The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-04
VACANCYlNBOARD8.
CAUSED BY ARNOLD
GOING into ARMY?
Mayor Fern Is Expected To Have
To Appoint Successor To ST.
pervisor Who Is Now Captain
RESIGNATION WILL
.~.-l .~ PROBABLY BE GIVEN
Several City Departments Swept
Clean; Building Inspector, and
Park Superintendent Called Out

Park superintendent Calieu UHt
Downing Of the insignia and rank Of
an army captain by Charles N. Arnold
because of the calling into the federal
service Of the national guard will, Il
is belieyed, create. q vacancy on the
Oahu board of supervisors, which: IL is
believed Mayor Joseph. Fern will be
required to I'll within the next few
days.
Supervisor Arnold is captain Of Com
pany F, the Aiea organization of the
First Infantry, N. G. H.
Calling of the guard into the federal
service causes also a number Of other
vacancies in the city and county gov
eminent, two departments, those Of
the building inspector and of the park
superintendent, being left without a
member on the staff.
Opinion differs as the reasons which
will cause Supervisor Charles Arnold
to resign from the city and county
office. Mayor Fern said yesterday that
he would have to secure legal advice
as to whether a vacancy would be ere
ated by the calling into the federal
service of the supervisor, but that he
was inclined to think that the position
of an army officer and supervisor could
not be held by the same person. This
opinion of the mayor was based on
the statute which prohibits the hold
ing Of territorial gand federal Office
at the same time.
Mott-Smtth Puzzled
Supervisor Mott Smith said he had
given the question some consideration
yesterday and had failed to reach a
decision as to whether Supervisor Ar
mold would be required to resign or
not. He said he was unable to find
any law covering the subject, and did
not believe the holding of an army
commission would be considered as a
federal office. Senator Al Castle was
Of a similar opinion.
In case Supervisor Arnold was or.
dered away from here by the govern
ment, Supervisor Mott Smith said he
was certain the subsequent vacancy
on the board of supervisors would have
to be filed. Another reason advanced
why the supervisor would be required
to resign is that the army authorities
will require Captain Arnold to devote
all his time and services to military
duties since the guard has been called
into the federal service.
Mayor Fern said yesterday that he
had given no thought to the question
Of whom he would appoint to fn the
vacancy on the board of supervisors.
The suggestion was advanced In an.
other quarter that il would be a good
thing to appoint whichever of the su.
pervisorial candidates received the
next highest vote in the last election
in the Fifth District.
JOB Beat Job Seekers
SO far there are no known candi.
dates for the appointment, but once
it is generally known that there il a
vacancy it is not expected there will
be any dearth of applicants for the
position. Lack of candidates now is
thought to be because there is ga
political job which slipped upon the
professional job seekers"
The calling out of the national guard
made clean sweep in the offices of
the building inspector and that of the
park superintendent. Building Inspec-
tor l.. :. Cain and Park Superintend-
ent w c. Woodward, and their two
clerks, l.. X. Evans and Chinito Mo
rlyama, all were called into service.
Mayor Fern says he has made no de
clsion. as to whom he will appoint to
fill the positions of park superintepd.
ent and building inspector and add
ed that he knew of no applicants for
the job.
Vacancies were caused also in the
STATS Of the city treasurer, city au
ditOr, city clerk and city attorney by
the calling out of the guard. GustaVe
Rose, former license collector for the
treasurer office, is now lieutenant
colonel of the First Infantry and Ed
ward Hopkins, former chief clerk of
the auditor s office, is now captain of
Company H, First Infantry.
Other Vacancies
Charles Davis, second deputy, city
and county attorney, and Fred Swan
and |. Fl. Hopu, clerks in the city
and county clerk office, are others
who have left their civil positions and
dOnned khaki.
Only one man is lost by the city
fire department through the calling
out Of the guard, according to Chief
ThurstOn. This is Leon J. Landro,
hoseman of the No. 3 engine, Makiki,
who was in the guard reserve and was
called to the tedeIal service with the
other guardsmen on Saturday. Out
Of fifty nine men in the fire depart
ment only three others are in class
Al in the draft, the fire chief saws.
This is because OF the low classified
tons given the fremen by the draft
board where those of draft age had
several years service in the Are de.
partment.
OF all the vacancies created in city
and county positions by the calling
Of the guard only one temporary an
pointmrnt had been made Yesterday.
This was the naming Of William K.
McCul!cn as emergency hospital atten-
dant by DR.. X. G. Aver, to succeed
Frank I. Stevenson. who il the frst
lieutenant OF Company c, First In
fnntrv
McCullen has been acting as an cx
ira assistant at the emergency hos
Pitn! for sometime. His permanent az.
Poiutm"nt will have to be approved
by the board of supervisors Lieutenant
Stp\ had hnan nm h.