The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-04

emit strengthen the First Infantry Is
1926 men.
rive are ready for the call and will
Fhaye orders and all necessary blanks
and instructions on the way to regis
trants within an hour after the order
! reaches me, said Captain Field He
visited the Armory several times dur
ing the day.
Officers Busy
MAJOR ,narlrs T. Cooper, Medical
Reserve Corps, who has been attached
| % the sC'CctiNr draft service since he
as comm ssioncd in the reserve. rcceiv-
1t Orders yesterday morning dpsiyna
inv hun rs camp surgeon at Fort Arm
trtTr
CuioncI William G. Rcunctt. l.. s. A..
COMMANDING the Ncrond l.. :. Infantry,
1t Fort ShRfter, has been designated
rs camp commander at Fort Armstrong.
lie Is fresh from one Of the national
rrmy training camps in the Southern
states, and will bring to the camp valu.
bile experience in the handling Of
| william troops.
One of the busiest Of tn" regular
army officers is CAPTAIN Edward +.
NtsCn, t. =. A. inspector. instructor
for the Hawaiinn National Guard, who
,rCctnU senior mustcrinrI officer NJ
he concentration camn, His work
however, has been under wov FOR SOW.
,rRl months for uron him has dcvolvcd
he duty of bringing the puard TO the
,tage of efficiency which resulted in its
finally being brought into the service
II the United states. Cnptain Wit
ell has devoted evenings rs we'll rs
avs in instruc'ing the guardsmpn
orincipallv tho officers. 81 TO their
lutics. His lectures have hrcn clear
! md concise statements of the duties
IF officers. To him is LARGELY due the
| present excellent standing Of the Ha
waiian National Guard.
When the guard reaches its conccn.
ration camp il will have in attendance
pne of the most expert of the mess ar
rrnpCn Crts In the person of First
Lieut. Charles Kocrpel. Q. VI. c., Ma.
tional Army. Lieutenant Koerpel is
one of the recognized bakery scient
SITS of the army and is responsible for
kitchen equipment which was adopted
~ the war department.
Duty at Home
The only fly in all the ointment of
he satisfaction of the guardsmep in
)eing ordered to active duty. is that
which intimateS that none of them will
see service in France. The President 3
order merely calls them to duty to re-
'lace regular regiments leaving Scho
'elds Barracks for active service lat
he front y. They Will probably do
garrison duty TO the end of the war.
"That's all right, sand n private
who was formerly head of department
n big firm down town. 'The regulars
ave held down the Job here for more
than year, and everybody thought
they ought to be at the front. If
hose oldtimers, veterans IN training
an he kent here so long, l guess we
ought to shut our traps and be glad to
. Just what they We been doing. 1t s
'uty ana we are going to do what the
'resident OF the United states wants
rs to do. If he says it's all nght then
IS all right with me, and guess that
GOES with the rest Of the bunch, too
Red Gross Repdy
Rel Cross field service will be in
ouCuratod bv Hawaiian Chapter at the
,pening of the concentration camp at
'Ort Armstrong Wednesday, when the
Fir,t Repiment goes into actual srrv.
co A. /. Castle, chief field director
'or the Red Cross Society. has issued
riders for the volunteer field workers
prepare for the canteen and other
i.IJ service reouired.
George I. Brown and G.. p. Wilder.
,ho hold commissions Ms assistant
irIJ directors will he in direct charge
r thr ortivitirs there. Under them
ain M. n r Rerkley Herbert Dowsctt
nd John SiIpr They will establish
hair comn in a IorCe area in the Fort
>rn,.,rnnd ,rrorrJs and will mt mn
L.'n lawn terts Tn one thr office
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