The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-30
A LIFE SIZE PICTURE.
Donated by the Trustees of Pu-
nahou 10 the Preparatory.
The Presentation of the Late General
Armstrong; Portrait Took Place
Yesterday Afternoon.

By order of the trustees of Oahu
college, yesterday was set apart as
the day for presenting the life-sized
steel engraving of the late General
S. G. Armstrong which was do
mated by the trustees of the Puma
hou Preparatory school The
memorial exercises were held in
the school house on Beretania
street commencing at 1 o'clock.
Among those who were present
were Hon. A. S. Willis, U. S. Min
lister, and Mrs Willis, F. w. Damon,
lDOSE1SSg B 1MhRpsE8Gn r f E% f. 4,
Hosmer of Oahu college, Revs. E..
G. Beckwith and G. Nj. Hyde,
Chief Justice Judd and w. r.
Castle.
Prof. Hosmer opened the pro-
ceedings by saying:
General Armstrong; father and
mother were among the earliest of
in 1S4S the former became
Minister of Public instruction
here. General Armstrong re-
ceived his early education in the
public schools and at Oahu college.
He afterwards entered Williams col
lege from which he was graduated in
1862. The war was going on and with
his well known enthusiasm he
raised company and went to the
front. He was taken prisoner at
Harper's Ferry but rejoined his COM
days fight at Gettysberg where he led
a gallant charge, being one of
the most conspicuous of the I'M
der officers on the field. He then
became lieutenant-colonel of the
9th U. S. Colored Infantry, and
afterwards colonel of the 8th col
ored infantry. At the close of
the war, Immediately on Lees sur
render, he was commissioned briga-
dIer-general. His association with the
colOred troops apparently determined
his life work, and in 1866 he received
from General Howard the office of
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau. He made his headquarters at
Hampton, Va, and there remained
until the time of his death on May
IL, 1898.
His whole life has been devoted to
building up the Hampton Normal and
Institute, school for
the colored and Indian races. He has |
been the soul and inspiration of the |
work, and he won not only the affec- |
ton of the young people of the colored |
race, but the veneIation of the older |
people. 1t has been his practice to |
keep track of his former pupils, the |
young negroes, in their work in the |
South and the young Indians after |
they have returned to their homes on
the Western plains, and he has been
q constant source of inspiration to
them, as indeed he was to all with
whom he came in contract, and
though he has passed from among us
his influence still continues.
DR.. Beckith, the brother-in-law
and former teacher of General
next spoke a few words
On the boyhood of the General, and
old many incidents OF his school
lays. He was always at the front,
n the classroom, on the play
ground, or wherever he might be
ound. 1t is related that during one
If the battles of the recent war, :
young Armstrong was so far ahead
If his troops that he did not hear
he command of his superior officer
o retreat, preparatory to another
and when he turned
bout he found himself alone. 1t
vas characteristic of the man that
lie was always at the front or
lways a little ahead of other
nen-but never for himself, al
vays unselfsh, noble and devoted !
o the good of his fellow men.
Chief Justice Judd, DR.. Hyde,
nd w. r. Castle each spoke
ulogistic words of General Arm
trong. In conclusion the audience
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