Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19
last opportunity they would have of form
ally foregatherfng with their colleagues.
Casualties to Report

The trip to Marshall Hall was quiet and
orderly. with no, casualties to report The
dinner was served in the big pavilion over
looking the river, with all the doors and
windows on the water side open to the
gentle breeze that was stirring. The hall
was decorated with festoons of American
flags, interspersed with the tricolor. Gen.
Humphreys was the POSTMASTER. and as
grand paramount earabao led the. herd 10
water and back as often seemed to-Se
necessary. 1t may be said that the cara
bao is a beast built without pores in his
hide and he has to drink frequently. There
is rurnor in army and navy circles that
this is why he was chosen as patron saint
of the order. But this has no place in the
chronicles of the day,
Gen. Humphreys arose for his initial re-
marks with a formidable array of notes.
He said that speeches were not conducive
to the we'll being of the order and there
would be but set speech and. that he
proposed to deliver himself. At this there
was noticeable shade of disappointment
on the brows of number of members who
had come primed for the OCCASION: but
1t developed later that the paramount cara
bao'S notes were a handful of blank paper,
and while he restricted himself to six min
uteS in the matter of time. he called on
representatives of all the branches of the
service to say something They confined
themselves at the most to seven minutes,
and so everybody was happy.
Bombinero in Demand.
Throughout the dinner there were loud
calls for the bombinero. He is the pump
man who waters the carabao and his mo-
tons are like the previous question in par
liamentary proceedingsthey take prece-
dence over everything else AT intervals
the company broke into song. The aver
age carabao is noted for his vocal excel
lence, there being more good music in the
order and more good ragtime banquet poetry
than in any other order extant.
The pet song of the order is the soldiers
song. 1t runs:
I'm the land of dopy Dreams happy peaceful
Where the bolo man is hiking night and day,
Where TagaIos steal and lie and Amercanos die
There you hear the soldier sing this evening lay:
D. d, d the Filpinos. crosseyed kaki-
pck ladrones,
Underneath the starry flag. civilize 'em with a
And return us to our own beloved homes" =
This to the tune of Marching Through
Georgia" is effective when sung by an able
bodied chorus. There are more verses, all
of them to the point, the concluding one
being as follows:
Social customs there few, all the ladies
And the men do things the padres say are
But the, padres cut no ice. for they live on fish
and rice,
Where you hear the soldiers sing this evening
Remarks by the Guests.
Gen. Humphreys called on former Sena-
tor Thurston, who was of the guests,
and Mr.. Thurston spoke briefly but effec-
lively. He said he wanted to say the right
thing in the shortest way. and his situation
reminded him of the story of the man in
New York who asked the policeman the
quickest way to Bellvue Hospital. The
policeman replied It's over to tn corner
beyant ven CO. t. tn saloon there. That s
Casey's, an there's good crowd there.
Sthick yer head in the dure an yell IT.
hill wild the pope YEN be in BeIlvue
quick, in tn emergency ward"
By way of saying the proper thing and