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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
Army Bard, Captain 5t2unenberg is
Free to Rap Kaiser or Anybody Else

Just SO and ask Bailey Willard
Who is he WY. man. dent YOU
know h:m9
He writes fpt the big nacLz:ne&'
They CAL hiC: 4 fakeI and dirt )
much.raHcr.
But You bet he SAYS what he means
And he sure does saw the army,
From kitchen PoiCe 20 guard,
He's a high minded youth full Of pity
and ruth,
And his breath smells sweet with the
essence Of truth.
And he tells the civilians about US
He gives EN- the facts good and
hard
Why, no one would know they're abus
ing him so
If it wasn't for Bailey Willard,
They made me work just like a farm,
hand
That's why you're seem me here;
I've worked with a hoe for an hour
or so,
AS much as three days in the year
And the kitchen police was the limit
worked like hired girl there;
had to wash dishes three hours a
week
When l think Of it now I'm too tired
to speak;
And they treat you just like common
people;
They don't show the slightest regard
They don't call you "Mister"-look at
this blister
They've been mean to me and I'll tell
my big sister;
It amt no place tor a white man
Here, take another drink, pard'
Just open your throttle and swallow
the bottle
We're drinkin' to Bailey Willard.
If Bailey Willard should get busy
: And visit the army some day,
And see what a terrible life we lead.
There's no tellIn' wha: he would say /;
He'd see the poor soldiers a-workil
like slaves,
He'd weep at their pitiful lot;
He'd squint through his specs at the
tottering wrecks
Chains on their ankles and yokes on
their meets,
And my, what a welcome they'd give
MIN!
They'd dip all the colors they've got;
The guns would all shoot in a roaring
salute
They'd give him three cheers and a
tiger to boot;
They'd hold review and inspection,
+ Sound a flourish and turn out the
guard.
To welcome the youth from the tempt.
of truth,
The sanctified Bailey Willard.
1t is probable that Capt. Steunen-
berg will take UP literary work in New
York.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
ARMY. ORDERS

A general court martial is appointed
to meet at the general court martial
room, post headquarters, Schof1eld
Barracks, H. T.. at the call OF the
president thereof, for the trial of such
persons as may be properly brought
before 1t.
Detail for the court: Lieut.. Col.
Frank H. Albright, 25th Inf; Capt
George C. Keleher. 32d Inf; Capt. Jere
Baxter, 25th Inf; LIST Lieut.. Vincent P.
Erwin, Field Artillery, D. o. L.; LIST
Lieut.. Philip L. Thurber, LIST Field
Artillery; 1st Lieut. John c. Wyeth,
9Th Field Artillery; I'd Lieut.. Arthur
n. White, 1st Field Artillery; I'd Lieut..
Patrick L. Lynch, 9th Field Artillery;
I'd Lieut.. Ivan N. Bradley, 9Th Fiei1
Arti lery; LIST Lieut.. John K. Baxter
32i lof., Judge advocate.
Pursuant TO instructions from the
war department. a board Of officers
has been appointed 10 meet at Fort
Slafter for the examination OF such
offers of the Corrs OF Engineers as
may be orIereu before the board lot
| examination to determine their tit
ness for promotion. Detail 1or The
board: Ma. Eugene H. Hartnett,
Medical Corps; Capt. Paul S. Rein
ecke, Sd Engineers: 1st Lieut.. William
E. Cov~ll, 81 Engineers, and 1st Lieut.
Harry n. Ke:ns, Medical Corps.
Pursuant to instructions from the
war department. the following named
ci'i"ers have been ordered to report
in person to tie president OF the ex'
! aiming bo7rd appointed at Fort Shat.
ter Tor examination to determine
the.r fitness for promotion. First
Lieuts. William? H. Britton, Robert G..
Guyor and Robert A. Sharrer, Sd Ell
gineers.
Maj. Herbert c. G!bner, Medical
Cops. upon his arrival in Honolulu
On the. mex: transport, is assigned to
station at Schofield Barracks
Sgt. George W. Gantz, Troop L. 4th
Cavalry, has been transferred as pri-
vate to the 9Th Aero Squadron at
Fort Kanehameha.
The necessary barrels and receivers
for United States rifle, Cal. 80. mode!
o: 1908, and gallery practise rifles,
model Of 1908, and tools for assem-
Ting parts thereof. having been re-
ceived in this department. the pro-
visions of general orders. No. &c, war
department. current series, regarding
the disposition Of unserviceable prop
erty, and Ordnance Pamphlet, No
1865, regarding the care and equi-
ment will hereafter be followed
A copy of all invoices of ordnance
property hereafter shipped out of this
department. or from one post to an
other within the departn ent will be
ficer.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
WHEN THE FLAG GOES BY
(Thus speaks Pvt. Thompkins, vet
eran Of foreign seryice)

