The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-24

men are needed, and they must go through
a long training course. Unframed men
cannot manage these valuable guns
IF our army had been larger at the
opening of the Philippine war the war
would have been over long ago. Instead
it is hanging on and on standing army
of 75,000 or $4,000 men is not a danger In
a country of S0,e00.000 people. You Grand
Army men know after the Civil War when
a million men laid down their arms and
became citizens once more. that that was
a sufficient argument against the cry peo-
Pie raise against large army. You SOL
diers became good citizens. And men can
be just as law abiding today as in the
days after the Civil War. 1 don't believe
YOU would ever think there was danger in
having a force of 1900 or SO, zoo soldiers. L
think the acquisition OF the new posses
sicns viii be sufficient to make the in
crease in the size of our army
1.-THE Battle Cry of Freedom was sung
with vim, after which Captain Prindle,
United States Navy, responded to the
toast, THE Navy"
CAPTAIN PRINDLE'S SPEECH.
Il am not accustomed to public speak
ing Naval officers seldom are. Their
principal speechmak1ng arguments are
the big guns on their ships. They speak
for them, and the sailors stand behind
naval officer who died in endeavoring to
return from the icy seas of the north. /
have wondered why he should have been
selected to honor the post. l have
thought it may have come from the posi-
ton of these islands, surrounded by wa
ter, beautiful fresh water upon them, and
water everywhere, suggestive of the sea
and the navy. Like Judge Estee, am a
malihini. 1 must confess I was surpris-
ed to find Grand Army post established
out here 5000 miles from the scene of the
conflicts of 81. / never imagined that the
United States would extend SO far into
the Pacific ocean, but I fear the day is
not far off when we shall be called to at
tend Grand Army campfire in the city
of Picking Oaughter) or even in the wil6s
of Africa, where as one Tammany orator
once put 1t, The hand of man has never
set foot Uaughter.)
"As 1 look around among the faces of
the veterans and see the still youthful
looks on their faces, it does OF seem a
great while ago that the Civil War oc-
CURED. I think it was just thirty-nine
years ago when I sailed out of Hampton
Roads on the way to Port Royal and Fort
Sumter. / remember passing Cape
Charles, where our fleet formed in the
broad expanse of the Atlantic. The outer
lines were composed of the ships of wal
and the others were the transports Oh
the inside. That was my first experience
at sea. We sailed that day in majestic
form, and all night and the next day
Then indications of a storm arose anC
the people began to get sick. The flag
ship signalled that each vessel should
heave to- and in almost twinkling of ar
eye the square of the naval formation
was obliterated. 1t was a fearful night
and in the morning, behold, there was no
"a vessel in sight. Then our sealed order:
were opened and we found we were t.
assault Charleston.
| II speak of this to compare the navy o.
! forty years ago to that of today. Ths
Wabash was the flagship. She was 6
steady, majestic ship. Forty years have
pc ssed since then. Wooden walls hav,
given away to walls of steel. Smooti
bores have given away to the Eaagnificen
rified guns Of today. During these forty
years what an advance has been made IL
| the arts, especially in the mechanical
arts and electricity, which have become
the marvel CT the age. / wish simply Il
refer to the fact that If you wish to see
the embodiment of all these In place yo,
have only to visit the batttleship of today
| II contains the refinement of appliances
for the purpose for which 1t is built ano
| for the convenience CT those who fghi
| in It.
reference has been made to that May
morning two years ago when Admira
| Dewey sailed into 4..anila bay. The navy
my. General Sherman said, War is hell
Admiral Dewey, although not liking war
went in obedience to his orders. The crit
icjsm of the Manila bay fight is that the
advantage was entirely on the side of tn;
American fleet on that occasion. It ha.
also been said that a nearer approach II
battle was made off Cuba when Admira
S. mpson destroyed the Spanish vessels a:
| they came out of Santiago harbor. TIL.
| two sides were matched The battle wa:
not won because of the efficiency of thu
vessels or the guns, but because of the
matchless valor of the men behind the
guns. In every conflict the American
sailor has been dominant by his own force
and character as the man behind the gun
ut seems great thing to me that in
so distant a land, so distant from the
battlefelds of those early days, that We
can meet so far away from home around
a campfire, and renew the memories Of
those earlier scenes when so many of us
fought, bled and died for our country, as
CIR great. commander once said, a coun
/ try of the people for the people and by
the people," (Applause)
The patriotic strains of Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean," made a fitting close
tn Captain Prirdles address.
| In response to the toast, 'The Crane
Amy of the Republic" Rev. Mr.. Cruzar
TaXed reminiscent ard humorous by hi.
reference to the trials and tribulations O
| the soldier boys" who followed McClel
/ IAN, Grant and Sheridan for four years.
MIR. CRUZAN'S SPEECH.
1.-THE Grand Army of the Republi,
speaks for itself, especially at camp
fire" said the speaker, land there is lit
1 tie to add. The old soldier was born no
! tired, but hungry. These DID, bald-head
led and rheumatic fellows young? Oh, no
c'Thank you," said vet. in the crowd.
| Young? Well, I'm one of them / saw
the other day a joke on an old soldier
Some said he was getting in his dotag
and the reply was, oh, no, only in hi!
Ianecdotage.' These young fellows lool
back forty years to the time when thu
signal gun at Sumter called them Il
arms. They remember those days a.
they gather around the campfire tonight
Memories that some of you would Civ,
a good deal to have come up. But the,
paid price for them. Some one came u,
to veteran once and asked him abou
the copper badge of the Grand Army maj
with its little piece of ribbon. He asked
now much 1t cost. The Grand Army mai
said, Ten cents and to stand up for thre,
years to be shot at. Would you like one?
Those old boys remember the old ia
vorite song. 1t wasn't The Star Spanglet
Tanner or Columbia I'll tell the ladie.
e secret. 1t was The Girl Left BEHIND