The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-06
COL. RUHLEN REMEMBERED.
MERCHANTS PRESENT A TOKEN
OF ESTEEM.
The Efficient and Courteous Quarter
master Presented With a Handsome
Swiss Watch Yesterday.


master has not been permitted To leave
Honolulu without token of the high
esteem In which he is held by the bust
ness community. The merchants. when
it was announced that he was to leave
to go to Seattle Immediately got to-
gether and decided to signify the feel
ings they entertained for him by a suit
able testimonial. A very fine, hand
some gold Swiss watch was selected as
an appropriate token, and yesterday
afternoon II was presented to Col. Rub
len on behalf OF the donors by W. H.
Hoogs. 1t came as an entire surprise to
Col Ruhlen. Accompanying the pre-
sentation was the following letter:
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
September 5, 1900.
Colonel George Ruhlen,
Quartermaster, Z. S. Army,
Honolulu.
Dear Colonel:
We, the merchants of Honolulu. have,
from the very beginning of your tour
of duty in this city, been impressed
more than favorahly with the uniform
courtesy, promptness, and affabiity
with which you have transacted your
business with us, and we beg you to
accept the accompanying gift as a tok-
en- of our hearty appreciation of your
conduct, personal and official, toward
us, as well as of our sincere regret at
the approaching severance of our close
relationship with you
We unite in wishing you every pros
perity and good luck in your coming
station, and are quite sure that your
new associates will welcome your pres,
ence among them as cordially as we
regret your departure from us.
Yours truly,
w. H. HOOGs,
For Committee.
To this Col. Ruhlen replied the fol-
lowing letter: sS
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
September 9Th, 1900.
Mr. w. H. Hoogs,
For Committee of Merchants of
Honolulu, II. l.
My Dear Sir:
l desire to express through you, to
the merchants and business men of Ho-
nolulu, my sincere thanks for the beau
tiful gift received from them by your
hands today.
In the discharge Of my public duties
during the two years that l have been
stationed here it has been my aim to
secure to the best of my ability the in
terests of the United States Govern
ment, whose agent l am. Among the
duties devOlVing upon me has beer the
disbursement for purchase of supplies
and employment of services of more
lllStI SEVEN uulluIeu thousand uOlIdfS
of government funds, for all of which
my employer has, I sincerely believe,
obtained full value.
1t is very gratifying to me to receive
from you the assurance that while
actuated solely by the endeaVor to do
my duty to my employer impartiallY
and without fear. favor or affection"
1 have also succeeded in gaining the
respect and appreciation of those with
whom l have had business relations,
and for this reason the valuable token
of your regard win be cherished not
only for its intrinsic beauty and utility,
but still more because it is to me an
expression of your approval of my
methods of conducting business with
you and those you represent.
| beg you to extend to all the gentle
men my hearty appreciation of their
kindness and courtesy, as expressed in
your cordial letter and its accompany
ing gift.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE RUHLEN,
Major and Quartermaster L. S. Army.