Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-15
JAPANESE GUARD
COMPANY gets
FIRST SERVICE
Six Squads of Co. D Ordered
Out to Patrol Nuuanu
Water Supply.

| Affairs in the National Guard took
on a more than usual military aspect
Saturday when ID" Company-the new
Japanese company-was ordered out
to patrol the watershed of the Nuuanu
Valley reservoirs, and without the
least SAVIOR Of old lingo caution.
4 regimental order was issued Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. BY 4
o'clock about six squads Of the men
had been rounded up under the direc-
ton of Second Lieutenant D. l.. Mac
Kaye, and these men proceeded to
equip themselves with blankets, pom
chos, shelterhalves, haversacks, ETC.
heavy marching order.
Great difficulty was experienced in
selecting a camp site in such limit
ed time. Nuuanu Valley was tramped
over. Nearly all sites were wet and
soggy or were very uneven. Finally,
as it was getting dark, First Lieuten-
ant F. E. Midkiff, in command of
ID" Company during the illness of
Captain w. G. Allen, decided to make
camp on the property of J. A. McCand-
less, just below the second reservoir.
The men had a typical recruits
first night" in camp. Their cots were
strange, the mosquitoes not all shut
out, the first meal dubious, and some
Of the men were NOISY. They looked
bit sleepy Sunday but say that their
second night in camp was fine COM
pared to their first.
1t is greatly appreciated by the Of
ficers and men of ID" Company that
Mr.. McCandless so Hospitality offers
his grounds as camp site. The men
are very comfortable there. The men
are taking great pride in establishing
a record for orderly campers and good
soldiers.
There are six squads out of the
company's sixteen squads, on duty
The Pail road from McCandless curve
to the Pail is patrolled. No pedestrian
is allowed on this section except
those with the mayors pass. Autos
are given passes at either end if they
are bound from Honolulu to Kaneohe
or the windward side, or coming from
the windward side to Honolulu. No
auto can enter this guarded area dur
ing night hours, unless it is a through
car-that it, no pail joy-riding is al
lowed at night. No one is permitted
to leave the road at any time; also
Hillebrand Glen, Glen Ada, Lulumalu
Gulch, and the two reservoirs are
patrolled.
DR.. Pratt, of the Board of Health, |
and DR.. Hanchett, Medical Corps Ma |
tional Guard, both visited the area |
yesterday afternoon and declared that |
due and satisfactory provisions were
made concerning sanitation of the
camp and area, and that the whole |
area was effectively patrolled.
The idea of the Board of Health is |
that polluting Of the reservoirs comes
from careless, persons who travel
along the Pail road, rather than from
alien enemies. Every bit of refuse on
the road above the reservoirs, at rres-
emit becomes washed, sooner or later
into the reservoirs. 1
Just how long this guard will be
is uncertain. 1t will doubt
less be until after the chlorination ap-
Daratus arrives and the waters have
oeen cleared. This will mean six orI
seven weeks.
Lieutenant Midkiff, in taking the +
matter of guard duty up with the en-
ployers of the rlen of d. Company,
says that he finos the employers gen.
erous and willing to cooperate with
he guard. . 49,
Some firms, however, feel that this
guard duty should be passed around
among the various guard companies of
honolulu, and thus the burden be
distributed among many men and en-
,loyers, instead of among a few.
The men of ID" Company warmly
express themselves as willing to
serve. They do not wish, of course,
o be given guard detail just long
enough to cause them to lose their
obs and then to find the guard work
1au also. If it comes to going to
france, Or to mobilizing until the war
S over, they said last night that they
ire eager to serve.
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