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THE DEFENSE OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

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ASSUMED STATE OF WAR

1. THE MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF THE ISLAND OF OAHU.

1. Assuming a state of war to be impending and with the mission of the Hawaiian Department to be the holding of the island of Oahu for four months before the arrival of supporting troops, let us estimate what the action of Japan will be.  Japan knows that she owes her existence to the latest developments in the art of war she cannot hope t prevail against Russia, had she, Japan, still used the organization and methods of her traditional military policy and no system.  She knows full well that the United States will probably enter the next war with the methods and weapons of the former war, and will, therefore, offer the enticing morsel which all nations that have followed this system have done before. Japan also knows full well that the defense of the Hawaiian Group is based on the defense of the Island of Oahu and not on the defense of the whole group.

2. The Island of Oahu, with its military depots, both naval and land, its airdromes, water supplies, the city of Honolulu

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