The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-15
TROPHIES Of Battle MOUNTED
BEFORE ARMY IND NAVY BUILDING

mon droit are cast upon IL
There is also another revolutionary
relic which came To Us through the
Saratoga convention Il was made b.
w Bowen in IT5s he inscription
Ant nunquan tsntss aut perfice.
appears on IL Also. The Right Hon
Lord George Sackvilie. 1t Cent and
the rest OF the principal officers of
His Maj Ordnance Following this is
-Honi soft qui mai peuse and -Dieu
et mon droir-
Another mount is one OF a pair Of
9-inch bronze mo-tars captured by our
army at Santiago de Cuba in 1885
They were cast ar Seville in 1850. The
Spanish crown. the monogram of Car
los Ill and the above date and place
of casting are cast on them They are
works of art and weigh 1880 pounds
each
Another new trophy is bronze gun
of French make. captured by our army
at Santiago in 1898 IL was east al
Douay. France. 9th July. 11iS. by
Jean Maritz. 1t is gem of bronze
work Its name is lie Farouche" (the
Fiercel: its motto. Ultima Ratio Re
gum The fieur de lis 1.-THE emblem
of the house of Bourbonl appears on
it, as il does on all guns of French
make. There also appears Louis
Charles de Bourbon, Comte Eu. Due
d'Aumale' the French crown. coat Of
arms. the motto of Louis NV. Nee
pluribus impair" and a blazing sun.
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mountain howitzer. 5-S inches cali
bre is marked Val Verde. No. g."
The name of Lit. Mccormick" and the
date. 21st February. 1862, are engraved
on il.
There is another cast iron howitzer
1-2-inch calibre. which was presented
to the Republic of Texas by Major
General T. l. Chambers.
1t has the single star of Texas cast
on it.
A ) 3-4-inch bronze howitzer is a
revolutionary trophy. The monogram
of George II and the name of R. Gilpin.
1860 stamped on it 1t is particular
ly handsome bronze casting. 1t was
ton. October II. l. a.
In another group are two ships guns
-carronades-of cast iron, 5-S-inch
calibre, made by W. Bowen in 1883.
which also came to us through the
Saratoga convention. They are with
out embellishments or records. They
are well proportional for the powder
and proiectiles used n the last cen
! fury.
There is peculiar l-2-inch bronze
rifle. A transverse section of the gun
shows the bore as hexagonal. instead
of having the ordinary lands and
groves II shows the Spanish crown
and "F de S. 1861. No. 1922" cast on
it. No further record can be found
of the gun.
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A 6 1-2-inch bronze seacoast rife.
caDtured by the army at Santiago in
1898. is handsome casting. Its name.
'Fanatico.' appears on it. also the
Spanish crown. the monogram of Car
los III and Seville. 29th May. 1779. y
but not the founders name.
On the east side of the building. at
the entrance of the Navy department
the Secretary of the Navy has placed
two very beautiful bronze guns cap
tured by the fleet under Dewey. at Ma
Mia. LIST of May. 1898. Thev are cross
ed with large anchors. One has the
monogram of Carlos Ill and was cast
at Seville. February 21 1777: the other
the monogram of Carlos " and was
cast at Manila. October %, 1889. One
is named lei Belicose" (the Warlikel
and The other "Garduna. tthe MARTINI
The names of the founders do not ap-
pear. All the guns brought from Ma
Mia bv the navv excepting these two.
have been given TO the states. national
cemeteries. etc There are now. how
ever two steel breech-loading rifles
on the wav from Manila which will
also no mounted N front of the Navy