The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-03
A CRUISERS
new ENSIGN
COlOrS Given U. S. S, Charleston By Dow
aSer Queen KapiOlani.

Captain Glass, delivered with an earn
est air including emotion that could
not be entirely concealed:
PRINCE DAVID AND PRINCE
CUPID:-It is with great pleasure that
| accept for the Charleston the beauti-
full flag which you present to her today,
and assure you that every officer and
man whose duty will be performed
under it's bright stars appreciates pro
foundly the kindly sentiments you
have expressed for our ship and the
nation which we serve. This occasion
is a new proof of the friendship ever
entertained by the Hawaiians for our
country; a friendship we'll understood
by all men of our profession who have
visited the beautiful harbor of Homo
lulu and found here a welcome as
warm as they could have expected in
a port of the United States.
THE people of our country have.
from the time the Islands first became
known to them, felt a deep interest in
the welfare and progress of the Hawai-
ians and many Americans have devOt-
ed their lives to unselfish efforts to
promote these ends.
lily by the Charleston, on the occa-
sion to which you have referred, and
which has prompted your beautiful
gift at this time, was due to the wish
of our people to show their sympathy
with your country in it's bereavement
and to draw closer the bonds of affec-
tion already existing.
ut was doubly appropriate that our
Hn ,Nf
should render all honor to the name
and memory of Kalakaua, whose eff
forts had been so markedly successful
in bringing about closer relations be-
tween the two countries, and whose
kindness had endeared him to all Am
erican Naval Officers.
Il trust that / may be permitted to
say that the gift of our national en-
sign to an American man-Of-war at
the present time is of peculiar interest,
as indicating the sympathy felt by Ha-
waiians with the cause in which we
are now engaged and should it be our
good fortune to carry that flag into
action no man who sees it waving over
him will fail to be encouraged in doing
his duty by thoughts of the friends
who presented it and who may be sure
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the cause of justice and honor.
1T will be my pleasant duty to in
form the Honorable Secretary of the
Navy of my country of this gift and
of the good wishes with which it is
The men of the ship were faced
astern and then began the prettiest
part of the ceremony. The old flag
was hauled down from the staff astern
and the new silk flag was hOfsted in
it's place. Then came the Star Span
gIed Banner and the strains of ''Ha-
waii PonOi' by the band of the Charl- |
eston. After his, Lieut.. Commander
raised his hand and shout |
ed: Three cheers for the American |
flag" To this there was a hearty re- |
spOnse by every one aboard. Then
came the words: Three cheers for |
Hawaii and the generous donor of the |
beautiful American flag" At this |
there were three most enthusiastic |
cheers.
The ceremony over Captain Glass |
kindly invited his guests below where |
a fine luncheon was served. During |
the progress of this Mr.. COlburn pro- |
posed the health of President McKin- |
lev while United States Minister Sc |
wall proposed that of the "Estimable |
woman who had just presented the |
ship with a flag, and who with her
lamented husband held the profound |
est respect of the American people. |
There was perhaps one thing that
escaped the notice of the majority Of
the people aboard the Charleston and |
that was the fact that. on the canvas !
part of the flag just opposite the first !
white band. was the autograph Of |
Queen Dowager Kapiolani This was |
pointed out to a few people by some |
of the officers after the ceremony OF |
the presentation of the flag.
The Princes David KawananakOa !
and Kalanianaole will this evening |
provide an entertainment for the |
Charleston people. The American |
Minister and the COnsul-General will /
be given the work of inviting whOmsO- |
ever they please.
Circuit Judge Perry was particularly !