The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-09-27
G. A. R.
The Annual Camp Fire

Post, No. 40, Department of California,
of the Grand Army Of the Republic, was
celebrated at the Post room, King |
street, on Saturday evening, when a
pleasant social reunion was enjoyed by |
number OF Old soldiers and their friends, |
mostly prominent American citizens. |
The board in the mess room was spread |
in a manner supposed to be synony- |
nous with the fare on which the valiant
sons Of America subsisted during the
campaign which the Post is formed to
commemorate, though the hospitality OF
the comrades induced them to add a
few delicacies wherewith to entertain
their guests, which could scarcely have
been included in the original commits
sariat department. The mess room, as also
that to which the company subsequently
adjourned, was appropriately decorated
with flags and banners, the stars and
stripes forming the most conspicuous
feature, while the national colors of Ha-
waii occupied place of honor. A de-
tachment of the Royal Hawaiian Mill
tary Band discoursed excellent music
during the evening. Post Commander
r. w. Lame presided, and was ably
supported by Senior Vice Commander
S. EicKeague, Junior Vice Commander
". II. Place, Quartermaster A. Jay
Greene, Adjutant J. F. Noble, Officer of
the Day V. V. Ashford, Officer of the
Guard J. Conn, Sergeant Major F. L.
Clarke, Chaplain J. H. Bohm, Com
rades Sherman, L. Adler, G.. H. Dickey,
w. McCandless, w. Williams, j. A.
Cruzan, j. H. Lovejoy, Terrell, L. A.
La Pierre (of Lincoln Post, San Fran
cisco), j. Ross, j. Austin, G. w. Mer-
riIl and q. w. Smith. The invited
guests included the Hon. A F. Judd,
Chancellor of the Kingdom; His Excel
lency Paul p. Kanoa, Minister of FL
nance; His EXcellency j. t. Dare, At
torney General; the Hon. w. G. Parke,
the Hon. H. M. Whitney, DIR. Gray,
Messrs. G. Castle, J. NJ Dat, Jr., III.
Hubbard, W. Unger, H. E. Avery, G.
Stratemeyer, NJ. Gilbert Up. G. ADvER-
TIsER), w. Hill ("Daily Bulletin'O and
D. Logan (''Daily Herald'D.
The repast concluded, short interval
was occupied in social converse, after
which the Post Commander took up his
GERS, comrades and visitors, and de-
livered an address of welcome to all, in
the course of which he stated that the
Post had so far enjoyed a successful
career, and was the only one outside
the limits of the United States. He
expressed the gratitude of its members
to His Majesty the King for having
kindly permitted it's formation. His
Majesty had honored them with his
presence at the last annual gathering,
and they regretted he was prevented
from doing so on the present occasion.
The kind manner in which the little plot
at the cemetery had been placed at their
disposal was a source of great gratifi-
cation to them. Though the Post OF
necessity could not continue to exist
after its present members had passed
away, he foreshadowed the foundation
of one composed of the sons of veterans,
also Women's Relief Post
The list of toasts was then entered
upon, each one being emphasized with
musical honOrs. The first was that of
ellis Majesty the King" followed by
''The Queen, the Heir Apparent and the
rest of the Royal Family" and "The
President of the United States of Amer
ica." The last named was responded to
by His Excellency G. w. Merrill, United
States Resident Minister, who expressed
the sympathy he felt with any move
ment which, like this, was calculated to
preserve the unity of the American peo-
pie. He INDUCED in little pleasantly
regarding the fare from which they had
just risen, which was very different to
what they had been accustomed to in
camp. They had often been glad to get
piece of dead horse and drink from
muddy pool. But the eating and
drinking were secondary matters. They
had stood up to maintain principle of
right between God and man, and as
Abraham Lincoln had said, it had APP
peared up to the year 1864 as if man had
the best of it. Such was his remark to
deputation who had appealed to him to
appoint day OF prayer for assistance to
the American arms He asked the dep
utation to wait one more day, and
though his remark was seemingly care
less, he knew well what he was talking
about, for the Proclamation of Emanci-
patton was already written. There were
two things which the officers and men
of the Grand Army ought to be proud of
They had preseI we'd their country intact,
and they had shown that under Al
mighty God American soldiers had pro-
claimed freedom to the world. The
speaker concluded by expressing, on be-
half of the President of the United
States, feelings OF cordial friendship
toward the Government of Hawaii.
The next toasts on the list were ''The
Governor of Oahu" and ''The Amer
lean Army, Navy and Volunteers" His
Excellency j. T. Dare responded to the
latter in speech both eloquent and