The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-12-28
NET Drawn Tighter
Around violators
|of Army Regulations
Many Arrested In Campaign, TO
Stamp Out, Selling Booze and
Opium To Soldiers and TRAIT
ficRing In Military Uniforms

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Army officers are drawing the net
tightly around vioiators Of army regu.
lations who traffic in army uniforms,
sell liquor to soldiers and maintain
opium dens which are temptation ia
men in or out Of uniform, A score OF
amen of various nationalities were ar.
rested yesterday by Captain Lewis A,
Weiss, OF the United States Army. as,
sisted by Lieutenant Bridges, acting
under the authority Of General Wiser,
department commander, and Colonel
Heard, commander Of Schofeld Bar.
racks. .t. p.
| An army truck was used yesterday
afternoon to bring in fourteen prison.
ers from Waipahu and vicinity, nearly
all detained by the officers for wearing
parts Of the army uniform. These
we're turned over TO United States
| Marshal Smiddy in Honolulu, aud
placed in confinement, The marshal
also brought in six Russians from Seho.
field Barracks, who we're arrested by
the army officers for selling liquor to
soldiers in and near the post on Christ,
mas Day.
Gives Up Shoes y.
The army net is being spread, far
and wide, including Honolulu, Waipa,
hu, Wahiawa and Kahuku, with re-
suits which have been gratifying TO the
army. The publicity already given the
movement resulted on Monday in a
Spaniard living near Waipahu to vol
UNFAIRLY turn over to Captain Weiss
over $50 pairs Of old army shoes which
he had ACCUMULATED. He told the officer
he did not know IL was against the
law TO purchase them, but on learning
that the army authorities were about
to put the laws into operation, he felt
1t his duty to immediately return the
material to the government. .,..
OF the men brought in yesterday,
four were arrested at Wahiawa, eight
at Waipahu and two at Paloa Junction
on the Haleiwa- Honolulu road. All
these wore the government olive drab
shirts. One was Sam Goldino, who has
been before the courts recently on sew
eral charges. He claimed the shirt was
bought by him about two years ago,
despite the fact that il appeared to
be brand new Old. shirt. -
J While at Waipahu the captain and
posse paid a visit to an opium den,
where he found two horns Of opium,
several pipes, a number of bowls and
some ven shee. They also found tins
IN which opium had been brought to
the joint, indicating that the traffic in
the drug has been large. Dens Of this
sort, the army authorities contend, are
a constant temptation TO men Of the
lar har 80 10
fallen into the habit of using the drug.
This particular den was run by HUI Fun
and All Choy and two Chinese were
found on the premises stupefied with
the fumes,
Guardsmen Arrested
Two of the men brought in yesterday
in the government truck are said to
be members of the national guard
They wore army shirts. The regula.
tons require national guardsmen to
wear the entire uniform wien on duty,
to attend drills or places to which they
may be ordered by their officers, but
they are not privileged to wear any
part of the uniform OFF duty. It is re-
ported that many guardsmen off duty,
particularly in the country, wear the
drab shirt. or the hat or the shoes.
HThey have no right to wear these
articles unless on duty" said Captain
Weiss yesterday. every time they
wear a pair Of shoes on civilian en-,
terprises, and this, of course, starts to
wear them out. they are taking lust
another pair of shoes away from sup.
plies that are sorely needed for the
men being trained for service in
France.
HWe are out to stop this practise
as well as to stop the entire practise
of trafficking in parts of Uniforms.
Civilians must understand that they
cannot wear parts Of designated army
uniforms and we intend to arrest every
man we find wearing these articles"
Foreigners Puzzled
Foreigners among labOrers on plan
tatiOns wondered what had struck them
yesterday when the captain and his
assistants stopped scores and lifted
their hats from their heads. They ex.
amined, each hat attentiEely. Many
hats sold by stores are almost identi.
cal to government issues of headgear.
They are such close limitations, that
~ uiuNt ~ hdNb tuN opliil vi the Ttgu-
lation observed the officers expect to
have the sale of these discontinued.
@"We know that many people are ig.
norant of the law and we do not wish
to create hardships for any one" add
ed Captain Weiss, "but the lessons
must be learned and the example set
know this is the feeling of the Unit.
ed States officials here, although of
course, justice will be tempered by
notifications in some instances.''
The man arrested at Sehofeld spent
the night at the police station. They
gave the following names:
All Kau, All Sam, Ito, Sato, Hirota,
Francisco Roberiga. Goldencio olibo
Dolphin Gaeinto, Moses Kane, Robert
Lehusnui Yomen, Bakilan, R. Belasen,
Sam Goldino.f George Borrodin, wo
Chung. Lock Chow, Pordrez, John
Krawshuk, Moshkowsky and Alexander
Zimin.