Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-09-23
SOLDIERS OF THE SIXTIES.
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constitution amended to that
effect. | say this as one who loves
the Grand Army of the Republic"
Past Commander Il. Jay
Greene was called on as another
young comrade," and told of the
great mistake people made IN sup:
posing that in the war they had
not had any such luxurious living
as at this campfire. Forging
stories were told in illustration
Speaking of the lodging Of shells
by his colonel, in the first en-
gagement of his regiment after he
had corrected the men for the
same thing, Mr.. Greene said he
was not sorry that the visitors did
not have to work in the trenches
at Santiago or at Manila. They
we're obeying orders, doing their
duty, Just as truly by staying at
Honolulu, and there all the honor
lay.
Major Scott, introduced by
Major Chase, said this was one of
the lstter's little games. He was
always roasting him and, know
ing be could not make a speech,
now called him to make a holy
show of himself. When they
started out for service he deemed
it would take little sand, it was
hard to leave their families. But
when they had got through the
ordeal of war every man Of them
should go down on his knees
every night and thank God that
he did not have to 60 through
such an ordeal as had the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the
Republic. 1t would perhaps
have been a good thing
if SPAN had given them
two or three good drubbings.
He was not a professional soldier,
he wanted to go home, but he be
lieved that this war had taught
them a lesson. Their Legislators
ought to know, what they did not
six months ago, that they could
not build up an army in three or
four months that would be invinci
BILE. L believe God Almighty had
something to do with this war.
We cannot always wear a chip on
the shoulder. l hope the lesson
will do us good.
Chief Justice Judd, at the call
of the Post Commander, came for
ward. He thanked the G. A. r.
for having always sent him an in
vitation. When the war broke
out he was at Yale college. Hav-
ing an aged father in Honolulu
he did not enlist. 1t was more
than six thousand miles away
then, as the journey took more
than sixty days. Having had a
friend with pull he could have
got a commission, and, had the
first Battle of Bull Run been fol
lowed up with further rebel sue.
cesses, every student in college
would have closed his books and
gone to the front. He we'll re.
membered seeing regiments
march away with uniforms
more brilliant than those now
worn, and later their return with
reduced numbers, ragged, emaciat
ed, sunburnt, also the pathetic
scenes of mothers and sisters
meeting the comrades of their
loved ones who had fallen. Once
he spent week at the officers
quarters of the Army of the Ten
nessee. They seemed to fare bet
ter than some were reported to
have done in this war. Some of
them were mighty to drink whis.
ky. 1t was remarked that his
dress was like a suffers, and
hence he would be marked man
by the guerillas, but he was not
afraid. 1t had been his regret
ever since that he had not taken
part in the war. He had been a
Major of cavalry in Honolulu,
the chief function of which was to
attend the gorgeous state funerals
of former days. In that capacity
he had escorted the Duke of Ed
inburgh, getting nearer his dis
tinguished person than resident
who had announced himself at the
Dukes quarters here as "a British
merchant" only to have an order
ly say: "Ah, a British merchant
Well, put your name on the book
From what his son in the hospital
corps had written him, he thought
the war ought to teach the Nation
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