The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-26
.CARABAOS On
TRANSPORTS
Unique Military Order
of American
Officers.

/ Among the officers on the transport
the unique badge of the now famous
| Military Order of the Cardiac, an or
ganization which sprang up during the
| early days of the occupation of the
Philippines by the American forces.
In fact, a cara bao may be found on
every transport calling at Honolulu.
The order now contains about 1000
members, among whom are almost all
the prominent army and navy officers
who served in the Philippines dur
ing the days of the insurrection. be-
tween May 1, 1898 Dewey's Day.. and
July 4, 1902 (the date of the civil gov
eminent controD.
The society is destined to be one of
the most prominent and important of
the military orders of the United
States, and already the annual dinner
Of the order is one of the important
social events of the Washington sea-
son.
The object of the order is to pro-
mote good Fellowship among its MEM
bres, to foster high standard of mill
tary and social duty and to perpetuate
the memory of military services in the
Philippines during the early days of
their occupation.
Any person who honorably served in
the Philippines between May l, 1885,
and July T. 1902, both dates inclusive,
as a commissioned officer of the United
States regular or volunteer army,
navy, marine corps, Philippine scouts,
contract dental surgeons, naval cadets,
acting assistant surgeons and any per-
son who may have served as an en-
listed man between said dates in the
Philippine Islands and subsequently
received a commission or appointment
in any OF the aforementioned classes,
may be elected a member of the order.
The most prominent corrals of the
order are located at Manila Washing
ton, San Francisco, San Antonio Fort
Monroe and St Louis, and a new cor
raj is about 20 be organized at West
Point The insignia of the order,
which was adopted at the last annual
meeting, consists of a triangular
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ed from bar of the same metal by a
ribbon of ribbed silk in three stripes,
the two outer stripes being blue and
the inner one orange, being the colors
of the headquarters flag of the Sth
Army Corps. On the face of the
medal a perfect head of the carab ao
in gold, in relief, gives prominence to
one of the most familiar objects in the
Philippines from which the order de- |
rives it's distinctive name. The re-
verse side bears the emblem of the /!
Katipunan-the rising sun and three |
stars-the most prominent secret or |
ganization in the Philippines connect |
ed with the instruction. The bar from |
which the medal is suspended bears |
in relief fine representation of Mt. |
Arayat, most familiar object to all |
who participated in the early cam !
paigns north of Manila with Gems.
Lawton and Macarthur. A lapel but
ton which is a miniature of the medal
was also adopted.
The officers Of the order for year
ending June 80, 1906, are: Paramount
carabao, Admiral H T. 3. Harris,
paymaster general, II. S. N; patriarch
of the herd Gen. c. T. Humphrey,
quarterma ster general, U. S. A; bell
carabao, Gen. C. F. Elliott. command
er, Z. S. NJ. c.; lead carabao, Capt.
Lawson NJ. Fuller, ordnance depart
ment, L. s. A; main guy. Maj Walter
D. McCaw, surgeon, L. 5. A; winder
of the horn, Col Randolph Dickens L.
S. NJ. c.; caretonero, Commander a.
B. Canaga, L. S. N: gamboling cara
bao, Commander ]. H Gibbons, U. S.
N; veterinario, DR.. j. NJ. Heller; main
guard Lieut.. r. S. Hooker, U. S. NJ. c.