The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-08-04
HAWAII ON RECORD
AS READY ITO AID
IN WAR ON TEUTONS
Citizens and Aliens Flock To Registration
Booths and By Eagerness With Which
They Place Their Names On Lists Dem
Onstrate Their Patriotism and That They
Want To Join In Fight For Humanity

Hawaii outdd her own record Yesterday Registration Day,
Iona heraded as the real test of the Tertoys patriotism
and showed that Of truth these Islands do belong to the Uni
ted States in the fullest and best sense ,..@
scattered about the Islands and their to the registrars
the first step toward entering the citizen army which Uncle
Sam is building to meet and overthrow the hodes Of the Hun
Of these 7s4o are citizens and $1,000 aliens resident 10 the
fact that the Oriental living here willing than his white
negbor to give Of his time and his labor to the country that bars
5 @ ss ne o sss as Ss Dse a
than fifty per cent Of the whites registered yesterday
claiming exemption from the draft Or one reason Or another Less
to claim exemption, answered in the affirmative. Is
@sl 0RlENTALS READY TO SERVE
"0f while ii is true that the vast majority Of these
Asiacs not possibly become material for army said F.
Green executive officer Of the central registration board AL Of
willingness Of the Chinese and Japanese TO serve in any capacity
Scores Of them refused to claim exemption from service because
The original estimates Of the number Of men Of military age
who would be registered was far exceeded on this Island but fell
had been estimated that she would have approximately 1880
NUMBER OF ELlGlBLES SMALL e.|s =
Judging BY claims tor exemptions q the citizens registered
cent Of Tie 900 listed Fully forty per cent q this remainder
approximately fifteen hundred will be barred because Of some phys
s s s E S @ @ them tor Tor Se SO that s mains
the government may wish to raise In the Islands strength
egmsn infantry under the present table O. organization num-
will be called upon to supply the showing Of yesterdays figures
There is however bill now before congress, known as the
A Stacker Bill aimed at the men of British colonial and Italian
bh who have failed to the call Of their native land while
refusing to become natzed citizens of this This should
TO sixty days which to take out their first papers, and become
liable for service with the armies the United States Or falling
will become amenabe to the military laws Of those nations
has been pointed out that is dporab thing that Americans
should be sent to the front while evadng all responsibility In both
their native country and the one in which they are living
OF this stripe.
d. something"
That the that Francis J. Green officer Of the
central registration board described the attitude OF the and
Territory toward the duties OF Registration Day.
Certainly of the booths about the city failed
reveal serious grouche though hundreds upon hundreds OF
forced to stand long, and dustcovered lines for
hours OF them all day long until the overworEed staff OF
registrars and clerks could them and take their and
issue them the little cards that indicated that they last
the of the long road that leads the
For the most the day smoothly and according
schedule mapped out by the central committee although there
times when looked though the organization carefully
buded going fly flinders under the unexpectedly heavy
the chief registrars from each precinct this organization found in
instances that called handle double three
four times the number of that the figures called for
This particularly true in the rush hours of the morning
when all the world turned out to register his card and get
OF the beaches and enjoy his holiday The booths
scattered about the city the uce gates that caught this food
OF humanity and held it for time But they gave signs
becoming submerged frantic sent
Green waiting headquarters his hand the throttle
emergency
The system the board had allowed expansion
Green and his fellow Judge Perry Will Wayne began
and hundred registrars already in despatched
to the threatened districts together with interpreters and clerks
assist Business houses also helped and individuals appeal
cd the telephone dropped their holiday plans hustled
OF to the sweating booths heled their and buckled down
the hard work of the few hours
in in
that had been disposal the committee the
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CONGESTION
precinct 'S % " % n" and SSS4 s
e long chief rsgs j. T. Hesns Gosd that another