The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-06-03
Decoration Day.

members Of the [. :. Army and Navy assembled at
the Hawaiian Hotel last evening for the purpose Of
honoring in an appropriate memories the numerous
Of those who fell in the war Of the :" Rebellion =" in
the United States. Although the affair was entirely |
impronlptu, not more than twenty-four hours
notice being given at the furthest. Vet when the
assembled vets" had seated themselves at the
banquet tables spread in the dining-hau Of the
Hotel, ii was found that forty-seven persons were
present in answer to the summons.
In calling the meeting to order United States
Minister Comley spake as follows -
Comrades and Friends We have met here TO
do honor to the memory Of our dead comrades of
the Civil War, whsse graves billow the land from
Gettysburg TO Mobile. God forbid that I. or any
one, should say anything TO revive the bitter
memories and animosities Of the war. Indeed, l
have found III my experience, as l doubt not You
have in yours. that whenever two old veterans of
the war, one a Yank and the other a Johnny Reb,
come together To talk it over they are apt TO have
fewer animOsities and more kindly feeling for each
other than some persons who looks less active part
in the war. The swords and bayonets which
crossed each other IN every battlefield OF the war
would now, in case of a foreign war, be found
ribbed i'll one solid phalaux around the glorious
dag we fought for. One and indiyisible the Union
now is, truly. Slavery is dead-the nation lives
for ever. Is not this worth marching for. fighting
for. starving for, bleeding for, and, if need be,
dying forE 1t Is 10 do honor 70 those who did die
for II that We are here tonight" Prolonged
applause.)
After a prayer b, Nj. ]. A. Cruzan. the company
partook of a COLLATION. set before them. Then fol-
lowed songs and the other exercises of the evening
in the following order
Song Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Mr..
c. II. EIdridgo.
Song by Mr.. G. y. Arnold.
Reading Cover them Over by Mr.. J. A. Cru
Fan.
Song, .. Marching through Georgia - by the Com
pany.
Mr.. Hartwell next delivered the following add
dress
Mr., MINISTER AND COMRADES:
When / was asked to come here to-day. it seemed
to me, As / knew it must have seemed to all of you,
To he just the thing to do. But l supposed there
were not over a c%orporal's guard of us TO be mus
tered in this town. Here we are, over forty in num-
Der. 1t was worth while TO meet if for nothing
else than 10 find each other out. | trust this IL
a beginning of reunions to be held here each year.
There are many Army and Navy men ON the other
Islands. Let it be known in season that we have Il
regular annual reunion, and they Will all be sure
to come. We may form some kind of q veteran or
ganization, with perhaps little formality attached
TO il. open to all who served honorably in Army or
Navy. Such an organization could no doubt aid
much. joining our townspeople here, in celebrating
the Fourth of July in a way to make glad the heart
of every American man, woman and child IN the
country.
1t is our high privilege to join each other this
evening in helping to keep fresh and fragrant the
memories of our comrades who fell in the service
of the Republic. We owe this duty to ourselves,
to our countrymen and countrywomen who reside
in these Islands, and TO those who are taking our
places in the activities of life.
There are many Americans residing here, who
came here many years before the war. Many OF
them belong to that often misunderstood and mis-
represented Missionary . party others, among
whom one always thinks of the late Captain Makee,
and our hale townsman, Mr.. Cartwright, are not
usually assigned to that particular set. Now we
want the young American men and women of these
Islands to know what a glorious thing it was &
shoulder a rifle, or carry q sabre for the Union. Dc
= You Mr.. Chairman, believe that you, or any one
| can ever obtain from mortal hand such high dis
, tinction a. that. There is a generation of younger
, people. already at the front, to whom that war Ii
nothing but history. Young men whom 1 meet IL
' daily life tell me they can barely remember seeing
. the regiments march off for the war, or hearing
. people talk of the battles. These days do not t.
V them. as they do to us, mean the condensed acting
( and thinking of many ordinary lnetimes.
