Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
VETERANS HONOR
GENERAL BELL
Members of Old 36th Greet
'' Former Commander on Il
-,,,., $500, Arrival of Logan. ~, !,

Wnen tne ITdHSpOll lSo6dh az ifSp
at Manila, Major General j. Franklin
Bell received warm welcome
from 1.-THE veterans of the old
Seth, in command of which the new
commander of the Philippines saw
active service during the Days of the
Empire in the Philippines.
Elaborate preparations were made
for his reception by the men who
served under him in those campaigns
of a decade ago and who still remain
in the isles of the East and call them
home.
Louis bingham, chief of Manila's
fire department, was quartermaster
sergeant of the old regiment. Lieuten-
ant James NJ. Petty of Company OF
the goth won his first bar in the 36th,
| Major Winnie Grove. of the informa-
ton division of the constabulary also
served in the Seth as did large num-
Der of other Manilans.
The way tue General was met and
| the way he greeted the Both men,
many of whom he called by name az
ter an absence of ten years, is told in
Manila daily as follows:
The reception on the bay accorded
to General Bell by the 36th and the
veteran associations worked like a
clock in spite of the case of smallpox
aboard the Logan that afforded nearly
nearly two days of solid guessing as
to when and how the General would
reach Manila.
Four launches composed the fiotilla
that met the Aguila in holiday dress
and flying the flag of the division
commander at the breakwater and
accompanied her to the transport
dock. The first launch, under Major
Grove of the constabulary, had
aboard the constabulary band under
Captain Loving, the second held near
ly two score men of the 36th, with
Major Bishop, Captain Steere and
Chief Dingman of the 36th executive
committee, both launches flying the
flag of the Seth, the third launch, UNI
! der Mr.. Wilson's leadership, had 9
! strong delegation from the Army Of
! the Philippines, while the fourth
| launch under Mr.. Jno. E. Enright, de-
| partment commander of the Veteran
Army of the Philippines, carried it'
quota from that organization. AS thu
. little flotilla ranged alongside thu
= Aguila greetings were, exchanged will
: fthe General, the band, on the way t
! the dock opened with Hail to thu
Chief and then came Garry Owen,
the regimental march of the 7th Cav
airy, and, as it's well remembers
| strains were borne on the mornin
breeze to the Aguila great shou
| led by the General, went up in recog
milton of the compliment, the Gen
erals first service having been wit
| that noted regiment. Following cam
/ my Old Kentucky Home" an
Dixie" (the General is from Ken
| tucky) and when Dixie" was playe
the veterans took their turn with
mighty shout
| The Aguia and the veteran
launches locked simultaneously o
| opposite sides of the pier; but, be
| fore the veterans were fairly on tn
dock Captain Davidson, the General
l aide, met them with a message frol
| him that he desired to meet his oil
men of the S6th They accordingl
formed line, with the veteran asst
Citations on their left and the Gener;
passed down the line with heart
grasp of the hand for each, frequent
calling his old mems names befol
they could be announced. Not unit
he clasped hands with every 1851
man as we'll as the men of the We
eran associations was he satisfied
then was heard again the spirite
music of Garry Owen" followed |
three great cheers and a tremendol
tiger-and that was the conclusion
how the 36th welcomed their believe
chief, and how the veterans honort
the big hearted soldier who has a
ways made good