love Of the flag? Well, what do you
know of it,
What do the men of your kind ever
show Of 1t,
But stand on your legs when the
colors go by
And yelp with the others and never
know why?
What do you know, who dodge al the
wars
And don't know the co'ors except at
baEsaIs?
Love of the flag? Well, what do you
know of it?-
Men of your kind who n er saw the
glow Of 1t
Against the black sky at the ED of
the day
When tie crimson and daylight were
eb5ins away?
What do you know, who never sur
mise
How easy a soldier can smile waen
he dies?
Love OF. the flag? Well. what caa you
tell of It'll
Never saw a battle. and don't kno%
the smell Of II!
And yet you will boast of YOU love
for the flag,
And don't know the cost OF the starry
otG rag!-
Don't know the cost IN death and in
woe,
AID con Stop to thiEk OF the debt
that You owe!
Love of the nag? VOL, if you would
know of it,
Out on the skirmish line men make d
show Of it,;
It's not the bright colors you see al
bazaarS,
But tattered and frazzled by heather
ish wars!
Rark while the sergeant is checking
the Lost
that's love OF the flag and the prizes
that it cost!
JOHN D. WELLS.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
Submits Estimate of Necessary
Equipment For Guarding
Atlantic Slope

Rear Admiral Nathaniel X. Usher,
commandant OF the third naya! dis
trict, has submitted to Alan K. HaW-
ley. chairman of the advisory COM
mittee on aeronautics. cooperating
with the commandant in the organic
alton OF the naval reserve forces, a
basic plan suitable for the aerial de-
tense OF the Is naval districts. The
rear admiral, says the New York
Times. deplores the fact that the
navy has no air service in the districts
and that the one aeronautic station,
that at Pensacola, Fla. is not even
adequate 10 train naval aviators need
ed for the airplane mother ships for
the fleet. He describes the duties
that aviators would have to perform in
the naval service.
For efficiency the rear admiral says
there should be ten aeronautic sta
tions in the third naval district. and
these should be located as follows:
Two bases, one at Sandy Hook and
the other at Montauk Point; station
at Bay Shore. where the naval militia
is already establishing station; one
at Port Washington, where the
merica.Transatlantic Company's sta
ton is now situated; one at Amity-
Vile, L. l.. where the hangers Of the
Sperry Gyroscope Company are; at
Ocean Beach. N. J.; Rockaway or Man.
haitian Beach or Massapequa; at New
Haven and at Southampton.
Until dirigibles and observation bal
looms are obtained Rear Admiral Usher
points out that the territory to be
covered by each station will be COW
cred by units consisting Of one aviator
and one observer, having at their dis
posal three airplanes, one Of which
must be always in flying order. Each
unit Is expected to fly about 200 miles
each day when the weather permits.
"As at present the daylight lasts
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
Captain George Sfeunenbere Out of The Ser
pice Fer Disability--His JmgIes lnternotion-
ally Famous
the verge If deadly fray.

the verge of deadly fray,
The Cove OF Eeace is cooling in the
good Old L. S, 4.
For, you bet, the foreign powers will
leave Uncle SLrl alone
While our highorows down at Leaven-
worth are studying Won Rohne
And while The German eagle scars
above the Balkan storm,
1t strikes US as fitting time to
change the uniform;
Let's st one ot those shiny things
they wear acress the breast.
Ard add cleaning helmet with an
eagle on tie crest
And down at sunny Leavenworth let
Dutch professors rule;
And build a model brew ery-an annex
10 the sChool-x
A marble bust Of Won der GoltZ re-
splcndent in the hall,
And photographs of Kaiser Bill adorr
ing eY'ry wall
The verse was published in this
country and in many European papers.
Steunenberg was rebUked. but he did
not stop composing. Naturally, he was
the sort to delight in setting himself
against the stiff necks in the army
fer he had in turn beer a gold miner.
sheep herder, lonGsho-Cman, fisherman
and dccknand. lie enlisted in the
American army before the Spanish
American war and won a commission.
only to lose it when he "cussed out
sup 4rior officer. Then he re enlisted
as a private ana won another commits
sion from President Mckinley for con-
spicuous bravery in. action. In the
army he distinguished himself as an
ice skater and a musician. His brother,
who was governor Of Idaho, was slain
by labor agitators several years ago.
One Of the most widely read poems
of the captain was The Snowbird,
written several years ago in answer
to a magazine article by Bailey NH
lard. in which a deserter complalne'l
of army. life. 1t follows:
I'm leavin' the army behind me
I'm hittin' the road today;
I served four months and learned all
their stunts,
And I'm over the hill and away;
For it amt no place for white man,
With its drill and fatigue and guard;
/ had to walk straight and couldn't
sleep late,
So how can You blame me for pullin'
my freight:
And the magazine says I'm a martyr
That the service is cruel and hard;
| was driven to leave it, If you don't
believe il.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12

