The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-06
DNEY'S GREETINGS TO FLEET
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month great quarrel forgotten and
forgiven"
The sprightly bandmaster, whose
gymnastics were much observed also:
"Another band, and with it the man
of the day. He had no gold lace on
his shoulders. He had not even cock
ed hat; just the ordinary wide topped
soft blue sailor hat of the Americans,
with the Georgia. on the band of it.
But he had long silver baton in his
hand. In it'll More often than not it
seemed out of it. 1t spun and sparkied
like a carriage wheel. 1t stopped dead,
Owed, curtsied, was tossed and caught
again. -
The mounted constabulary of Sydney
are splendid body of men, but the
fiery steeds that they selected for the
day of the parade, as well as their rid
ers, were somewhat severely criticized,
as appears from this:
"Those police horsesl A mounted
policeman seems never to be so happy
as when his horse is attempting to
stand on one leg and kick three separ.
atc points simultaneously with the other
three. While the animal pranks thus
wise, the rider looks calmly into the
distance as if thinking of the message
mother gave him before lie left home q
bright-eyed lad. What to him that the
mob tear at each OTHER in frantic need
of removing their brains to safety; that
women shrek and stand on fat men g
corns; that children Fowl when their
small bones are racked in the struggle
to dodge the prancing of the 'John
Dun IS mount A procession such as
took place yesterday is no place for
those animals of fiery blood; they
should be kept for hunting down bush
rangers or some other useful occupa-
tion.''
With the hospitality that was almost
limitless, every one of the 5000 men and
officers that took part in the parade was
fed. OF this wholesale luncheon the
Herald says:
"The site selected for the luncheon,
room was on the rising ground at Mrs.
Macquarie IS Chair. The whole of the
point from the Botanic Gardens fenqe
to the waters edge was reserved for
the troops, and strong body of police
under Sub-inspector Spence saw that
none of the public intruded on the pri-
vacy of the hungry sailors.
; "When the men arrived at the point
they saw huge marquee erected over
! eight long tables loaded with mys-
: demonstrating packages. Close handy
was another tent with tables set out
with an ordinary luncheon for the Off
GERS. To the uninitiated it looked as
, if there was going to be some trouble
in distributing lunch to the three thou
sand men who were to be provided for.
The work was no sooner started, how
ever, than it was plainly seen that the
task was simple one. AS each COM
pany of sailors or marines drew up and
piled arms they were marched down
either side of the tables and told to
|, take a ca aboard box from the huge
piles available. No sooner had they
become possessed of one of these pack
cts than they were confronted with
rows upon rows of pannikins, contain
ing a stcaming white mixture. Each
, man was given one of these, and thus
I laden he was turned adrift to go where
, he liked. That was generally not very
far for he usually sat down on the
first bit of vacant spot he came to.
! The first thing he did was usually to
, loosen his belt and have sip at hi,
pannikin, which he found to contain
oyster soup, and very good soup at that
, The next thing to be done was to ex-
, anime the contents of the cardboard
box. What was found there evidently
, proved very enticing, for many smile
was noticed as the youthful Jackie
cast his eye over his box And well
might he have smiled, for an inviting
: little lunch lay before him. First were
two sandwiches of ham, tongue, or sar.
dimes, then came four-ounce slice of
, fruit cake and huge apple pie, which
had, according to the contract, to weigh
not less than six ounces, and to con
, tain two ounces of fruit. For dessert
: there was a large navel orange lying
in a tin pannikin. There was much
: speculation as to what the pannikin was
for but that was made clear by the ar
rival of number of the Scottish Rifles
and Naval Brigade, bearing bucketfuls
of coffee. As might be expected, after
their long march the men did not take
long to get to work on the boxes, and
| it was in remarkably short space OF
time the grass was strewn with empties
"The officers, as soon as they got
, their men through the tables, went off
| to another tent and partook of their
own luncheon. This was served in good
} style, butN,the enjoyment of the meal
was somewhat curtailed on account OF
i the men having to stand up to eat
! not a nice experience after being on
: parade all the morning. Still, there
was no grumbling, and as there was
J plenty of good things to refresh the
visitors they were full of thanks"
AS occurred in Honolulu, the men of
the fleet participated very little in the
, many entertainments given for them
within doors. They preferred to 90
} about and see the sights for themselves
Free transportation was given parties
of 200 on all the railways to different
, points of interest,-the Blue Mountains
, Katoomba, Bull Pass on tn, south
| coast, spot of unsurpassed beauty
Every man in the fleet was given al
some time one of these outings, lunch
, cons being invariably provided fol
them.
At picnic in the National Park the
Jackies won the lasting admiration OF
the mothers present by carrying the
, babies and small children about, giving
the tired parents much needed rest
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