The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-09-24
THE OLD CAMP GROUND.
REUNION OF VETERANS AT TN
DEPENDENCE PARK.
Large MISUNDERSTANDING Speeches
and Understanding To. Night"
The Remarks.

The Remarks.
The local post of the q. a. Il. had
their annual campfire at the residence
of John Wright, Independence Park,
Saturday evening. Several visiting
members of the division were present,
and large number Of friends of the old
soldiers attended and served to make
the occasion more bright and cheerful.
Mr.. and Mrs, Wright, Mr.. and Mrs.
Greene and DIR. Emerson acted as a
reception committee and met arrivals
at the door.
| After the campfire had been started
the visitors were invited in to take pork
and beans and coffee with the veteran
comrades. The feast, besides the sub
stantials above named, included all
manner of elegant cakes, pies, ETC., and
those present, old soldiers and all, ate as
though they had just escaped from
Andersonville or had eaten nothing but
hard tack for several weeks.
| After the feast Miss Rhodes, in soft,
enhancing strain, sang "Tenting To
night" the harmonious notes of the
piano and the gentle swell of the sing
er's voice hardly dying away on the
Silly night before the song was taken
up by the veterans in the grand chorus
Two verses were sung and were received
with loud applause.
| Comrade DR.. Emerson, the chairman,
then arose and in few well chosen re-
marks explained the objects of these
annual camp6res. They were called for
the purpose Of exchanging "reminiscences,
preserving memories of the great
struggle and to keep together the old
| soldiers of the late war. The G. A. r.
was not in politics. But it was a salts
| faction to know that the men who had
stood shoulder to shoulder for the
| preservation Of constitutional govern
ment in the United States were on the
side OF right and truth and good gov
eminent in Hawaii.
| The chairman then introduced Presi-
dent Sanford b. Dole. President Dole
had not expected to speak, but would
always consider it privilege and high
honor to address men who had stood at
their country's call against the foe.
Everyone honored the soldier. Even
ladies, who shrink from thoughts of
bloodshed and carnage, love the warrior.
1t is an innate faculty Of hero worship.
The world at large glories in the
triumphs OF the hero and loves the tales
OF his experiences The soldier, too.
forgets the hardships he has endured
and remembers and relates the pleasant
things. The idea OF reunions was a
good one, serving a high, noble
purpose.
Attorney-General w. o. Smith was
next introduced. Mr.. Smith thought
it unfair that he should be called upon
to address the q. A. r. without previ-
Gus notice. He had been close
student of the circumstances of the late
war in the United States. Mr.. Baine's
Twenty Years in Congress" contained
"A great deal of information upon the
subject and had been read by him with
? | inuCn Interest. he lOOheu WITH favor
upon reunions of veterans They pre-
served the spirit of patriotism in its
finest aspect. The e.. A. r.. as are true
soldiers of a | countries, are the nobil-
ity, and must command the profound
respect and admiration of all mankind.
After Mr. Smith, the old veterans
were given chance DIR. Emerson re-
lated several of his personal expert
ences. One time. in Virginia, when on
picket duty he had charged a corp of
: Confederate infantry. When due
, notice had been given the columns of
bristing steel to halt, and the COM
, mand had not been oheyed, the Doctor
banged away ana - the long, wiry
squeal of Il pig rent the air.
Comrade Il. j. Greene was next in
troduced Mr., Greene spoke at length
upon the opening of the Mississippi,
treatiHg the capture OF Fort Donaldson,
passage of Island No. 10, the fall of
Virksnurg aud the detailed triumphs of
Generals Banks and Grant in the West.
q Mr.. Green was followed by Miss
Rhodes, who read eulogy on the life
and accnml lishmenIs of General Grant.
e Mrs. w w. Hall came next and SPOKE
of her own experiences in Kentucky
and Tennessee while following nei
e father, who was at that time in the
army.
! Comrade John Wright came next and
u related several "reminiscences of the
war, az well as impressions of the un
r. pleasantness, strength of the opposition
and the part played by other powers il
the struggle.
l. AT 1920 the exercises closed with tn,
!. singing of america" by the whole as
sembly.