The retirement from GctITc service
Of Captain George Steu2enJerC, L. 5
A-oHly recently stationed Z hawaii
is expected to be tic signal for YER
sif,cation as spicy and fsr moro fTec!Y
sarcastic than that which distinguish
ed him when as the army poet be
vas a thorn in the flesh =: various
people
An iaDorn knack for !ingling versa
that hurt tEe kaiscr's feelings and stir
lc1 tio relations be!W Ger this COUNTRY
dlG CS!vany several years aGo has
10; ': free! IF is letters Ca. Stem
oDL.cC, tie army rcct, is ort Of tIS
sarvfce with 4 certificate OF P1ys:c>.:
,!isa0Hity ana the liccnse to write
:rEat lie ylecses. Without being re
strained b. ut!;tary convention.
Not IhAt ;ne jolly captain Was eVe7
restrained . a;.y great extent, but
even & Ina% with such an trrcTeE1ot
'peu must have felt the i-king scrse Of
authority that brought him rcbu6e
at the request of Emperor William.
Turkeys cernan.T"S:ned Army
When the German trained Turkish
army was being drubbCd in one OF the
balkan wars several years ago Capt.
SteIncnberg began to see mockery in
the general opinion that the Teutoni?
fighting taclics were tae greatest III
the world. At that time tic United
States army was working along Ger
man ideas and he Satirized the situa'
ton in the following verses that OIL
most brought him before a court'mar-
tial:
Away for Constantinople the hosts OF
-. Allah sped,
AID the only ones. that halted were
the ones that stepped the lead.
Ouoth a Serbian lieutenant then: Ills
evident to me
That yon army has been studying the
books Of Won Molt-kee!"
Said a painting Turkish corporal
from German teaching freed
I'VE amt much on formation, but we
sure ere hell for speed"
So they sprinted night and morning
till their lungs were fit to bursr.
But they won the sIx-day Marathon
they reached the city first!
A tail that points a moral. Most any
one can see
That it's time to disregard the ways
of jackson, Grant and Lee;
For the sacred Scripture tells US: "Ye
shall know them by their
works"
So we lift our hats to Won der Goltz,
the man " no trained the Turks!
And now, while Europe trembles on
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
REAR admiral USHER PROPOSES
AIR SERVICE FOR COAST DEFENSE

about u hc3rs. there would he &c
CURED "a units TO patrol the channel
course. unit starting every hah
hour" the report continues. ''Tha;
wo4ld neccssitate kayiag "a units
With three machines to each unit. OF
70 ualE;nea in ali. TIE same Is true
at TIE aio~tAuk Point station, which
would latrt! pa-t OF Block Island
Sound and 10 "a lar out at sch rs pos
sib!e to look CT for hostile subma
rines. The smaller s;:.t.ons, the Guties
OF which are essentially to search the
bays for submarir es and convoy coast.
wise shipping, woClG need a smaller
number of units, uniess the call for
aerial patrol and conveying was
heavy.
Until dirigibles and observation
balloons can be obtained the entire
work must be done by airplanes.
"A single dirigible OF the Zeppelin
type could patrol the channel from
Sandy Hook to the 50th fathom curve,
waich is IS miles out at sea, better
than the ~ seaplanes. But no numSe:
OF small scouting dirigibles could DO
that same work, excepting in the best
VI "SdtiGI SOuullIoubt DSIauSO NiAO
small dirtgibles would be carried away
by or could not travel against the
average wind to be met along the
channel.
THE Sandy Hook and Montauk
Point stations should be most COM
plete, their equipment including the
p airplanes required to maintain
steady patrol for IL hours daily, and
at least two dirigibles ard two OBJ
servation balloons.
"The other six stations would re-
quire about IL seaplanes each. The
above is, to some extent, based on the
British and French experience. At
the beginning Of the war Great Britain
had only Is aeronautie stations. To-
day. she has 107, one-fifth of which
are large aeronautic bases. France
has aboHt $50 aeronautic stations"
Rear Admiral Usher discusses per
sonnet and training. He believes the
American airplane equals the best Eu-
ropean product.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
Cadets
INTERESTED IN /
COMPANY SHOOl