III we who meet together in this country, can re
: vive the old army associations, and help to keel
alive and in tender recollection the memories o
our fallen comrades,-if we can thus help to i'm
: press upon others, especially upon younger men
n that it is a grand thing to have a country wortl
dying for, We may have cause to congratulate our
selves.
n The distinctions of rank which during the va
= were an object of honorable ambition, are now O
e little concern. 1t is at least as honorable to hav
II served in the rank and file, as anywhere else. A
L we talk of the revolutionary soldiers, we do no
II speak of them as officers, but as men. Shall W
not take pleasure in writing to the circle of friend
u at home, of this gathering of veterans L an
sure this a beginning of reunions which will be yer
satisfactory.
Mr.. r. J. Green in a few touching words spOk
of one new made grave which undoubtedly ha
that day been covered with flowers, and called o.
I! comrade ]. A. Cruzan to speak a few words i
memory of our dead comrade, James Abram daI
field.
n Mr.. Cruzan said Mr.. Minister and Comrades
In American history three names will be indissC
lubly oined-WashingtOn Lincoln, Garfield
Their memories will be cherished by every tru
" American as the choicest Of our national treasures
= Their graves Will ever he fragrant with lmmortelle'
u Our dead comade, James Abram Garfield was
!, brave soldier, a chivalrous general, a broad an
a comprehensive statesman, q genial Christian ger
~ tleman and a true American. He was an honor
America, and America loved, trusted and honOre
him. The world honOrs him chiefly as a states
n man, and here he was worthy of it's crown of prais'
IN But l wish to speak tonight of James Abram Ga
ne field, the Soldier. In two short years he won, b
at honorable service and conspicuous ability an
as bravery the position of Major General. The ma
Il who could do that had all the elements of greatne'
IL as a soldier. But duty bade him sheath his sworC
c, Had not the path of duty before him so plainly lie
I'd him to Washington as the Representative of the fl
rn nous Western Reserve and the successor OF Joshu
II. GiddinSs. | believe he would have won 4 pla'
ri in history and in the hearts of Americans as a so
.. der second to none. weigh my words, l do NJ
ms believe that the fame Of Americas Iron Duke, Uly
lie sees s. Grant, or that Of the persistent indicating
ne bic William T. Sherman, or that of the dashiI
as Phil Sheridan. would have been superior to that
IN General James Abram Garfield. But this was M
IL to be. America had other-shall / say grander-
ed work for him. He was to receive at the hands
he the American people the highest honor-the Chi
o. Magistracy. Then came his untimely death at Il
H. hands OF an assassin.-Americ loved and honore
er him while living; she wept for him, and cherish'
av his memory when dead. - Will it pay ?" said Mr.
:: Garfield to a prominent American Just before lea
tc ing Mentor for Washington; will 1t pay 20 lea
sc this pleasant home, and break up our happy HON
IL life. even for four years in the White House
,s Yes. il will, for there is where duty calls was Il
reply. \ few months later, after the agony and Il
dreadful suspense of last summer was ended, MI
sc Garfield met the sameg gentleman. Has 1t paid
: was her heart-brOken question. Yes, was Il
no answer; d" it has paid. BE fell at the post OF dut
- and henceforth the memory OF no American, II
IN even Of Washington, will be more carefully cherls
as ed in tle hearts of tbe Dasnle than that of your n
he HE husband - II W yaI said or all America
m Sons there there has been none greater, none mo
II. highly honored, none better loved, and none mo
n, worthy of it all, than our dead comrsde James A
ne ram Garfield.
he The address was followed by reading The 81
zee and the Gray given by Mr.. y. Murphy, who W
followed by DR.. Emerson with a short address
ny " the character Of Abraham Lincoln"
vs. Messrs. Il. W. Laine. A. ]. Cartwright, j.
oil McGrew. VI. Hagan, d. Simpson, ]. T. White,
e, J. Greene, w. r. Lawrence. G. II. AshwOrth,
al Il. Morrill,. J. II. Lovejoy. and others also took
he part in the proceedings. On motion OF NJ
81 Frank Godfrey a committee Of five were appoints
TO- To make arrangements to perfect a permanent O
nc ganization. and the following gentlemen compri
St the committee: His Excellency, General COml
ii. G. c. Williams, A. J. Cartwright, c. II. Eldrid
W and c. y. Arnold. Arrangements were also enter
ny into looking toward the appropriate celebration
American Independence Day. Before the meetil