The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-29
West KOla Boards
Procedure .>..'''
Not COmprehended
Examiners Had Tickets Giving
Meals and Transportation TO
1Registrants and Vet Received
Financial Aid From Plantations


Financial Aid From Plantation.
With thirty cents allowed for each
reRistrant finally classified and will
transportation tickets for repistrAnti
to 20 TO and from examination places
the seleetive draft board Of H0nolnll
is az yet unable TO comprehend why Ii,
West Kona examining board had re
course 10 asking for travelling EXPENSE
for the board from the plantations II
that district.
Both the thirty-cent allowance ticket
and the transportation pasteboafdl
were sent 70 the West Kona board by
Capt. IT, Gooding Field, selectiye draf
chief, exactly, rs he sent them 10 al
other boards all Of which have mad,
use Of them as provided by the Proves
Marshal General 3 Office at Washington
THE local boards here have mad
use Of both meal and transportation
tickets, particularly in Board No. y:
district 10 bring men here for physica
Examinations from Kahuku, Laie ani
other OUTLYING places" said Captaii
Field 1.-THE West Kona board ha,
the same privilege, but we have had D.
reports, as required under the selectivl
draft board, that these permits yer,
used at all, ~ he continued. - ~ M
Some question has arisen regarding
the coDipensation paid to members o
local exemption and district boards Il
this territ6fy for work done in connec
tioIi with the selective service draft.
The arduous labors Of the member
OF these boards. necessitating earefu
and Exhaustive work, and late hours
have been. performed gratuitously, an,
with 4 splendid spirit of patriotism. 3
!" Exception, however, has been takel
by the West Kdna draft board, VIII,
unfortunately made public statemen
TO tho elect that the plantations wer,
standing their expenses. - hjsr
!" As the provost marshal general de
ponds largely on the patriotism Of tn,
members of the various exemption
boards, the Governor of Hawaii inter
viewed w. o. Smith as to the feelihi
Of one Of the agents of company D.
which Mr.. Smith was q director, ant
who was also9 a member of the Yves
Koha board on the matter Of suel
reompensatiop. This interview resulte,
in Mr., Smith informing the member o
this board that EGratuitous work will
considerable expense is sought by tn,
government. did not understand a
first that expenses paid was the poin
at issue t.
"In all cases where it would worl
a hardship to call for gratuitous ser
vices Of any of the members of the ex
symptom boards, the government ha
provided an expense allowance O.
thirty cents for each registrant who ha,
been finally classified by the Board
Repeated requests for such reckoning
by the West Kona board have beef
made from the headquarters Of the Sc
lective draft, but without response
Had these estimates. been received
there would have been, no necessity TO
this Board having to cali upon tn,
plantations to defray any part of, tray
cling or other expenses, Of its members
IL might be stated that IL has been tn,
desire Of the selective service draft Of
ficials of the territory to establish I
record for Hawaii, in the matter Of no
claiming any compensation for service
rendered by any Of the members Of it
local aud district boards" T. gs-.F
The West KOna board announce,
recently that il order to secure q prop
er arrangement for the handling o
cases in West Hawaii, with the exam
lining center at Kona and registrant
to appear before it from Kau Rnt
North and South Kona, they sent b rep
resentative to Honolulu to ask for Ger
tain compensations and privileges, d
cha rrnnnI that - would ha NJ, tmtnaf
ton upon registrants to compel all O
them to go to Kona, giving up two o
three days work time, while the auto
mobile expense would be heavy. l
was announced that the request wa
turned down, whereupon, it was report
Ell that plantations had offered to aid
as a patriotic effort on their part, tn
patriotic officials of the district.
Now, Captain Fold explains that tn
West KOna board had both meal anC
transportation tickets. A bunch o.
men could be rounded up and with I
transportation ticket, take an automo
bile and go from one section Of tn,
coast to Kona, and then return. Tn,
amount would be entered upon tb,
ticket and paid from Honolulu upol
Vided for the care Of the men whil'
en- route.
Captain Field says that large mum
bers of tickets have been used on Qahl
by registrants issued by the local boards
The tickets were originally provided
for mobilization purposes ard Thu
word, wherever it appears, is markec
out. 1t is possible that in the event o.
early mobilization of Hawaiian regis
trants, these transportation and mea
permits are here in such quantitiei
that they will be used, also for the orig
inal purpose.
1t was reported yesterday around thC
streets that 5000 men are TO be calleC
into the Island draft, but this was moi
confirmed at either army headquarterl
or the selective draft headquarters
The rumor was based on another thai
the army department is preparing snp
plies for the draft quota, or in prepar
alton for troops that may be called
from other places and sent to Hawai-
for training. No credence is placed in
this report at either headquarters.