Especial Star Bnl'~' ~ Corrssl ehdeneel
OAHU COLLEGE. May S.-Tn|
practise Tor the interconipany shoo|
ing contest Was begun by the Pun.
hou cadets this week. About Z score
Of them presented themselves Al
PunchGowI range and began serioo.
work There is much interest man
tested among the boys-Rad Il n due
TO the offer OF cup BY Gener4|
Samuel /. Johnson.
The chief benefit TO the boys Il th1
interest General Johnson Is taking I1
them. One Of the best shots IN tnI
United States. the general is anxiou0
TO develop other good markEmen
Accordingly. he is offering the cur
but, what Is Of greater Importance, h|
is personally supervising and in
structing the boys, and is grantIn|
them the use Of the Punchbowf ran1o
The teams will be five-men team
Each company will send up its be1|
men for training, then from these be1|
will be selected five. to constitute the
company team.
The following lists are arranged %
show the relative scoring Of the firsI
twelve men in each company The
scores were made at previous shoot
ing matches on the Pupchbowi range
A Conpany--R. Higgins, p. HayseIs
don. l.. Petit, Tom Singlehurst.
Cassidy, c. Sutherland, d. Croziar.
+. Rrosdbent, II. lit ,hcocls. II, Alex'
ander. J. Hughes. Tsak ChaEs
Company-G. Scott. w. Yetlesen.
w Akana, F. Bowers. w. Smith
Y. Y. Lau. T. Pratt, y. Ksuhane
T. Coney. F. GIrdler. T. Forbes.
Wider.
Several othert, however. win Be
given special coat ing, inasmuei e.
they wish to try cut for the teams n
the preliminary contest in June. TheY
are y. I.arnach, D. Cooke. q. Emerscn
NJ. Johnson. G. Leal, r. ''etlesen. and
w. KanakRnui
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
ILLIEOISLEADS
RECRUITINGLIS

WASHINGTON, D. c., April I'll
Recruiting Figures made public by the
war department today show that since
April the total number of recruits
obtained for the regular army has az
gregatcd 25,S42, or approximately an
army division At this rate 1t would
take 300 days, or about seven months,
to obtain the number OF men that Ger.
many is reported to have thrown into
the battlefront in France this week in
an effort to stem the tide OF the
French advance.
The total number OF recruits for the
army accepted on Friday was 1889.
The enltstments for the five days
ened April 20 totaIed 1928, an aver
age of 1S45 men a day. On April l
the army needed 1S3,S9S men to raise
i 70 wc- strength.
On that date New York's quota was
1926 and during the past 20 days
1925 men have been enlisted from the
Empire state. At this rate 1t would
take 100 more days, or more than five
months, to raise the number Of men
needed to ill New York's quota.
The banner state for army enlist
ments since April has been Illinois.
The quota of Illinois for the regular
army is 1875 and since Aprile1 that
state has raised 24T9 men. Pennsyl.
wanna stands second With 225f enlisted
since that date, and New York third
with ,2126. The only other states fur
nishfng more than 1000 men, IT q
regiment, since April l are IL lana
with 1924 men, Texas with 1163 men,
and Georgia with 1925 men. .@.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
CALLS Retired
OFFICERS BACK

War Department orders published
recently indicate that the government
Is about to recall to active service a
large number Of former officers who
are now on the retired LIST. Fifteen
retired officers, among them one brig
adler general, three colGneis and two
lieutenant colonels, have been called
into active service. Thirty-three off
GERS of the Medical Reserve have ALSO
been called TO active service with ii 9
regular army, II of them being or
dered to the regular army training
station for recruits at Fort SlocuIn,
while five of the othes are ordered to
recruiting duty in New York City.
or the retired officers who are or
dered back to duty the best kno Sn
are Brig-Gen. William T. RosseIl Of
the Corps of Engineers, Col. Daniel
w. Lockwood, Col Joseph H. Willard
and Col. Walter L. Fisk. The others
are Leut-Col. George H. Paddock,
Lieut.. Col. Maury Nichols, Mai. Ira
L. Frfedenhall, Maj. Thomas L. Smith,
Maj. Charles C. Jameson. Capt. Ale <,
ander r. Piper, former deputy police
commissioner of New York; Capt
Frederick w. Hinrich, Jr, of the Ord.
nance Corps; Capt. Charles T. Leeds,
Capt. Lewis e. Goodier, list Lieut.. B.
p. Lamb and LIST Lieut.. s. c. Loring.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
ENLIST and BE KISSED
IS HOOD RIVER SLOGAN

