The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-09-29
CONQUERORS
II OF SPAIN
National Veteran Tells
Of the Local Cam
paisners.

The initial issue of the National
| Veteran" new monthly Journal iden-
titled with G. A. r. and Spanish Wal
Veteran interests, contains the follow
! Ing news relative to Theodore Roose-
welt Command No. 249, Spanish wal
| Veterans of Honolulu, and sent by one
of the members:
In February. 1902, n number of the
veterans of the Spanish wal
came together at the call of Captain
Otis OF this city with view of organ
ization. and filed application with the
| Spanish-American War sVeterans for
| charter, etc. After several months
delay and the expenditure of some lit
| tie money in supplies and correspond
ence, the charter was secured. and
| what promised to be a thriving camp
was instituted. After waiting nearly
one year from our initial application
! we found that 1t was next to mat
| ter Of impossibility to secure from the
| national headquarters either recogni-
ton to our correspondence or supplies
for the camp. Feeling that we were
| In position to have a strong and per-
manent command in this city. the men,
bers of the same decided that 1t was
| advisable to abandon their relations
| with the Spanish American War Vet
| Grams, and transfer our allegiance to
| the Spanish War Veterans. After
some little correspondence, this end
was finally accomplished and the COM
mand was duly mustered in by the I'M
| dersigned, as mastering officers.
The officers of the new organization
consist Of j. X. Brown, Jr,, commander,
formerly corporal in the Ohio Volun-
teers Light Artillery; J. II. Flynn, first
lieutenant, formerly of the Second Uni
ted States Volunteer Engineers; j. w.
f.. Miller, second lieutenant, formerly
of the Second Oregon Volunteer Infan-
try; II. NJ. Tucker adjutant, formerly
sergeant Second United States Volun-
teer Engineers; w. b. Dods. quarter
master, formerly of the First Troop
Utah Cavalry; ]. l.. Benoit, sergeant
of the guard, formerly of the Califor-
mia Volunteer Infantry.
Under the efficient services of the
new officers and the assistance and
courteous treatment given by the Off
GERS of the national army, the command
has steadily advanced, both in the in
terest of the members and in the
strength of numbers. One of the
downs, which we regret to record and
at tne same time reel III our uuty TO 40
so, Is the unfortunate loss of a very
large proportion of the members by
their permanent removal to the states.
Although the strength of the command
has increased, at the same time the
loss through this cause has not only
been serious, but has dampened the
ardor of those who remain behind. The
number of recruits mustered in at the
regular meetings has averaged even
beyond our most sanguine eXpecta-
tions: at the same time the loss from
the above cause has fully, If not more,
than equaled the gain in new recruits.
We, however, trust that, as time goes
on and the country adapts itself to the
American ways and methods that this
difficulty will be removed and that we
may see it n possibility for very
large number of the veterans to make
their homes with us.
AT the present time the command has
n hall furnished and devoted entirely
to the use OF the comrades.
At the last meeting of the command
the undersigned was appointed histor
ian of the command.