The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-21
HONOLULUlS lobe \
CtEAOSEDDYbRMY
of PLAGUE spots
Campaign launched To Run To
I Earth Those Who Have Been
Debauching the Soldiers
LOCAL OFFICIALS 70
/. eInat COOPERATE IN WORK
Military Authorities ] Determined
To Drive Out illicit Sellers
Of Booze and Drugs

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Honolulu is TO be cleaned up by
the army. The unscrupulous and trail
orous persons who have been debapch
ng soldiers by scil1g fheh liquor in
'ontrayentiOn Of nv, supplying them
with deadly drugs and aiding them 20
commit ofrenses against military laws
md regulations, are to be run to earth.
Drastic and faEteashing, plans have
'een formulated by the army authori
les Of this island, and epdorsed by
Brig Gen. John p. Wiser, Department.
ommander, 90 clean up the sources Of
IMMORAL and illegal prnctisc. The
'lans include not only the putting out
" business OF the wretches who supply
Oldiers with booze and drugs, but
llso the detection and conviction Of
hose who buy from them army clothing
nd equipment.
campaign Already launched
The campaign was launched yester-
'ay from Schofeld Barracks, and all
he machinery Of the Federal and Ter
itorial governments will he utilized
connection with that Of the army
D rid the city and islands of the temp
ations which insidiously beset the sol.
Tiers Of the army. IL is the expecta-
ion that Honolulu viii be cleared Of
IMMORAL ihfluences, 10 that the action
'aken by General Green Of Camp Lewis.
1ghinst seattle may not have TO be
'epeated here. af
The army will have the Cooperation
" the United States Marshal, United
states attorneys office, the newspapers
md the police department. in rtfnnine
o earth the men responsible FOR tho
Illicit sales Of liquor TO men in uni.
'orm. and for the Illegal disposition Of
'lothing which Is now so sorely needed
o get our armies into France.
Colonel Heard, Fourth Cavalry, and
dso commanding officer Of Schoheld
3arraeks, personally saw the movement
launched yesterday, which is undertake
en- with the full consent Of General
Wiser. M III
For months the army antiquities have
isen endepypring !, 10 prevent the in.
reduction OF narcotics into the army
,osts, but more recently have center.
ID their efforts largely in running down
lootieggers and civilian dealers in uni
forms, particularly those who stand
'cady to purchase shoes and other arti.
les of wear from soldiers who part
With their equipment to procure money
p buy liquor Workers in these fields
II activities lure the weak members OF
he,army into their nets, stripping them
y their property and befuddling them
with liquor.
Robbing the Fighting Men
\" Every pair Of shoes sold by sol.
der and bought by civilian makes
hardship on just one soldier who has
o march to the front, p said an officer
Yesterday. "Every uniform. every
pair of shoes, every piece Of equipment
that can new be procured by the gov
eminent goes to outfit our soldiers for
he front. We have tried to got hats
md shoes and uniforms for the army
'orces here and receive less than a one
twentieth of what is absolutely neces-
'ary, so when a soldier sells his equip
nept 1t falls back with redoubled force
N the government. These are war
times, and these are now absolute war
necessities, and any civilian who buys
'hese articles from soldiers is doing us
= rank injustice, and above all Is com
hitting nm act Of disloyalty to his
country, 80, 1s,@ n l.h V'#
awe want, the cooperation Of the
civilian population, in, putting a stop
. this practise. We want civilians 10
'eport TO the army--to any ofiieer--arv
"ase that comes 10 his knowlel Ice of
'0ldiers selling articles Of apparel OF
equipment. We intend to press this h
the utmost and with the cnoneration OF
the GENERAL population We can stop this
practise.
Must Ban Booze
"We want 70 stop the Illicit sales Of
liquor to our soldierEtf In this the civil
population can help us bv reporting
eases. We must stop II, The civil 20.
pulation, we hope. will see this In our
way OF looking al it,
IT. is the intention of the army au.
thorities 10 ride rough shod over the
methods employed by persons who vio-
ate the laws and the regulations. Poth
laws and regulations are 10 be enforced
and all the mashj1 erx of the federal
and territorial governments is TO bo
nsea TO destroy the sources Of supplies
of LIQUORS and the money which is fur.
uished to buy eTiASni4nt.
ANY man who Is found wearing any
mart Of the DESIGNATED part Of the uni.
form of the United States army, un.
less h0 belongs 10 the national guard
or Bow Scouts or ORGANIZATION which
Is q part Of the United States. or il
authorized by the United Stltes. VIII
be arrested. The penalties are severe.
The sale Of lilnOr to soldiers Is re.
Gardcd as one Of the most important
features Of the new eamraign and Of
Tenders viii he severely dealt with.