The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-07-07

brought out the shells. On the cruisers
the guns were manned and swung, those
on the starboard side of the Kent being
pointed directly out, while the starboard
guns on the Challenger were trained to-
ward the naval station grounds and al
most directly at the American saluting
battery.
The town whistle blew for twelve
clock, and an instant later the first
gun of the American battery was fred,
the signal to the Englishmen to start
their salutes Immediately following
the first gun at the naval station, sig
nal flags fluttered down from the fore
mast of the Kent and instantly rapid
fire gun barked, the first gun in what
may become known as historic salute
to the American flag. Then a string
of signal flags fluttered down on the
Challenger and a port gun barked.
Then the air was rent with the crack
of the rapid fires, while great clouds
of smoke enveloped the big ships until
caught by a land breeze to be blown
toward the sea.
Gun after gun was fred. Now it
was starboard, now port, now two guns
banged across the dock where the two
vessels were moored. Then a gun on
the Challenger missed fire and another
gun was manned quickly while the
missing discharge was taken up by an
other gun already primed.
1t was a patriotic tattoo, the new
drum-beat of closer alliance of Amer
lea and Britain, tattoo which blotted
out all Misunderstanding of hundred
and more years,
Suddenly the cry "Cease Firing
sounded from the ships even above the
din of blazing gans, and Immediately
all firing ceased as quickly as it had
begun, for so well timed was the firing
that the salute of each was ended
almost at the same instant. Sixty
three guns had been fred, thrice TWEEN,
ty-one, the national salute, and of these
the British visitors had fred forty-two
A Gay Ball.
The roof garden of the Young Hote
glittered with varicOlOred lights, Will
red, white and blue predominating
forming n brilliant setting for the ga,
crowds which gathered there to do tn,
final honors for Uncle Sam Is birthday
The Hawaiian band gave a patriotic
concert, the airs being British, Ameri
can and Hawaiian,
At nine O'Clock the hundreds o
guests-a cosmopolitan throng-includ
ing Americans, British, Chinese, Japa
nese, sons aud daughters of Portugal
Spain and Russia, German and French
were received by Governor and Mrf
Frear, others in the receiving line beinl
Secretary OF the Territory Mott -Smit
and Mrs. Mott.Smith, British Consul Il
g. =. Forster, Japanese Consul GeneTa
uyeno, TigadierGeneral Mae0mb,
3, A., Mrs. Macomb, Rear'AdmiTl
cowles, u. s. NJ, Mrs. COWles, captai
) FarquhaT Of the British cruiser Ken
! and Commander Jethson OF the BIRTHS
! euiser Challenger, A. l.. q. Atkinso
! introduced the guests 20 those Teeei'
/, ing The line stood before q lnFge ia
! which WAS stretched across one side Z
the mauka ball pavilion The formal
] ties over, Hawaiian orrhesiTas stations
! in each NJ tho ball rooms, played q Nv
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