The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-27
COL. BULLARD
ENTERTAINED
JOLLY SMOKER GIVEN TO THEIR
INSTRUCTOR BY THE NATION
AL GUARD OFFICERS.

Officers of the National Guard of
Hawaii entertained Lieut.. Col. Bull
lard, U. S. A., whose pupils in a
school of instruction they had been
for week. at smoker in the Bun
galow, on the Capitol grounds, last
night. A most pleasant evening was
enjoyed from eight o'clock until
eleven thirty, or last car time.
Splendid music was supplied by
the IN. G. H. Nigntingafes,' or "War-
blers," song and string They were
introduced by Col. J. w. Jones, adj
iutant general of the regiment and
chairman of the evening, with an al
! lusion to a newspaper paragraph
about their departure as members Of
the Guard rifle team for Camp Perry
Ohio, where, as he said, they proved
they could shoot as well as MARBLE.
Captain Berger came around with
the Hawaiian bapd, after giving the
concert at Emma square, and sere-
naded the party, concluding with
THE Star Spangled Banner
A buffet spread was served early at
quartet tables where the company
was socially engaged in cards and
conversation, and the salad and varied
sandwiches and mild beverages were
dispatched with keen relish.
Col. Billiard was accompanied by
Lieuts. Pardee and Watkins. Col
Marston Campbell, of the governors
staff. locked in at the reception stage
of the informal program Lieut.. Col.
Ziegler. Majors Short and Coyne,
Captains Camara, Thompson, Cum
Minis and Rose were among the pro-
minent hosts present.
Former Senator John c. Lane, can
didate for mayor, was the first speak
er called on, being introduced as
friend of the n. G. H. Accepting the
title he promised to continue in the
role.
Representative John X. Kamanoulu
/ Supervisor j. G. Quinn, Representa-
! tive Ella Long, Supervisor D. Logan,
Senator Chillingworth, Col. Billiard,
Can't. Keliinoi, of Maui and Lieut..
| Marcallino were called in the order
given. With one exception the local
men are all candidates for election,
and there was no lack of promises OF
practical friendship for the n. G H.
Long gave away a secret Of last SEES
sion when he revealed the existence
of House steering committee com
posed of the chairmen of the various
committees, each or whom was deter
mined his own committee should get
fair deal in appropriations. Chill
lingworth referred facetiously to the
House combination as the rule or
runin" committee, telling how it chop
ped appropriations originating in the
Senate. The main theme of the leg
islative aspirants was the need of an
armory in Honolulu.
Col. Billiards. address was the fea-
ture of the occasion. In a delightful
Southern drawl he cordially praised
the showing made by the N. G. II. of
ficers in the school of instruction. A
darby song by the minstrel contin-
gent carried him back to his parental
home in Mobile, Alabama, and a New
Mexico town mentioned by Mr.. Quinn
wa at another time his home When
he found an attendance of eighty per
cent of the Guard officers at the
: school of instruction he realized that
) there was a spirit in the body which
could not be surpassed anywhere
Moreover, eighty per cent of the
/ school had the blood of Hawaii, and
the way that all had made good
, satisfied him that the National Guard
, of Hawaii would be equal to any call
| made on it's patriotism. The talk
about being ready to die for ones
, country did not count in military
: matters. Going up to the cannon's
mouth might be a very foolish ven
} ture. What was wanted was the
knowledge of how to get the Other
= fellow opposite the cannon's mouth
and to make the enemy die for the
? good of your country
I Since the school had closed he haC
been writing his report to Washing
e ton, and he wished he could tell then
, what he said in it. He would like tt
r be stationed here, so as to be neal
= such a body of citizen soldiers as the
N. G. H. had revealed itself to him
In a separate report he was going t.
say what a splendid oppurtunity