The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-30
RODGRICk ., MArHEsOS, EDITOR
Failure Of the Filipinos

THAT the national guard encampment mas
4 il been a failure, in the opinion OF large num-
Der of the. regInental officers, appears to be a
widely recognized fact, while the encampment mas
demonstrated what The Advertiser has already
Frequently pointed out, namely, that the people
IN Hawai-; should be heartily ashamed OF the TACT
that our, national" guard is so largely composed
al Filinn6s. These militiamen, who are serving
mainly, we believe because thirty dollars month
and Keep appcals to them, have shown themselves
linsubordinate and untrustworthy. 1t was HoV-
ernor Pinkham who encouraged their enlistment,
who used public money TO feed many OF them ana
who sponsored them but even his aloha tSr his
Iittle Brown Brothers should not be able any
more to keep the public from knowledge OF the
truth e.-'. ...rra.-.1 t...--....-.. ...'s a. ..
The Advertiser protested at the time against
filing the two guard regiments with filipnos,
only to be rebuked by the administrations mouth
piece for a lack of loyalty in questioning the Fill
nino enlstments but it is as little satisfaction to
this paper it must be to the community at large
TO have these Filipino companies shown up as they
have been at Kawailoa. Our Tears have been only
too completely justified.
We do not know what the outcome OF the mill
fla fasco will be- but we trust it will result in the
speedy application of the draft in Hawaii. We
have been receiving praise because our voluntary
enlistments have more than supplied our first and
second draft quotas, and we have been accepting
this praise under false pretenses Our white and
Hawaiian citizens have simply been sheltering
themselves behind bunch OF Filipinos, who have
failed at the very first test. There is plenty Of
good material here for two regiments of citizens,
and any reorganization of the guard that does not
bring citizens in to replace the assisted immi-
grants in the ranks will fail as dismally as the
last reorganization has failed. .
We are not among those disposed to place the
bulk OF the blame upon the shoulders Of Brgadier-
criticism previously of this officer because he de-
sired to be personally in command and personally
busy at the Red Hill encampment This time, be-
cause of that criticism and because of unexpected
duties imposed upon him in connection with the
Reserve Officers Training Camp and the funeral
OF the late Queen, he did not take direct charge
CT the Kawailoa camp, and now he is criticized for
trenches oi the R. o. T. c. during the two weeks
OF the militia encampment, while he had also been
placed by the Governor in charge of the funeral
arrangements for the Queen. This duty entailed
much work of which the public knew little. He
had his deputies at the national guard camp and
these should have kept him informed OF condi-
tons, if things were not they should have been
wv General Johnson should not be the scapegoat
III the camp was failure it is the fault OF the citi-
zens OF the Territory who stood aloof when the
repeated calls for volunteers were made and who
forced through their refusal to enlist the creation
of regiments fifty percent Filipino.