The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-03
HANDLING
Draft is APPROVED
General Wiser Makes inspection
: Of Mobilization Station and
Looks over Preparations

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ffIlwo 'tlousand five hundred draft
registration men of the Hawaiian Isl
lRnds are 10 be handled at one time In
theIgrotnde or the United States Immi-
grafton tstatioh, opposite the Honolulu
Iron Works, the ground plan being APP
proved yesterday by ur'ntnl = J.
Wiser, department Ter, fellow.
ing a personal inspection. A tented
camp will arise on the site Immediately
orders are received from Washington
authorizing the calling Of the draft
here ..t $50.
1.-THE plnns which General Wiser ap,
proved, and for which maps have been
drawn and copies placed in the hands
Of4ofieetsl who will he associated with
the swearing IN Of the civilian, troops,
inclbfemot only the LAYING out of.tAnts
i1'compapY formation. but n method by
which each man is received and passed
FROM one officer 70 another until he Is
finally ordered to don Uniform, or to
retnrn M his civilian attire and pass
b0cla ipto civil life.
HsndlinR the Draftee ~,
h The civilian lrnftcP will enter the
imhdgration enclosure at gate on the
Alien street side. opposite the Union
Feed GonTnnrv. His nnmP and draft
number will hr checked and his record
inspected. He passes next into q tent
| wherr he rHmnvr, his clothes. which
will be- tagged. th"n passes irto o
bath teHt and energies in bath-Obe
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examining tent. If he fails to meet the
requirements. he passes of to one side
| and hack TO the tent in which his
civilian" clothes are held. dons them
again and is discharged. IF successful
he passes, into tent where medical
nfficprs examine his eyes, ears and nose,
then into another for a test of his heart
and lungs and then into final testing
tent. From each tent there is an exit
bnek Ito the place where his civilian
clothes are held. y
: II hel passes finally, he enters tent
\ and draws his uniform equipment, be-
comes soldier and is assigned to one
of the companies. Regular army nom
commissioned officers take charge of
him, and will probably swear him into
| service. He then becomes a soldier of
the army of Uncle Sam, and amenab!e
to each one Of its rules and regulations.
He is entirely and utterly at the dis
| position of the officers above him. He
is also on the payroll from that in
slant. 70
| The men may not be held Mt the
immigration camp many DAYS, bpt will
be assigned to duty at Schofpld Bar.
rHeks or Fort Shafter and placed in
the regular Infantry organizations.
Whatever regiments are in need of re-
rf6fts VIII be flied up by the draft men
Oahu Men First
| I'm all probability the first men hand
led at the immigration station camp will
he those from Honolulu and Oahu Just
what method is to be employed to bring
| dfaftees from the other islands Is not
known" 1t was rumored yesterday that
the steamship Manoa might be cOmman.
deered to pick up the Maui and Hawaii
| drpftees and land them at Honolulu
after which she would return TO her run
between Honolulu and San Francisco
| The agents hadtno information to this
effect and expect to despatch the vessel
for San Francisco next Sunday morning
! Accompanying General Wiser yester
day morning, were Col. r. p Schofeld
department qunrtermaster, Mai. Henry
@. Merriam. chief Of STAFF: Mai. James
d. Dougherty, chief Of military affa RS
and Capt Frank p Tuohy, casual Off
| Ger.
Major Merriam said yesterday that
every preparation possible is being made
by the Hawaiian Department in ad
Vince of the actual receipt of the
Washington order setting the date fol
the draft call, and to this end the pro
posed concentration camp site had beer
visited and decided upon. The immi
grafton station site is acknowledged tC
be a most favorable one, because of it,
ncarncss to Fort Armstrong.
Just when the Hawaiian NatiOnn
Guard will be called to service is not
yet made public by the army officials
hut after the handling of the civliar
draftees, the national guard will be
ordered out next, and a remainder OF
Class 1 draftees placed ia its ranks t.
fili out its numbers to required strength
Already. the guard has $50 registered
men serving in the two regiments.
| There are many rumors around tow
rs to the draft and one Of these pickeC
today or tomorrow rs the time wheI
the call for the draft will be issued.
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