The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-07
GIVE been takin' observations
~ o. tn lighting men o. difrent
countries durin' up-ards o. thir-


ty-five year seafarin'." remark.
ed the ancient coxswain of the cap
tain's gig TO a lot of admiring land
lUbbers in the saloon outside the navy
yard gate the other day. as he held
his whisky up to the light and watch
ed the beads form around the edges,
an. takin' 'em by an large. it's a
s'prisin thing 10 me what a small
amount o. book farnin' on tn art o.
warfare is used by EN- in these desp'rit
expedishuns nowadays.
Now. there's Aggynaldo. darned
little runt, bah accounts. with no more
objee' in life, alter he's once corralled.
than to buy. cheap jooelrey. But jes'
look at TIA nights o. troubled dreamy
sleep that cuss give our soldiers a'fore
they got i'm An, likewise. l fail TO
see as how Funston and his little pic
mic party needed any maps an draw
ms an general eddyeation to run i'm
in at last.
An, then again. them ar Beers over
in South Afriky pear to be keepin
right on a-shootin' an a-cuttin' around
among tn Britishers without ever
having read up much on tn science o.
warfare.
q mind tn time once, some years
a'fore tn late unpleasantness with tn
Spanyards. we had aboard our vessel
a little patent rangefinder for sightin'
tn big guns as was a wonder. 1t
was got up by a scholarly lieutenant
in tn service. an we used TO projec'
with il whole lot at target practice
II had lot o. glasses an thumscrews
an gillguys about it. an they had to
be consid able focusin' an sightin'
done, but after gettin' certain bearins
an figurin' tn matter out you could
get tn range down to gnat's eye. Tn
targets We used to knock over by tn
aid o. that ar rangefnder KEEP tn
ships carpenter swearin' mad all tn
time
well. | was transferred to tn re-
ceivin' ship here in tn yard long be
fore tn Spanish war, but some O. tn
boys toll me afterwards that when the
ship got lined up with tn others out
side Santiago harbor. an Cervera's
feet comes out an tn shells got to
flynn thick an fast some o. the officers
was a-monkeyin' around the range
finder. Wen the skipper comes by an
sees 'em at it.
"'T'ell with tn rangefnder,' says he.
We amt got time to fool with that
thing. Pump it into 'em anyhow
but wat | was gettin' at was
story about army as had some ex-
perience with down on tn Chilean
coast durin' tn revolution O. 81.
was cap'n O. tn foretop in tn San
Co NJ
an we was a-fiyin' in tn harbor o. Co
quimbo. havin' just put in there two
days before from Iquique. All these
towns was then in tn hands o. tn
insurgents. an of all tn soldiers as
ever see these was the orneriest look
in Seems IS if they'd jes' been grow
ed out there in tn mountains some
where an never'd seen white man.
We'll, on tn day I'm a-speakin' of
shore leave was given an me an
Hawkins. tn engineers yeoman. an
Carlo, tn bandmaster. agreed on
hossback ride over to Serena, peace
ful little Spanish town SIX miles away
by the shore road. Hawkins an Carlo.
as you may know. was chief petty Of
fieers an on this day was rugged out
same as if it was general inspection
day. Carlo was a really gorgeous
thing to look at in his full bandmas-
ter's rig. with frogs an red tape an
monkey businesses across his chest
till he looked like a major general.
Carlo. | might say, is a queer cuss
as was picked up in Naples when
boy by tn old flagship Hartford when
she was a-crusin in the Mediterra-
mean many years ago an was made
ships bugler He could make bugle
or a cornet fairly sing You to sleep or
set you TO thinkin' about home an mo-
Their, an he gradooly worked hisself
up to be bandmaster. but he never
learned good United States language.
Likewise ne pretty nigh furgot all his
Eyetalian. an finally got SOS he could
MT talk anything very good. He had
a pair o. mustaches as fierce as a
dukes. howsomever, an if he didn't
open is mouth you'd take him for tn
O. tn forces.
s'On the occasion I'm speakin of
Hawkins was also rugged out pretty
in tn regulation chief petty
officers uniform with plenty o. brass
buttons down tn front an fine silver
S8SlEOn on Is StcENe- was tue oiltt
man o. tn party as wore tn regulation
blueiacket. but I was clean an sober
81 tn time, not havin' had time to take
much on board. an made pretty slick
appearance. | reckon
We'll. sir. we set out down tn shore
road a-humpin' along on them ar
Spanish ponies. bound for Serena an
iookin forrard to a beautiful turn al
the pulQUa cervesa. aguardiente. an
tn fandango in tn little green sum
warehouses; We could see FAR away
round an across tn bay.
Every now an then we'd pass some
o. them hayseed insurgent sentries on
III read. an when We did the cusses
would come 10 attention an saloot
Carlo s If he was IN admiral O. tn
feet Twas his fierce mussaehes as
took EN- in. | reckon. alongside o.
his wonderful bandmaster's rig. Every
time they done il Carlo r'ared hack In
is saddle. throwed out is chest. an
returned IN saIoot with fine sweep
o. his hand
They was big insurgenf camp
about three miles from Coquimbo.
seftin' back about s half a mile from
e road. an when We got opposite 10