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manded by Major Dunning. The troops
from Fort Shafter were in full dress
uniforms and made particularly fine
appearance. Major Dunning and his
staff were mounted.
The marshal Of the day, E. S. Barry.
mounted on a handsome bay horse and
wearing blue sash, led the procession.
Next in order was the National
Guard of Hawaii, in command of Col.
Samuel johnson. The regiment was
led by the Hawaiian band, under the
direction of Captain Berger. Colonel
johnson and his field officers marched
at the head of the regiment, which
was armed with its new rifle, the first
time it has appeared in public since
that weapon was received.
The boys of the Kamehameha
Schools followed the National Guard.
The boys, too, were in military organ
ization and wore their gray uniforms.
There were about one hundred Of the
Kamehameha boys.
The veterans of the Civil War. the
members of George w. De Long Post
No. As, Grand Army of the Republic,
rode in a big tallyho drawn by six
horses. They all wore their G. A. r.
hats and insignia, the national flag be-
ing borne by one of their number.
There were eighteen members of the
order, veterans of the war between the
States in the tallyho.
The members of Theodore Roosevelt
Camp No. 1, United Spanish War Vet
Grams, followed the Grand Army men
in a four-horse park wagon. Follow
ing these in the procession We're car
riages containing Acting Governor
Mott-Smith, accompanied by Adjutant
General J. w. Jones; Captain Corwin
p. Rees, u. s. N, the orator of the
occasion, with Mrs. Rees: and the
members of the Governors staff.
Throughout the line of march there
were large crowds on the sidewalks,
and very great interest was manifested
in the procession.
At Nuuanu cemetery the ritual exer-
eises of the Grand Army of the Re-
public were rendered, including the
decoration of the graves of the hon.
ored dead. After these exercises the
Kamehameha boys marched to their
school. The remainder of the parade
reformed and marched down Nuuanu
to School and then to Emma. There
the military part of the parade stood
at present arms while the carriages
containing the Grand Army and Span
ish War veterans passed. Then the
veterans left their carriages and stood
at salute while the military passed
them in review. The several military
organizations then marched to their
respective places of disarmament.
At the cemetery the following was
the program:
Music-Dirge Hawaiian Band
Ritual. p r. Rider, Post Commander
Prayer H. Dickey, Chaplain
Ritual Commander
President Lineoln's Gettysburg Adj
dress. Roy Douglas
Music-'Holy City" -. Hawaiian Band
Roll Call of the Dead.
...John w Francis, Adjutant
kituai -. - .il,,
Reading-''The ship of State" sleep
Comrades. Sleep" Oongfellow). 49,.
Mrs. L. L. McCandless
Decorating Graves ..-........-..--...
Fred Turrill, officer of the Day
Salute the Dead. Observation-Disclosures.
..... Post and National Guard
Address ..........,-'.'....-. ...'-'''.''
Capt c. P. Rees, Veteran Civil War
America" ..-...--........... Audience
Benediction. Rev. d w Crane
The rendering of Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address by j. Roy Douglas, and
the reading by Mrs. L. L. McCandless,
were especially effective.
CAPTAIN REEFS GRAFTON.
Captain Corwin p. Rees' Grafton was
the feeling address of man who had
shared the perils of war with those
whose graves were strewn with flow
ers. 1t was as follows:
Commander. Comrades and Friends:
God bless the silent soldiers of the
Civil War: the noble army of heroes
living or dead, who fought "that TINS
government of the people, by the PEG