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

charged from the militia service and
made subject to the regulations Of the
regular army. They are to be used
to garrison the islands, thus relieving
the regular army regiments that h ye
boon employed for that purpose and,
Associated Press dispatches said, win
not 60 away from the Islands. pes
patches added that drafted men will
be added but on this despatch was not
clear as to whether only enough would
be used 70 recruit the two regiments
to full war strength or whether all Of
those drafted would be used for gatri-
son purposes.
By direction of the President of the
United States the two regiments of the
Hawaiian National Guard were ordered
modified yesterday and brought into
federal service.
Three thousand three hundred men
are Affected by the order, but only those
belonging to the two regiments were
authorized to be brought directly under
war department orders. The signal
corps, engineer corps, quartermaster and
ordnance corps and the first separate
company of cavalry, at Waimea, Ha
waii, were omitted from the call, but
the majority of the men composing all
the units, except the last, were trans.
fcrred to other companies. The officers
were also transferred.
Both battalions of the First Regi-
ment, stationed in Honolulu, received
orders to report by noon yesterday, and
the. battalion located at Aiea, Eva
and Waipahu, was given telephonic or
ders to mobilize at once, and may cOhe
into the city today, reporting at the
national guard armory.
Camp At Once
BY shutdown last evening the two
city battaliOns were camped out under
pup tents in the Capitol grounds, and
strict discipline was authorized, as
strict as that obtaining in the regular
army
Men Of the second regiment, COM
poe Of hcadGuarters and first batta-
lion, on Hawaii island; second batta-
lion. on Maui, and third battalion, on
Kauai. were given wireless orders to
mobilize, and instructed to report ut
their company stations, eventually to
be brought together as battalions. and
await orders to embark for Honolulu.
On arrival in Honolulu they will pro.
coed at once to the concentration camp
At Fort Armstrong.
Report wednesday
The First Regiment will report at
Fort Armstrong before ten O'Clock,
"Wednesday morning, June 5.
Every member of both regiments,
whose name was properly listed on the
muster rolls as of Yesterday morning,
hrcamr member of the national army
NJ once.
News Spreads Fast
Mobilization news spread rapidly
through the city and caused a movement
Of officers and enlisted men toward the
armOry, where large numbers, in uni.
form, reported for duty.
The Advertiser published a MobiH
zaton Bulletin which was posted in
the downtown section, as n means to
hNstcning the spread Of the news, while
Captain Ioring MacKave, adiutant of
the First Regiment detailed Battalion
Sergeant Major Eric Burgess at the
telephone with orders to call up al
business firms to notify heads of dc
pattments to instruct employees who
we're guardsmen to report at noon. sim.
liar orders were transmitted to the
r0nntrV districts
Armorv Fips Up
Nv two clock tire armOry was well
fitted with "uardsmrn. Clerks in all
Departments wee busy completing
mn~ter rolls, and checking out equip
mrnt.
MANY Of 'hr cnmnanies. anticipating
ia" "r'Icr~ had all their personal cqulp.