Honolulu might take notes from
Hood River, Oregon, where the high
school Girls have agreed to kiss all
young men who will enlist. The Hood
River CORES ondent of the Portland
Oregcui2n wrote to that paper as
follows:
Hood River high school girls, who
are members OF the local chapter OF
the girls ncnor guard. are doing their
bit toward helping naval recruiting
officers.
When Clifford Mcdonald, Lee
Spaulding, William Tollman and How
ard Widen, high school boys, nay al
recruits en- route to Portland, were
boarding the train today a beyy of the
school girls kissed each of the boys
gooesy.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
EEHs7EE News end notes 9tthe Service aN.EEtNN
NOLENIENCY FOR
DISCRIMINATORY

Persons Who GisCCiminat" s@a5'St
lNe unirogm or the Army or Ma, q
need ,Noect no ier:GnCy in fr1!> -ai
Guy; i they are convicted
This emphatic warning was issue
yesterday morning b. Federal Jrdcg
N&rGh2n after he had sentenced WI,
haIA Lee. CtiEe2C. to pay a fine OF
: fer having refused to admit three
ncn-CCmm!sSioned officers 10 a bcne-
lit dance in Lusitana hall while they
were IN uniform.
Judge Vaughan WAS lEnient with
Lee largely because this is the first
time that the Law against discrimina'
ton has been violated, and also be-
cause Lee Is a local young man and
the partial support Of a family OF IA
children.
But Judge Vaughan made it clear
that the action OF the court today
must serve as a warning and that, In
further cases of discrimination, the
penalty will be substantial to a mark
ed degree.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
COAST GUARD is
POPULAR BRANCH

Prior to the declaration Of war be-
tween this country and Germany the
United States coast guard service
Numbered about $500 officers and
men. but since Il has been taken over
by the navy the force has increased
10 nearly 5000. A reason for the
enlistment Of 90 many seamen In q
few days is that the coast guard is
the best paid service under the Am
erican flag, and the men are eligible
for retirement the same as the Off
GERS and get three ourths OF their
pay In addition to these induce
ments, while the period of enlistment
in the army Is for the duration of the
war, and In the navy and marine
corps for four years. In the coast guard
Il Is only one year. ~
In the event OF. death while in
service the dependents receive full
pay every month for two years, and
the United States coast guard is the
only service granting this. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
GERMAN WIFE AIDS 2EGRgIT

H. L. Pratt. Of Bunker Hiil. Oregon,
did not let small discouragement5
keep nm from joining the army. says
the Portland OregoDian. and had The
approval CT his wife. a German-born
woman. Examined and rejected. Mr.,
Pratt paid his own expenses to Port.
land and pleaded with tine adiutani.
general. who provided for bis JOINING
the local coast artillery company
Instead Of hindering his desires.
Mrs. Pratt went to CaTtatn F. X. Get.
tins AMI waived al the rights she
might have claimed &c she chose.
Governor whitman signed the BIN
arpropriating sG,590,0o0 for the par.
chase OF land on Rockaway Point Tor
fertilization purpc seq.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
indian CAVALRY
IS VAR PROPOSAL

or interest in army circles wiz be
the news that a proposal has been
made in Congress to establish 10 or
more regiments OF Indian cavalry, ''to
increase temporarily the military es-
Enlistment or the United States"
According TO the bill proposed these
red-skin fighters would be recruited
and equipped as an integral part OF
the military forces of@ the United
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12

States, and would be known as the
North American Indian Cavalry. It
Is proposed that medical AID recruit
ing officers be sent to the various res.
crrations as soon as possible to begin
the work OF enrolling them.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12

2 The real estate mortgage is the
oldest Of all investments. Money We
know 70 have been lent on mortgages
as long ago as aloe years before
Christ zssr1-@ sss,z g ... . o.. .N.s ., -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12

4 new pension system under which
aged clergymea can receive pensions
went into effect recently in the Prot
estant Episcopal church. Another
provision makes widows and orphans
Of the clergy also eligible for pensions.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12

Anti-war Socialists in Berlin are
abOnt to establish newspaper in OPP
position to the pro-Ear Socialist or