The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-31

IuI general hoiaay. Business
U was suspended and many peO-
A pie went out OF town TO sea
side and mountain resorIs.
There was In consequence Of the lat
ter fact a less representative assem-
bly Of the public al the grave iecoT-
ating ceremonies OF the Union vete-
rams than on any similar occasion
since the day has been kept in Homo
lula or nigh II not quite twenty years.
Many fiags were displayed at halt
mast ia town and among the shipping.
Some OF the stores dressed windows.
r o. Hall & Son. Ltd, exeellei with
an artistic arrangement of National
flags. amidst which appeared portraits
Of Lincoln and Grant. At noon Ma
tional salutes were fired by the bat
tleship Oregon and the naval station
battery. Hundreds OF people repair
cd early in the day TO the cemeteries
and decorated the last resting places
OF departed kindred ana friends. Nun
anu cemetery wore a beautiful aspect,
therefore. with plots, monuments add
mounds arrayed In freshly bright
garlands. bouquets and planted flow
ers when the G. A. r. procession
reached the place.
Although all arrangements were
not fulfilled. the parade in the after
noon was in favorable comparison
with those OF former years. The turn
out OF the National Guard OF Hawaii
was most creditable, every company
in the two battallons mastering a pre-
sentahle strength.
Notwithstanding that Principal
Dyke had cordially accepted the invi-
tatiOn TO Kamehameha School for
Boys 70 participate in the parade,
neither the Kamehameha Cadets nor
the school band appeared in the order
OF procession excepting as printed in
the newspapers beforehand. The Uni.
form Rank. Knights of Pythias. by
non-appearance also disappointed puo-
lie expectation. The United States
Army and Navy were unrepresented
excepting by the firing party OF the
Sixth Artillery.
At . o'clock the parade formed on
King street opposite the headquar-
ters OF Geo. W De Long Post, G. y.
r.. with the right resting on King
street. Il did not take long to pre-
pare for moving. a matter of twenty
minutes or so. The route was by way
Of Alakea. Emma and Vineyard streets
to Nuuanu avenue and the cemetery,
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and a
squad OF the Mounted Patrol pioneer
ed the procession. the remaining com
poneuts Of which were the following:
Marshal Of the Day. Harry Wilder
with Chas. T. Wilder and Henry 8.
Easton. aides.
Firing party OF twenty men OF the
sixth Artillery. Z. s. coast defense
under command Of Sergeant Van
Eman.
Territorial band. Captain II. Berger
leader. and n. G. H. drum corps. Ma
ior W c. King. leader.
Lt-Col. Chas. ]. Mccarthy. com
manding ist Regiment n. c. H.. with
Captains W G Ashley. John Schaefer
and Thos Wall, aides.
Major C. W. Zeigler. commanding
list Battalion. with Captain c. l..
Garvin. surgeon. and Lieut. c. NJ. v.
Forster. aides.
First Battalion. Co. II. Capitals
r b. Murray Lieuts Travens and j
A. Thompsons Co. f. Capt. l. ]. Naho
r. Hipa. Leuts. ]. K Mauloa and
Thos. Kakalia: Co. A. Capt II. Klein
me. Iieuts F. A. Smith and Louis
Brandt; Co. f. Capt Sam Johnson
Iieuts J. W Short and W. Carlisle
Major J. N. Camara, commanding
End Battalion. with Captain B. H
Wright. aide
Second Battalion. Co. c. Captain
Costa. Lieuts. Costa and Gonsalves:
Co. r. Captain Elmer T. winant
fients. Reilly ana German: Co. @
Captain Chas. Wilcox. Lieuts. Rose
and Nakuina.
Geo ". be Long Post. G. A. r., il
wsConetfes
Col Thos. Fitch. orator OF the day
Acting Governor and stan and
heads Of Territorial departments il
carriages
On arriving az the cemetery gate:
the military escort opened out. iinins
either side Of the avenue. allowins
the G. A. r. veterans and their guest:
AZ honor. headed by the band and N,
firing party. 20 pass through and pro
ceed 20 the burial plot Of Geo, ". d
Long Post.
The stars and Stripes hung in /;
stiil atmosphere at halfmast from I'll
Flagstaff in the middle Of the plot
A wreath on a headstone here ans
there. with the ornamental cannon
garlanded IN white flowers and mail'
vines. comprised the decorations q
the plot. the graves being left 70
ceremonial garnishfng with flowers.
To the right OF the plot an area wa