The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-31
HAWAII IS PRAISED
. FOR ENHSTMENTS
National GuardSnren 6e tting
Ready For the Call To- Ser. %
vice, Expected In Few Days

waiian National Guard regiments Ahu
the leivilian dfhftrcs after they 'teath {,
Schoield Barracks, for many, Mays
mOnths '' = ~ |
That the guard win he sent 90 Scho
held is certniD. How long The orkabi
'zdtions will remain there Is problem
atical. " the war department = pres
6nt policy Is ~Trrisd out, the iregnInT.
resimeRts will gradually be- withdrawn1
this year and sent 70 the fighting lines,
IN company with the vast nationalsI
army now IN training on the Tnnihiana
The army posts win require lkari 4
sons, although not necessarily ,sf thetl
present large strength. The national,
guhrd hny remain on duty 10 the ehd
Of me 'N'ar, and still the policy Of the
war department to send orgnnikations
'raiued only three months may be ex
"reised with the Hawaiian guard atdi
wentuallv 1t may see service In France,
should this policy be carried out the
'cgistrrtion lists may be drawn tpbut
'eavilv again TO supply the needed MIN
% garrison all of the many army posts
IN Oahu.
Hawaii has been officially eongratu.1
'ated on its splendid showing in vohin. 4
'oer PnliStments in the United StaBess
trmy by General T.. H. CTOwder, pro-
.vost MARSHAL general, who added that'
fRder the oil arrangement of draft
service the islrnds would have been
exempted from furnishing Q quota,
| which may be called this week. ..
Captain II. G. Field, selectiVe draft
dfIicGr. received the provost marshal
'~eneral s communication yesterday, in
! "hich be was also congratulated for hi :
'She"ially prepared chErt slowing the,
draft registration by nRtiohaities aid
OCCUPATIONS, including the registration.
# thu Hawuiirn National Guard. From,
! this chart General Crowder VIII make
| mp the Islands quota aud wire the call
m this basis within few days.
4 General Crowrsr wrote as follows: Y
- desire to express my qualifications
{, N the careful and systematic way in
which YOU hav" analysed and tabulated
the results of tho classification in
i hawaii.
Record Is Praised Il
"The sUperb record made by Hawaii
has thus far practically exempted HaS-
EhT under the sele6tive service system {.
but, the time is now approaching WHEN
m app6rtiOme Of quota will be
nude which shah include a eontriBu-
'ti6n from HAWAII. and I am glad 10
6ftd that your Organi zation is IN ,sush
complete condition as TO carry on the
administration with speed and effieien-
i cy." '''7 ''"' "'' =" 5CAt f2Ts y
TReC ssIective sfraft heafqnartsrs. Ne!
lHeived' no additional information gestef!
day from Washington tas TO winch the
draft quota win actually be called. ( >
At the national guard ;aripory yester.
lay there was 'unuhiaI activity IN All
departments, and several new senlist-
r"nts were recorded in the engineer
and signal corps.
! Mnior Patterson, the guard surgeon,
e'as bdsv at thesboard Of health dispen,
'hrv tnRkinp physical examinations of
commissioned officers Of the guard, 30
. thht oil such examinations will he com
nlete and recorded before the mobili,
zrtihn order ID received. T.
The call IL expected any time from
June to JUNE 4. ~
! There IL aIso Considerable speSu,
lhtion az 10 Whist reViment61 number
will be given 20 the First RegimS"t o.
the gnard. but IL will be anywhere
Officers OF the GUARD, according Ia
instructions. vesfsrdaV visited iewelfy
stores aud secured their collar orun
, m"nts which in this rase win BE-
, 'F. 8. - with superimposed "N. G.
The enlisted men win wear their 0td
collar insignia Tntfl arrangements eau
he made to furnish the new regimenta'
IEnumrrAle y - -
Uniform Makers Busy
There have nlsn been VISITS to uni
: form makevs, for when the actuaI
gObilizstiOn order IL received, littl'
time will be left to the officers 70,
- personal matters, but all will be re
quireh to put in their entire time o'
elemental work.
At present the supply and quarter
masters departments are engared il
"herk'ng over all material ON hand. il
anticipation Of u visit of raGulh
Nrmy officer who will make n counter
cheek on same.
While there were rumors yesterday
that the guard, after assembling at Ii,
armory, wodld move out to the cam
solicited without passing through I'll,
> concentration camp. it'is expected TIM
, the entire personnel win first 90 TO TIL
cOHcentrHtiOH camp at Fort 'Armstro NO
where also viii he received all the mel
: from the civilian registrations.
Captain Field stated Yesterday tin
Within an ,hORr after the issuance b
mobilization orders from his he'd
II Quarters to the local draft boards. mel
win be on their way to the boat'
Offices t0 report, Ftom there thew vii
= he Gent to the Fort APmstroug camp.
Win Report At ArmorY
On Oahu esch eivihpn drnftec mott
!, fed by a local beard will report person
- ally OF the respective board head
quarters in the second flour of IL
= national guard drlnory, where the
names viii be checked of They Wi
then be sent TO Fort Armstrong canII
III" entrance to which IL lOrated o.
Allen Street, opposite the Honolulu Iro
Works and near the Union Feed Con
, pany warehouses;.
ON each of the other islands III
= notified draftess are to report to tn
: local boards, or the guard armories an
viii b" assembled at ports of embark
= alton for UoeOmlu. On arrival her
the, vii report directly to the oonc'l
tration camp.