The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-06-02


lives in the defence OF the Union.
Hardly score of the veterans Of the
Grand Army participated in the Me-
mortal Day Exercises yesterday, but
the Camp Mckinley Artillery and the
Hawaiian National Guard, many of
whose members fought in Cuba and
the Philippines turned out in full
force.
The service was solemn and i'm
pressive. From the moment the pro-
cession started from the corner Of
Beretania and Emma streets until the
bugler sounded taps at the Nuuanu
cemetery the generous spirit of the
occasion was manifest.
At the cemetery were gathered the
people of many nations as well as
those who were more or less inter-
ested in the special observance or
Memorial Day, and all that the ami
versary meant. BY far the larger por-
ton of the crowds at the cemetery
were Hawaiians, and they showed
their recognition of the spirit of the
day by bedecking the graves OF de-
parted relatives with liberal hand.
japanese and Chinese were present,
as we'll as many American resi-
dents Of the city, to whom the day
has a special significance, and who
bestowed their flowers upon the
graves of the departed heroes.
THE PROCESSION.
The procession moved from the cor
ner of Beretania and Emma streets
few minutes before $3.50 o'clock, and
in charge of Chas. R. Frazier as mar
shall. A squad of police, mounted, was
in the lead, and Captain Berger with
the Territorial Band, followed. Then
came the Sixty-sixth Company, United
States Artillery from Camp Mckin-
ley, and the four companies of the
National Guard The artillery men
wore their khaki uniforms, which
contrasted effectively with the blue
and red of the guardsmen. The SOL
diers were followed by the members
OF the Geo. w. De Long Post, in carry
alls. and then came Governor Dole and
his staff, the latter in uniform. me
orator of the day, Walter G. Smith,
President Crabbe Of the Senate, Judge
Estee and other federal officials were
in carriages, and these were fol-
lowed by a large number of pri-
vate equipages. Arriving at the
cemetery the guardsmen were halted
at the entrace, and presented arms,
while the artillerymen and Governor
Dole with his staff entered.
AT THE CEMETERY.
At the small enclosure where lay
buried the eighteen heroes who
fought in the defense of the Union
the artillerymen were drawn up at the
right while the band took place just
within this line. On the left was
formed the line of Grand Army men,
barely more than score, but these
still showing that the forty years
since the war had not rendered them
helpless by any means. In truth some
of the grizzled veterans looked as II
they were as ready to respond to the
country's call ase in '61. Each We
teran carried bunch of flowers which
was used in decorating the graves Oh
their departed comrades.
Governor Dole, Judge Estee, Presl-
dent Crabbe of the Senate, Col Soper,
w. G. Smith, Secretary Carter, Mar
shall Hendry and Collector Stackable
occupied seats facing the crowd, while
chars were also placed in the square
for the accommodation of the many
ladies present.
THE EXERCISES.
After selection by the band the
program was begun with the reading
of the usual Grand Army ritual by
Post Commander r. A. Strout. w. L.
Eaton responded with the prayer, IN
the absence of l.. L. La Pierre, the
chaplain who is i'll with dengue FEVER.
Commander Strout continued the read
ing of the ritual and another selection
by the band interviewed before the
urhi follows.
WALTER G. SMITHS ADDRESS.
Commander of the Post, Veterans of
the Civil War, Ladies and Gentle
men:
The thirtieth of May is the most i'm
pressive of American holidays because
it is the most unselfish. Christmas ana
Thanksgiving bring us joy, the Fourth
of July raises our pride, but Memorial
Day receives our service. 1t is a time
a sad arrest: day when we make
pause in sordid things and go among
the graves to honor the dead of "A war
long past For us are no gifts as in the
Christmastide. no homestead cheer as
at Thanksgiving time, no fete of bells
and guns and music as on the day that
marks the nations birth. 1t is ours in
stead to gather at the graves of men
that few of us had ever known in life
and place upon them flowers of red and
white and blue, fit emblenls of the flag
in whose defence these martyrs fell
not asking, as test of worth, whether
the form beneath the sod was that Of
friend or stranger, whether the face
was white or black; whether the voice
commanded or the arm obeyed. 1t is
enough for us to know that when the
drums beat their long roll and the
buges rang their summons, these men
We're instant in the sacrifice. Standing
In this presence and with these
thoughts and amid these scenes, can
any of us say that republics are I'M
grateful? Can we utter Hamlet's sneer,
"How soon we are forgotten" No.
my friends, not more is measured here