Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-11
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my son or 10 me on regis.ra Ion day
where we circulated freely among
others in Hilo.
Not another name in the rOS.er NJ 5
kept back Ny sons alone vas uAre
corded. the papers having been found
in the Kona.waena school house desk
by Lieut.. Yates.
Here Mr.. Toomey, an officer Of the
guard. placed them.
feel the stigma all the more 'c."
ly because as it chances. my son na2
been and is Over-ardent about 'dJinE
his bit
While yet a lad at school in Sa.ta
Barbara he enlisted in the naval NH
tia from which he has IN honorable
discharge after three yeas service
| have been proud of his spirit, and
although he has suffered from asthma
for several years, have offered n
objection to his entering that branch
of the service in which he would De
most efficient.
He kesitated about joining the ia
tional guard because he feared they
might not be modified, but finally
did Join on hearing from Mai. Bow,
man that he could transfer TO Az
branch of the service later on. So, in
good faith he saw Mr.. TOomey IN
kona. signed up, got his uniform, and
began drilling.
Mr.. Nahale, deputy sheriff u ko"a,
knew this when he told Sheriff Pna
that my son was not MEMBER OF
the national guard.
On coming to Hilo, where | was at
the time, he secured a transfer, and
latterly entered the supply company
there because he thought it would get
him to the front sooner.
He wore the uniform in Hilo and
there anyone who knew him at all
knew his status in the guard.
In view of this fact how could Mr..
Brown write his long letter of positive
statement that my son was Stacker?
There's something very rotten in
Denmark as we'll as Germany.
On the eighteenth of September
my son came to Honolulu after ,;eCu:'
ing a transfer. and reported at once
to headquarters here.
Unbeknown to me, he saw Capt
Brooks of the Aviation Corps and
believe has passed his examinations
for service in that department.
This all before the news Of his be-
ing a Stacker reached us.
The boy has desired to enter this
branch of the service from the start,
but | wanted him to so slowly and
find out just the place where he could
do the most for his country.
On this account months ago l had
confidential talks with Col. Lincoln,
DR.. Cooper, Capt Noggles, Mai. Row.
man, Capt. Curtis and others as to
his enlistment.
Had he registered insteal OF joining
the guard he could easily have Sc
cured exemption on account Of his
asthma. but he minimized the all.
ment, saying what is perhaps true,
that the change of climate would re-
lieve him of his trouble.
Sheriff Pua may have acted within
his rights, but his investigation shows
carelessness. and his clerk, B. H.
Browns letter, demonstrates that he
is absolutely untitled to report uron
a matter demanding rigid statement
OF fac:
Upon receipt of the report l wired
]. P. Curtis, who secured from Lieut..
Yates, n. G., the following state.
ment:
IN. S. Coodhue enlisted June %,
1917, in H. Company, 2nd Regiment,
transferred to LIST Platoon, Company
B, End Regiment az par general or
der No. II, A. g. Haw. July l, 1917,
tnence transferred to Supply Com
pany, End Regiment by resimental
order No. rs, dated August 4.
The foregoing enlist nsrE and trans.
fers all pertain % the Nal;nna! Guard,
Ha waiian Infantry. U. s. a."
Collateral evic ;.'Ce < Il tho hands
O. Col. Green.
TIE question Low is who e'rrted
the unbiased rcco:t. ami Why Gid not
the police department find out what
everybody else knew before charging
my son with such a serious offense.
Especially regarding a young man
who has never shown any evidence
to his parents or friends of cowar.
dice or desire to shirk Danger; who
has sought rather prematurely per.
haps to be in the midst Of thugs;
who already has had two nr three
personal fights for the pro-AlIy cause.
in Hilo and elsewhere.
There are slackers in Hawaii Who
have not been declared slackers; men
who have taken advantage of exemp
tons which do not exempt except
technically; men Indifferent to their
country's needs, selfish, cowardly,
drones in the hive of citizenship, but
my son never was and never will Ls
one Of them.
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