The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-23
The GRAND ARMY POST
HAS ANNUAL CAMP FIRE
A Fine Program OF Music, EIoquence and Feast
ingJudge DoIe's Tribute to the President. !.
Comrade TerriIl's interesting Talk.

Last night was the+night of the year
for the Boys in Blue who fought in
the great struggle of '61-65. Members
of Geo. w. De Long Post, No. As, G..
A. r., together with members of the
spanish-American War Veterans and
large number of ladies gathered in the
spacious roof garden of the I. o. Q. F.
building for the annual campfire. The
hall was tastefuly decorated with
large American and Hawaiian flags. At
one end were long tables on which re-
posed large quantities of commissary
supplies toward which the veterans cast
longing eyes while waiting for the exer-
cises to begin. The lighting of the
campfire was rather late because of the
non-appearance of that necessity of
army diet, the coffee. A forag1ng party
sent after it somehow got sidetracked
and a second detachment had to be dis
patched, but finally the anxiously
awaited beverage put in an appearance
amid the cheers of the assembled null
tftude.
The army made its first attack upon
the eatables, and beans, doughnuts,
pumpkin pie and coffee disappeared in
manner that would have done credit
to the Army of the Potomac in the
Wilderness. After the refreshments
had been disposed of the company turn
ed to things intellectual, that is to say
the toast program. The first number
was an exercies entitled, The Flower of
Liberty" by Misses Marjorie Cutting,
Edna Lucas. Claire Berry, Esther
Souza and Psyche Berry. Miss Ida Cut
ting was flag bearer.
gled Banner" rendered on phono-
graph, as was all the music of the pro-
gram. DR.. \. B. Emerson responded
to the toast, THE Army He spoke
of our army as being one of the small
est in the world, yet one of the most
efficient as demonstrated in the Chinese
campaign and in our wars. After
Marching Through Georgia" had been
played, r. w. Breckons responded to
The Navy" Mr.. Breckons' speech
was ELOQUENT and humorous. During
the speech the electric lights seemed
to play hide and seek but Mr..
Breckons was not to be disturbed by
that. He spoke of the wonderful record
Of the navy and its heroes and of the
boundless debt we owe to those who
fought that the nation might live.
The photograph rendered Yankee
Doodle" and Mr.. Bruce Hartman re-
sponded to THE Span;sh-American
War Veterans" He gave a history of
the order, which was organized largely
the efforts of President Roose-
Welt and is designed to at some time
take the place of the Grand Army.
After the playing of ."Tenting Tonight
on the Old Camp Ground Comrade
Fred Terrill responded to the toast,
The Grand Army of the Republic.
He spoke as follows:
In 1882 few old soldiers met in
what is now part of Bishop & Co. :
building and organized the first G.. A
r. Post outside of the United States
a vidette in the Pacific. King Kaia-
kaua gave US cannon to put around our
plot in Nuuanu cemetery. Under the
we We're allowed to observe
Memorial day. The King gave permits
sion to the Honolulu Rifles and the
band to turn out and they always
responded. We instituted
our annual campfire and for years with
Comrade Wright and family we gather
ed on their lawn.
The G. A r. had the honor to fight |
for an undivided country. Many brave |
men before fought for the flag and