The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-01
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regiment of volunteers be sent to Ho
noIulu for garrison duty. provision
OF the order directed that the best
equipped and disciplined regiment in
General Merrians command be- Sc
/ lected
| While ii was not given to us to have
post in the glorious victory at Cavite.
TO De with those who stormed the
trenches at Santiago's heights to enter
triumphantly the captured city of
Porto Rico, and to accompany the army
OF Invasion into Cuba. with the men
who fed the fire. and those who served
the gun; with those who fought and
those who fell. ere the fight was we'll
begun in the war just ended, here in
our camps have we been daily battling
with that mighty destroyer OF all
armies-Death. Our ranks have be-
come thinned by the onslaught Of his
agents-Disease and Pestilence. That
the battle has been terrific and one
sided is evidenced in the almost daily
funeral procession seen moving slow
full dirge, SO frequently heard, seems
but to echo back the triumphant cries
of the victor
True, we have not faced the enemy
of our country in open combat on the
field of battle. But glory belongs not
alone to that organization whose ranks
have become descimated by the bullets
of the enemy, that have come SCARED
and wounded from a scene of carnage
upon which Il glorious victory-pur-
chased, perchance, at terrible cost
has been achieved, but that company,
battalion, regiment, yes army, who un-
complainingly experiences all the hor-
rors, miseries, vicissitudes, sufferings,
and disappointments incident to mill
tary camp life in war time; who have
given themselves, freely and uncondi-
tionally to their country in defense of
the flag they love, is equally deserving
of the praise and gratitude that a
grateful nation can bestow upon them
Thus it is with the First New York
Volunteers.
hC iAiV13 Ndip illGhS up tItS
have, with their beloved stars and
tripes, whose folds have never yet
been trailed in the dust of any nation,
stood ever ready and willing to sacri-
fee their lives, that Old Glory shall
continue to wave to the breezes of
Freedom, Truth and Right Thus it
was when oppressed humanity, cryi,
out from the blOod-stained land of Gu
Da for help, knocked at the door of the
nation for assistance. The men OF our
regiment responded TO that heayt-ren-
dering cry with rapidity that mace
even the other volunteer regiments of
the Empire State look upon with pride.
and admiration, which also stimulated
them to the greatest activity in re-
spending to the nations call
The First New York Volunteers
have been recalled to the states, pre-
to be mustered out, but
whether or not, they have kept their
oath, have served their country to the
best Of their ability, and their recall,
Tor camp psanitaryreasons only at a time
Wnen troops are en- route to Manila
does not have a derogatory
reflection. While in Honolulu acquafnt-
ances which ripened into friendships.
were made. A wonderful interest for
the health and welfare of the regi-
ment has been taken by the good peo-
pie of this city. Little acts of kindness
have been done which won the ever
lasting gratitude of the men, the mem
DRY of which will ever be treasured in
The archives Of their hearts.
Most tenderly have the good ladies
Of Honolulu cared for the sick men in
hospitals; taken the conyalescents in
to their homes and nursed them back
to health and strength. In fact, the
regiment is under such great obliga-
tions to the people of this city, that
time itself can never repay the debt
they owe We can but wish that or
everything done and accomplished by
the people of Honolulu for us Will be
reverently cherished by the men OF the
FIRST New York Volunteers.
RALPH H. SLEZINGER
First New York Volunteers.