The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-26
H|LO PLANS FOR
NEEDY RELATIVES
Board OF Trade Wants Quick
Action To Prevent Suffering =
Among Families of Soldiers


ent relatives of guardsmen called int
the nation sService, some report of which
has been published in The Advertiser
Is a fairly ambitious one. The Tribune
Of the Crescent City, gives the follow
ing. details Of the meeting Of the HilC
board Of trade at which the matter
was considered. The Tribune's report
is:
"By unanimous vote Of those pres
ent at the board of trade meeting held
yesterday, friday it was decided
something must be done at once to take
care Of the wives and children OF
drafted men. A resolution introduced
by II. B. Mariner was adopted to the
following effect:
1.-THE Board Of Trade of Hilo re
quests Senator 3. l.. Desha and Mr.
John T. Moir, both now in Honolulu
to interview Governor Mccarthy and
ask him to assist in setting aside a
piece of land at Waiakea upon which
a temporary home for wives and de
pendent children Of men in the United
States service, both Army and Navy
can be taken care Of. Also the Govern.
or is requested to utilize some portion
Of his contingent fund Of 5000 to aid
in the establishment Of the home. That
Messrs Moir and Desha should be au-
thorized to solicit subscriptions was also
embodied in the resolution.
n. L. Ross Outlines Plan
"The whole matter was brought to
the attention of the board by G. Fl
Wears, president. The president point
ed out that Homer l.. Ross, at a prev,
ious meeting, had outlined briefly a
scheme whereby he thought something
might be done to establish a home Of
some sort for orphans and others left
destitute, or at least in precarious cir,
cumsta noes, with the departure of the
bread winners for the front.
"Mr. Wears called upon Mr.. Ross to
outline his scheme and the well known
attorney did so in q very clear fashion,
He said that the Home Service Corps
had discovered some cases of hardship,
where q draftee had been the sole sup
port Of orphan children and where the
youngsters were deprived of their
brother who had kept them for some
years. He declared that there would
be many other cases and that his idea
was to have some kind of an institution
in which the wives and children of the
men now with the colors should feel
safe. Mr.. Ross did not go into details,
but he limited at circumstances that
might arise where women were left
alone in the homes they have been Oc,
cupying with their husbands up till the
time Of the draft.
Delays Inevitable -.
"The speaker pointed out that al
though the government would pay sal.
aries to the men in the army and
allowances to the women and children
left behind, it would take time to get
things running smoothly and that it
might mean from two to three months
until the families could get the money.
$50 far, the Home Service Commit
tee in East Hawaii knows of seven
wives who are left behind. There are
eighty-six children who must be classed
as dependents through the fact that
their fathers, brothers, uncles and 9th,
er male relatives, who have been sup
porting them for years past, have been
taken by the draft.
"Mr. Ross said that he had talked
with C. H. Will, the well known con.
tractor and builder, and that the latter
had offered to draw up specifications
and plans, do all the figuring, purchase
the necessary materials and construct
a building where needed at actual cost
with ten percent allowed for overhead
charges. A rough estimate made bv
Will showed that he thought the build
ing required could be erected for about
10000
"Mr. Will spoke to the meeting and
said that he would not be looking fOI
anv profit whatsoever and added priv
ately afterwards, that he felt sure
that he could come down lot in the
price, as he was certain that he could
obtain the necessary materials at cost
from the firms that handle the thing
required.
Waiakea Settlement
"Mrs w. H. Smith spoke briefly OF
| the subject Of having the Wniakef
Social Settlement take up the tash
of caring for the dependents in TEN
pOrary houses near the hcadTuarterr
. of the hall. She said that the rhildrer
could attend the kindergarten while
| the mothers did their home work.
cd. McH. Forbes spoke on the Waia
kea Settlement idea and said that tn,
| Association might be able to do some
thing. Personally, Mr.. Forbes declared
that he would do all possible to help
hut he pointed out that the Social Set
Element excheGuer was emDty and tina
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