The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-06-14
LAB0RSH0RTAGE
ISSEVERE[YF FELT
BY PLANTATIONS
Wait Results Of Physical Esaml-
nations TO Learn What VIII
BE Heal Needs J
SHORT STATURE IS NO
a. BAR FOR FlLlPlN0S
Draft viii Affect Office Forces Of
Companies and Agencies %. ~.
.f But Not Fields -

Plantation managers continue TO
mark time and do the best they can
With the labor which Is available since
the calling out of the guard. They
are. short handed ana practically all
of the important companies are feeling
the effect of the shortages. They. are
awaiting to learn how many Of those
who departed with the cali TO colofb Of
the guard, win be returned to them
ibecanse Of physical unftness for mih'
3arv aerviee.t ~, % ~ byas q. so + l. ~
Removal by the government of the
qualification relative 10 height and the
|teonseqnenb removal Of the qualification
relative 10 hghtness of weight Of small
men, so far as the Filipino members OF
the guard are concerned, removes the
possibility Of large numbers OF this
race going back to the fields instead
Of to camp as would have been the case
had the regulations that have applied
to the guard and TO the draft else
where been applied here without ex.
eeptiOn. .eC
wait For Draft T.
Call of the draft for July /, is now
being watched and waited. Generally
lit il expected that this will not affect
the field and tile mill labor as did the
call Of the guard for under the draft
regulations, such labor has been, given
a greatly deferred classification. -. It
would only be If a lRrget percentage
than is expected of the earlier elassi-
location men are found to be unit that
further labor in any important quanti-
ties will be taken .-Ft..I'>4Y
K tits in the Office forces Of the com
panies and the agencies that the draft
will be felt. Men in clerical positions
| in such Offices cannot be classified as
essential to the industry for they. can
|, readily be replaced, the theory is, with
mensoveT tAe draft age or NTH woiaen.
,Already these Offices have fsh ths St+
feet Of the call Of the guard rfad When
the dram comes they, viii fee this ines
Guilty in filing such positions, ~ lysysrs
, where technical knowledge or sugar
growing is anot absolutely essential,
that there is in securing the requisite
labor for the cane fields. '-.,
Probable Qaotas -
The, quota for the draft has been an
nounced for all Of the Islands as Q
! group and at draft headquarters 1t II
said, that such quota includes those
who have been inducted into the guard
since their registration. This win re-
duce the number taken under the dfaft
propOrtionately. ID Is estimated there
will be taken from this island between
5000 and 1900 and from the other IL.
lands from 600 to 750! .,. .
4 Is, Thus far the percentage physically
disqualified by the examination Of the
guardsmen has even in the heaviest
cases not been more than twenty five
percent. It may be that it will run
higher among the men Of the second
regiment, this remaining to be dis
: covered, but 1t is evident the planta-
tions win not get back any very large
proportion of the men taken from
them. l.
Physical FITNESS
! When the physical examination of
the draftses is finally held on muster.
Ing in, it may be expected that On even
smaller proportion will be found dis
qualified for service for the medical
HxaminAtion which they were given be.
| fore being classified was more severe
than any examinations that were given
TO prospective g'1ardsmen and were on
n par with the examination which the
I guardsnen have been subject to since
the call came for mobilization. 49,.