The Royal Hawaiian Army, was established by the Japanese authorities occupying Hawaii after the victory in the North Pacific a month earlier. Roughly the size of a battalion, it was initially a purely ceremonial organization, though King Stanley Owana Laanui did insist that the Army receive functional weapons. Their arms mainly consisted of captured Springfields, and they were used to garrison the Iolani Palace. Much later, at King Stanley's insistence, they were allowed live ammunition for their weapons.