The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-22


tial elements of nationality the world
end is not yet. In the magnificent proc
ess of this great social evolution, the
American soldier has played an i'm
portant and honorable part. Gap
plause.) A great philosophical inves-
tigator considerably more than eighty
years ago, described the American
army as the white caps on the tidal
wave OF civilization that was sweeping
across the American continent. How
ever this may be. true it is that from
the base of the Alleghanies to the Great
Lakes and thence to the mighty rivers,
from the Mississippi to the Rockies,
from the Rockies to the sea there Is
hardly a square mile of that immense
Territory, which is now the seat of one
of the mightiest empires the world has
ever seen, but what has been dedicated
to human freedom by the blood of the
American regulars. Great applause)
Il would like to invite your atten-
ton for moment to this superb man
of simple manners, of heroic thoughts
and classical actions. Observe in mo-
ments of peace campaign, during
that psychological period which per-
haps follows pay day, this man displays
peculiarities, eccentricities, idiosyn-
cracies few believe but take him alto
gether as he stands today behind his
gun. ready to die, fighting at any time
and in any cline, that this great ma
ton may live and fulfill it's mighty
destiny, he is one of the finest products
of our civilization. Great applause.)
Reasoning with honor and sagacity
this splendid man has no doubt as to
where his duty lies, by the simple proc
ess of patriotic fervor he thinks high
and he shoots low IN behalf of every in
terest which is of concern to this Re-
public. (Applause.) And in all this
magnificent work he derives his high
est inspiration from the Nag. Gap
plause.) The flag of the American
union, the flag which is the incarna-
ton of the ideal aspiration of the
American people: the flag which is the
one focus in which we all meet with
reverential devotion. We differ in poll
tics, we differ in religion, we enter into
violent disputes in regard to the prop
er Interpretation of the Constitution,
even go to the point of challenging the
wisdom of some provision of the Sacred
Instrument; we inject largely of self
and cupidity in the transac-
tons of our daily life. but through the
sahctiiyinS ioius OIL the nag the coilec-
1--WE intelligence OF the natloh Is IN the
solulerS ana SAILORS OF the Republic.
(Applause.) BY the collective intel
ligence of the nation, I say it is led to
rise superior to any of it's parts, and
there insures the perpetuity of the Re-
Puphc' N1reat appiause.)
THE NAVY-ADMIRAL EVANS.
Admiral Robley d. Evans responded
to the toast "The Navy. He said:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Friends. T
have often repretted that sneacb-mak-
ing was left out of NV education tbera-
fore you will not expect a speech from
me. will probably he able tn tell Won
what 1 am interested in. but If I under
take to tell YOU the history of the ma
Wy it would be a reflection ,lpon YOU
because | would ONLY be giving Won a
history of your country. In the wears
long gone by we figured somewhat
on the Atlantic in the early
history of this country. with the SOL |
diers of this great Republic and in the
spread of civilization from the Allan
tic to the Rocky Maintains and we
have followed somewhat the fashion
of the day and have become exnan-
sionists, and have spread ont lately
until we have reached Manila Raw (ap-
plause) and If I am not saving any
thing indiscreet in the presence of
newspaper men we NAV extend n lit- |
tie further before we all die. (Ap-
pIauseD You can never toll what the |
North American sailor is going to do
and like his friends of the army we
are full of idiosyncracies Qaughter,. |
and If YOU keep your ewes omen next |
week YOU will see a lot of them Qaugh-
teri.
Now to be serious for n moment,
gentlemen, which is not in INV nature.
but I will try to be- I have lived
through the sail and steam period of
he navy into this present submarine. ]
decentralization period. Qauehter)
There are some men here who shall be
nameless. who belong TO the galley
period of the navy. Iaughter)
about TWENTY-FIVE wears ago. I was