The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-21

TENTH NEE IS
Gallant Keystone
Soldiers in
Reunion.
ANNIVERSARY
OF MALATE
Honors Paid to the Dead Hero
Commander and His
Widow.

CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, July 81
This was the anniversary of the battle
of Malate, in which the famous Tenth
Regiment of Pennsylvania received its
baptism of blood and fire. The recur-
renee was observed befittingly here
today with a reunion of the eight com
panies of the Tenth-A, of Mononga-
hela; B. of New Brighton: C, of Union
town; D, of Connellsville; E, of Mt
Pleasant; I, of Greensburg: H. of
Washington, and K, Of Waynesburg
About one-half the soldiers of the vet
eran companies were here
The soldier boys played pranks gath
cred into groups and danced ring
around the rosey," rehearsed the tales
of the camp and the hardships of the
battlefield, ate, drank and made merry
in the way of commemoration They
came in their citizens clothes, but act
ed like soldier boys all day, and owned
the town meanwhile. Crowds of wom-
en- fiocked about, as when the veterans
We're ladies OF the camp kettle and
the mess pot and carried the gun and
the log
HONORS FOR MRS. HAWKINS.
1t was, withal, day of jollity. but
here and there the tears fell, as some
father, or brother, or sweetheart, or sis :
ter, remembered how one near or dear
who marched away with the regiment
now fills a grave. Among such sorrow
ing ones was Alva Brown of Vandebilt
whose son. Corporal Walter A Brown
was killed in the assault at Malate
But chief among the mourners was
Mrs. Hawkins, widow of Colonel Alex
ander Leroy Hawkins, of the Tenth
Regiment who died when the regiment
was en- route home after its glorious
record. She was accompanied by her
daughter Miss Jessie Hawkins Both
We're interested spectators of the re-
union all day. They mingled with the
soldiers, who crowded about their car
riage at the camp ground, and bowed
graciously all along the line of parade
to the cheers directed toward them
from the admiring throngs. Every
where Mrs Hawkins could see the pic
lures of her beloved husband, in win
dows, on buildings, twined with wreaths
of laurel and flags
CHEERS FOR GALLANT COLONEL.
Other distinguished persons present
were Attorney General John P. Elkin,
Adjutant General A. j. Stewart. Lieut..
Col. James E. Barnett, Senator A. D.
Boyd, Col. ]. H. Richardson, command
ant of the State arsenal at Harris
burg; Capt. w. c. Wallace of Battery
B, Pittsburg, and Major Everhart Bier
er.
From the depots, where the soldiers
We're met by Company d, of Connells-
vile. in their campaign uniforms, the
soldiers paraded to the camping
grounds. There dinner was served in
mess tents supplied by the National
Guard of the. State, and some old tents
which saw service in the Philippines
with the United States Army Al
dresses were delivered by Attorney
General Elkin. Colonel Barnett, E. G
Higbee, of this place, who spoke the
words of welcome, and Chaplain Hun
ter, known as the Fighting Pars"n,"
who was with the soldiers in the Phil
ippines.
ASSOCIATION OFF
GERS.
At the business meeting Lieut. Col |
Everhart Bierer was elected president
If the Philippine Association: vice pres
dent, Captain H. j. Watson, Beaver
Falls; corresponding secretary, Captain
Hunter, Mercer county; recording sec
'etary, Archibald w. Powell Pittsburg: |
treasurer, Major Thomas S. Crago, |