps at close range and the
men are never sliilen. never sulking.
Fhet are ION the job" and going TO
France with a smile and q CLEAN In
their eyes which BODIES no good TO the
Germans.
Because these American soldiers
take their war duty SO good-humored-
- other races OF our Allies have been
Tather drawing the conclusion that the
Yankees are a bunch OF braggarts. 1
think that the popular songs OF the
tIav have given rise to this idea. They
have such titles as Were Going TO Can
the Kaiser Berlin or Bust" etc.
AL every theater performance, every
moving picture and vaudeville show;
al every entertainment Of every kind,
these songs are sung, and naturally q
great many have already gotten 70
France. The soldiers around the
camps delight in these exaggerated
exuresslons or patriotic sentiment, but
not at all in a spirit OF boosting. II Is
The rather characteristic American
way OF letting off excess spirits and
brimming yitality--and often Of con-
cealinr a much more sober, even ten
der sentiment underneath. Readers OF
American history know that our men
always rejoiced in theseN rough-and-
ready songs.
cuardsnaeH TO France
Three regiments of New York ma
fional guardsmen are getting under
way for France today and tomorrow.
The regiments have been taking pre-
liminary training at camps close to the
esty--the l4th at Sheepshead Bay: the
card NJ Van Cortlandt park, and the
7fst al the same place. All are get
ting away to Spartansburg for their
period OF more intensive training. and
then they will be sent to France. They
march through streets invariably
crowded with applauding crowds and
arlow with colors. With companies,
regiments and battalions going some
where night and day. New York has
taken on very martial air. This week
II has been particularly martial be.
cause OF the presence Of the japanese
mission which recently passed
through Honolulu New York was de-
oorated with layishness such as one