The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-31
MEN OF AND FROM
THE TWENTIETH
Regiment Has Made History On
Battlefield and Paper-Has
Army Poet-Laureate.

One officer who was connected for
years with the fame of the Twenty
Fifth Infantry will be missing when
the regiment reaches Honolulu the mid.
die of January for station at Schoield
Barracks. That is General candy"
Burt, who before he was made brig
adiergeneral of volunteers during the
Spanish War and the instruction in
the Philippines was colonel of the 25th.
Colonel "Andy'' had his heart and
soul wrapped up in the Twenty-Fifth
Infantry and he was the idol of the
troops, and whether the Twenty-Fifth s
activities were on the battlefield or the
baseball field there was just the same
spirit of camaraderie.
One day, years ago-and it was
many years ago-whcn the Twenty
Fifth was possessed of as fine a base
ball team as could be found in the
army, it still lacked a baseman. Some
body suggested that Colonel candy"
| ill the vacancy. Andy's activities
had largely been devoted to being
chief fan for the regiments ball.
tossers, but loving baseball more than
war he was easily persuaded to don
uniform and make up the nine
| But with the dofiing of his uniform
and DOMINIC the uniform of the bah
players the Colonel lost his rank and
became one of the nine with just as
much right to kick at the umpire s de-
cisiOns as johnson or jackson or any
other member, and the fans reserved
the right to criticize "Andy'' Just as
though he were johnson or Jackson.
Andy IS time came to use the stick
and he damned out good one into
deep center and he started to run for
the first bag. He ran but he didn It
run fast enough to suit some of the
leather lunged fans.
$50 it, yuh long-legged son of a
sea-cook; go it yuh wild-eyed parsnip;
go it yuh turtle; for the love of Mike
stretch yer legs; slide, yuh moss-eaten
, has-been."
By this time 90 Andy reached third
: base and took long rest and also
: glued his eyes on the line of the
} leather-lunged shouters and opened his
mouth to say something, possibly a
} military order, but what was about
to be said was never spoken, for the
: colonel remembered that he was not
5 Colonel Burt, U. s. A., but Burt, second
baseman.
. After making his run and getting
/ score, he retired, DOTTED his uniform
: and put on his regimentals and that
0 was the last time he ever formed part
: of the team.
One day in October, 1899, while tn,
s regiment was at La Iona Church {
Q few miles outside of Manila along tn,
9 Caloocan line of breastwork which hat
0 been thrown up by the volunteers, tn,
baseball paraphernalia of the regimen
q arrived and the boxes were opened il
}. the nave of the church, which was thei
!. used for hospital and Office purposes
/. The benches and furnishings of thu
}. church had long since disappeared
!. only portion of the altar and thu
/. great Cross above it being left. TIL
front of the altar was gone and SOM
d one had made bed in it, lacking VI
q n mosquito bar across it. Across
!. field, 1900 yards wide, there was for
1. est and in this were the Filipino insur
v rectionists under General Pho Pillar,
e -year-old leader; who was lilt
/. n thorn in the side of the Americans
N General Candy was dealing on
!, the baseball outfit, telling Jackson tina
!. he ought to play in the field insteat
/. of at third, and Johnson that he wa
!. no good at first and belonged in tn
v garden, showing considerable insigh
n into the individual capabilities of tn
4 players. when some shots rang out.
Baseball was dropped and the pros
/. pect of fight even reused tn
n patients, for every mother son on tn
>. cots rose, dressed and started out t
q join the line.
There were answering shots and bugl
calls and General Andy ran out throug
, the vestry and Joined the troops VIII
!. were hurrying to line up. Through
y breach in the wall surrounding tn
:. church property the soldiers poured wit
their Krags working to get the shell
ready for use. The Filipinos, who ha,
advanced partly across the field, wer
repulsed with loss and the troops re
turned and were dismissed. In shor
time General "Andy'' finished handin
y out the baseball materials, as if shar
engagement was only a trivial incident
Regimental Bard.
Captain Steunenberg of the Twenty
It fifth Infantry, brother of the late Gov
ernor Stuenenberg, who was assassinai
ed, as it was reported, by an organize
v gang of miner unionists, recently cam
into prominence by his verses on tn
Balkan troubles, in which he poked flu
at the German military leaders. Whe
the verses were published, the war d,
. partment was aghast, for ii was bt
~ lfeved the country would face anothe
> delicate situation such as Rear AdmirG
< Coghlan created when he made hi
- famous aHochl Der Kaiser speech, i
a which he recited: "Myself-Un
NJ Gotti'' War did not break out b,
~ tween Germany and the United State
~ but there were many nervous officials a
" Washington until the apology reaehe
(. the Kaiser and Coghlan was repr
~ manded.
4. The war department has now had /
"a take some action with Captain Steiner
berg, who viii be here next month wit
his regiment.
Captain Steunenberg achieved po
y tiop OF his fame a few years ago whe
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