The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-25
JAPANESE FIRST
I. DRAFTEE CALLED
Heads List Of Board Number l.
While Hawaiian Leads That
OF Local Board Number Q

Segito Yoshidoni, a Japanese, form
erly a resident of Honolulu, but now
at Waimea, Kauai, is the first man Of
Glass Ia of the selective draft in the
Hawaiian Islands, to be called to the
service of the United States as a sol
der, his name heading the list Of the
first twenty Ave draftees called yester-
day morning by Local Draft Board No.
l, Fourth District, of the island of
Oahu.
John Kaione Kahoe, a Hawaiian, Of
Camp No. 2, of Honolulu, is the first
man called out in the Fifth District,
Of Oahu, by Local Board No. 2, aud
win present himself at the national
guard armOry next Sunday, June 80,
and the following day will be sent 10
the mobilization camp at Fort Arm
strong TO undergo a physical test before
being declared eligible to wear the
uniform Of the American army.
i Each board mailed induction orders
yesterday to twenty five civilian draft
ees, naming June 80 as the day on
which they are all to report at the
armory rendezvous. These notices
should be received today by each ad
dfessee, and in each instance there.
lieipient will be considered by the war
department as being in the military
service from that hour and subject to
all orders.
Lists Are Cosmopolitan
The Local Board No. list, prepared
by Chairman Clarence H. Cooke, and
mailed by Miss Gross, the chief clerk,
contains a variety of names suggesting
that Hawaii is "the melting pot Of the
nations. The first name ID that Of a
Japanese; the second Portuguese, the
third an American Americana; another
ID Korean, the next a Filipino, then
a Hawaiian, more japanese, and then a
Chinese.
] Local Board No. 2's list is headed
4 by q Hawaiian followed BY an Ameri.
can, then q Filipino, Chinese, a Kore
an, Hawaiian, Spaniard and Portu-
guese, Filipinos comprise the largest
pefcshtage In both lists.
l. Local Board No. 2 also sent out in
! ductipI notices to draftees in the
Fifth District ordering them to report
at the armory on the morning of July
/. This list contains LIS names.
The selective draft headquarters
|
each morning to Fort Armstrong mo-
bilization camp, and in order to, have
a sufficient reserve on hand at all times
\ to meet additional demands that may
leone from the camp surgeon, the two
Oahu districts will Be drawn upon con-
tinually for draftees. These large
numbers will Offset the smaller nrrn-
Der of arrivals from the other islands
due to irregular steamer schedules and
Insufficient mmodations for them
1 aboard the vessels to bring over large
detachments on a single trip.
The first Of Hilo s draftees will ar
rive here Tuesday morning, July 2, and
may number about. IT'S men,
From All Walks 81 Life
The draftees come from all walks
of life. Some are, from offices in town,
and many are from plantations. There
win be walters from restaurants, house
hold servants, clerks in stores, shoe
statesmen, plumbers, railroad conduct
ots, bookkeepers, dentists assistants
and stevedores. The Smith family will
be in the first twenty five selected, this
particular one, William Smith, being a
member Of the Hawaiian Band.
The first Maui and Kauai contin.
gents will arrive here Sunday morning
and will meet with the first fifty from
this island at the national guard arm
.ory, NJ,
BrigadieT General Blocksom, depart
ment Commander, through Lieut.. Col.
H. c. Merriam, chief of staff, yester-
day issued an order naming the per.
sonhel For the seleetive draft mobili-
zation camp, with Maj Robert O. Ed
wards, Coast Artillery, National Army,
as. camp commander. Many of the
other officers have Been connected with
the same camp while the two Hawaiian
national guard regiments were being
federalized, The order Is as follows:
Mobilization Camp Order
A mobilization camp for the selec
tive draft is hereby established at
Fort Armstrong, H. T., July |, 1918,
and the following named officers are
detailed for duty at the camp as in
dicated after their respective names
and will report to the camp commun
der at eight a. H., On that date for
Edpty accordingly:
MAI Robert o. Edwards, Coast Ar
! tillery, N. A., camp commander.
Capt Archie, W. Br9wn, Adjutant Gen.
erals Department. N. A., camp ad
jutant;
First Lieut.. Charles J. Wellington,
Coast Artillery, N. A., assistant al
jutant;
First Lieut.. NJ. B. Henshaw, First LA.
waiian Infantry, N. G., U. s, assist,
ant, adjutant;
Maj. James d. Dougherty, Q. NJ. G., n.
g., U. s., camp quartermaster;
Second Lieut.. Reynold B. McGrew, See.
ond Hawaiian Infantry, n. g., t.. s.,
assistant camp quattermaster;
Maj. Charles B. Cooper, Medical Re,
serve Corps, camp surgeon and med
zeal examiner;
Maj. Richard 8. Ryan, Medical Reserve
Corps, duty at the. camp;
Maj, Arthur J. MRrkley, Medical Re.
serve Corps, duty at the camp;
Capt James II, johnson, Medical Re
serve Corps, duty at the camp;
Capt. Albert l. Stebbings, Medical Re.
serve Corps, duty at the camp;
Capt. Ephriam B. Chenoweth, Medical
Reserve Corps, duty at the camp;
First Lieut. Clyde 8. Brewer, Medical
Reserve Corps, duty at the camp;
Maj, Terry p. Bull, Dental Corps, and
his enlisted assistant, duty at the
y. camp;