Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-08

Vi 1O0Sg Int AhOlC IC6A1ACASS tC6c III II
recorded as taking part at Yorktown
Va, so we may therefore know that
the entire command had been by that
time transferred to Virginia Then
follow great days: Gaines Mill, Nal.
vern Hill, the second Bull Run. Antie-
! tam, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg,
Charlottesville, and in all these the
whole of the End, less one company.
was, according to history, very much
there" While at Gettysburg, the
high water mark" of the great war.
unfortunately for their record. four
companies had been detached. SO
only companies B. c. F. H. / and X
may claim the high distinction of hav-
cling been with Meade from July to
or 1863. RaDpahannock station
comes next. then Mine Run campaign.
the wilderness. operations about
SpOttsylvania Court. house. North
Anna. Pamunky and Totopotonnv riv.
ers. Cold Harbor. Petersburg. Weldon
railroad. Poplar Spring church and
finally at BoYdton Plank road.
The list NAV fairly he Judged to be
somewhat more formidable than the
names of Leilehua. Haleiwa. Wanna
nalo or even Makapuu pass or Lucas
ranch in the bloodless camDaign Of
1913 on Oahu. and yet Il Is the same
proud old regiment and the same in
spirit. whether seen in Virginia or in
its latest field on Oahu.
Neither did the End miss the Nez
Perez campaign as it was reDresent-
ed at Baker City, Ore. on July 26.
1878. thaughsonly G and part Of X
figured in that fight.
Again G and the detachment of X
acquired the silver bands for the regi-
mental color pike In the Bannock
campaign as the two representatives
were in the two affairs with those In
dams at Big Creek. Ida. on July 90
and August 20. 1879. The last band
for Indian fights comes to the End
from the Sioux at Pine Ridge agency.
s. D.. December 20. 1890. and for tina.
occasion the whole Of the regiment
was accounted for as present, as was
the case 80 wears before at Maumee
RaDids AGAINST the same people but
OF different tribe
The silver hand for Sans;ngc = "a
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OF these battles all of the End that
was able to creep or crawl was SID
porting the embroidered blue silk reg.
mental color.
And the latest decoration came
from the multitude Of fights big and
little that the End took part In under
Otis and Macarthur nAthe Philip
pines. Marc. Catbalogan, Uson, LII.
bang and Boac are no such names to
conjure with as are Tippecanoe, New
Orleans, Chapultepec and Gettysburg,
but they represent, nevertheless, to
the regiment places and fights that
marked the courage and endurance
and fortitude Of the later generation
of sturdy, willing scrappers that were
on the rolls and returns of the End u.
s. Infantry from Marc, r. L, on Octo-
Der Is, 1900, and on through rs other
fights until San Narciso was fought
and won on February 10, 1902 Thus
runs the fighting record of what was
known on September 4, 1892, as the
! Infantry of the Second Sublegion'
and today is officially designated as
'sThe Second Regiment of Infantry.
United States Army"
The regimental motto, inherited In
all pride from the sublegion, of 'Noli
Me Tangere," means as much today
as when adopted 120 years ago; and
officers, and men from Colonel Fran
els H. French. commanding. to the
very latest arrival from recruit
depot, know that Don't tread on me"
means spirit and just anger are to
be aroused and depended upon in the
hours of necessity.
Here's to the Second! Eighty-four
silver bands tell its past. A thousand
would not limit its endeayor If need
arise!
An audit of the royal household ac-
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