Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-01
Japanese Sing War Song
In Chorus or 1000
Voices
CONSUL AND CAPTAIN
EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS
WRESTLING. FENCING AND MUSIC
FEATURES or RECEPTION
GIVEN ON Bows
FIELD

The sons of Dai Nippon celebrated
in great shape the welcome festival
given In honor Of the officers and men
OF the Anegawa. Captain Hanabusa.
accompanied by 50 officers aud 200
sailors. attended In a body and par.
took Of The hospitality rendered them
by their fellow countrymen residing Ia
these fair Islands of Hawaii mel. The
affair took place On the Boys Field
last Saturday afternoon nj o'clock
aud lasted until about half past nine.
Ihe grounds were profusely decorated
with naval flags and the evergreens
from our beautiful valleys. while the
strings of electric light extended ob'
IRON a high pole In the center OF the
ground to the far corners. Booths for
the wrestlers. foncers and fcas,crs had
been erected and the crowd moved
from place to place easily.
Previous to their taking seats at
the dinner table the officers. on thclt
seats supported by their men behind
them, listened to the Hawaiian quin.
tet club which was stationed on the
stand, Mrs. n. Alnpai was loudly ap
plauded as she sang one of iIawaiis
welcome songs, which was, at the re-
quest Of the reception committee, In.
terpreted To them In Japanese.
picture of the officers and men has
been taken by one OF the Japanese
photographers.
AT a given signal all were escorted
TO the table. where they were given
seats according To their ranks. Con
sui General Saito sat ut the head oi
the table, while Capt. llanabusa aud
Vice Consul Matsubara occupied tho
center OF the table. and the officers
sat around. The sailors were given
tables makai of the officers.
Rev. q. Motokawa, ON behalf Of the
reception committee and japanese sub
jects In Hawaii mel, welcomed the Wis
lting brothers with loyal and patriot.
ic speech and praised The gallant cap
tain and his men Tor their bravery In
the recent war. He was applauied
Capt. Hanabusa. ON behalf Of the Of
ficers and men of the Anegawa. thank
cd the committee for the warm recep
ton received nj their hands. Aud, ir
the name of His Imperial Majesty oi
Japan. he called for three banzais ana
everyone with bare heads stood atten'
ton while "Kimlga.yo," the national
air Of Japan. was sung by 1000 voices,
Consul General Saito In welcoming
! the Anegawa and her crew. proposed
the health OF Capt. Iianabusa.
one OF the features of the evening
was the singing by all OF the patriotic
warsong3 under the erection of Lieu.
tenants Orlta and Oguri.
The officers and men from the Ane'
| gawa were waited upon by the lOca
Japanese. representing various ocou
pations. prominent among them being
DR.. Katsuki. Dr. Mitamura, DIR. Katsu
numa. Or. kojima. DR.. Oyama. DR.. Ko
bayashi. OF the medical association
Messrs. M,irakami. KoJlma. Arai. Y
lshii, 7. Sumida, X. Odo. Kawahara
X. ono. Fred. Maxine. of the mer'
chants union: Mcssrs. Kobayashi. VA
mashiro. Kawasaki. Komeya, Haramo
to. lchlkawa. Takakl of the hotel
union; Messrs. Sega. Kimura. Tsuru
shlma, s. Ammo. OF the press. and all
the attaches OF the japanese Consul
ate.
There were speeches made during
the dinner ana the melodies Of Hawaii
added To the comfort of the sons Of
Dai Nippon.
After the dinner was over every on,
was given liberty TO visit any booth
he wanted. There were many specta
tors at the wrestling booth, as most
OF the sailors are good wrestlers. and
the fencing booth was one Of the at
fractions OF the evening. Every win
ner was given present by the judges
At 3 o'clock the men were lined ~
to the tune Of their music and the,
marched around the ground singing
their war songs. The crowd cheercd
them rs they passed the gate and
they shouted 'Banzni." In unison with
the residents of Hawaii mel.
II was one Of the largest, greatest