Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-10-01
AROUND CAMP FIRE
VETERANS OF 'oI
RECALL DAYS OF BATTLE

shortly after dusk yesterday evening
there burst up brilliant illumination
The nineteenth annual camp fire of
Geo. w. DE Long Post. Grand Army
of the Republic, had been lighted. II
was massive and well .uilt pile OF
algeroba trunks and branches. making
strong and steady bonfire that con-
tinued to shed a CHEEKY glow over the
festival until its close half after 1C
o'clock.
There has always been a pathetic
side to these reunions of the wearers
OF the blue who fought to save he
Union in the sixties. On this occa-
sion there was a special element OF
pathos about the festival. fully realized
only by those who had attended for
mer events of the kind at the same
place. At last years camp fire. as a,
many previous ones. comrades and
their friends had been met. one and
all. at the threshold of his home b,
the cheerful greeting and the hearty
handgrasp Of John N. Wright, the vete.
ran cavalryman who served his tern
| as Commander OF Geo. w. De Ions
Post. Last night different speaker.
! referred to the fact. already known
to many present, that II was Conrad,
Wright's dying request that the annual
camp fire should be held at the old
place the same as II he was alive tC
be the host. Nobly. at this reunion, did
Mrs. Wright extend the oldtime hospi
tality In which she had formerly beer
the eager helper of her lamented hus
band
Or @. A. X. Comrades and their rela.
tives there were present: Post Com.
mander W. l.. Eaton and wife. Vic,
Commander C. II. Dicksy, secretar,
John w. Francis and wife. Chaplain r
Jay Greene and wife. Mrs. j. ], Greene
Quartermaster Adler @. Dietz, Louis
Adler. Fred. Turrill. W. F. williams
J. d. Conn, Thos, Carey, f. Cook. w
McCandless. Major Robinson, U, s. A.
and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Griswold
and son. Judge Gilbert F. Little. John
w. Lake. J. B. Duff. Mrs. w. H. vii.
.''S' -, ~.
Among others present were: Mist
Wnndenberg. w. II. Wright, Territor.
lai Treasurer, and wife. Senator C, l.,
Crabbe and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Bowen, Miss Bowen. Captain and Mrs.
calhoun. Mr.. and ..rs. w. w. Hall. Mr..
and Mrs. J. X. Burkett, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. McCants Stewart, Mrs. F. Bowen
and son. Mrs ID. Logan, Mr.. and Mrs,
Frank King. Miss Power. c. s. Hall,
ID. l.. Austin. Captain White, U. s. n.
and wife. Col. J. II. Soper. Miss Owens
OF Chicago. Mrs. J. II. Craig, Thomas
Fitch. Captain Pond, U. s. N. G. b.
Mcclellan, Mr.. and Mrs. Keister and
SON.
Seats for the company had been ar
ranged under the trees opposite the
side entrance to the .ouse. in the form
Of a hollow square the outer end Of
which was filed with broad tables
whereon an elaborate feast was laid.
Among the staple edibles were the pork
and beans Of the camp. but fairly
eclipsed with the luxuries Of cake and
pie unfamiliar to the fare of the tented
Held. With sociable chatter and merry
Jest the banquet was dispatched. after
which the feast OF reason and the Low
of soul began.
Commander Eaton, In opening the
exercises, said Geo. w. De Long Post
was organized on September %. 1882,
the first G. A. R-sPost outside the
bounds of the Union, since which one
had been organized in Canada and an
other In Mexico. Every year this Post
had held camp fire and. shortly be-
fore his decease, their Iamented COM
rade and past commander Wright had
requested that the memorial festival
should be held at that place. besides
which II was on his sorrowing wires
invitation they had assembled that
night.
Comrade Dickey led In singing
"Tenting on the old camp ground"
Geo. b. Mcclellan read 1.-THE Battle
Flag Of Shenandoah" and Mrs. Keis-
ter gave an original recita. lion on Our
Flag" well composed and containing
local illusions. Then the company
Gang Rally round the flag"
Army and Navy.
In response to the toast. Our Army"
Major Robinson delivered a neat
speech, proving to be clear and enter
speaker. He only regretted
that his experience In the war for the
Union was short, but 1t was because he
was not born soon enough. II was only
after he had run away from home that
his parents gave reluctant consent IN
1862 to his joining the army as a camp
follower. At the opening OF the war
The volunteers looked rather disdain-
fully at the standing army Ct 10000.
Major Robinson went on to make Il
telling argument against directors to
the late Presidents policy OF increas-
ing the standing army. II was ridi- |
culous to contend that one soldier to
a thousand OF the population was a
menace to American liberties. While !
the people were always to be counted
On for an ample body Of volunteers for
yet war had become a I
science and trained officers and men
we're necessary for the backbone of ma
'ional defense, There was no set of
men In the United States who were
more patriotic and at the same time
more Jealous Of the rights and liber. /.
les of the people than the officers Of
he army.
Marching Through Georgia" hav-
ng been sung. the toast NJ "The NAVY"