Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-05
MILITARY DAY
A REGULAR AID
CLUB SUCCESS
Service and Civilian interests
Get Together Across the
Luncheon Table

Inc army ana the al cIuD got To-
gether" this noon over the festal
board, in way that will long be re-
membered with pleasure by those
present Cordial informality, the key
note of Ad club affairs, was in evil
dence. and with two generals and
many other army officers as guests.
the hand of fuller friendship was ex-
tended and heartily grasped between
service and civilian representatives
This weeks meeting was in the
nature of grand rally for the County
Fair at Schofield Barracks tomorrow.
the affair at which II is expected that
Honolulu and Leilehua vii be drawn
closer together. and at which the
army will play host to their friends
in "cits" The Ad club has had a
special invitation to be present In
force. and to direct the celebration
from the town side, and today's lunch.
con was a special army affair in com
sequence.
That the Ad Club will be represent.
ed, and we'll represented at that. in
the County Fair festivities. became as
sured today, when plans for pill
grimage of members to the highland
post were ratified. The Ad Clubbers
will form at the Young hotel at 1875
tomorrow, in full regalia, and march
to the o. r. e L. station, where spe-
cial train win take them TO Schofield
Members who are planning to motor
out have agreed to be In the line of
march to the station, In order that the
real Ad club example may prevail
The procession will be led by the Ha-
waiian band, which will accompany
the trippers to Leilehua.
Among those who fired q few vol
leys at the get-acquainted campaign
were Maiorgeneral w. II. Carter.
commanding all the troops in Hawaii.
Brigadier-general G. r. Edwards. COM
manding the LIST Hawaiian Brigade,
Colonel w. G. Rafferty,. commanding
1.-THE Coast Defenses OF Oahu, Major
e ". Smith. Cd Infantry, and mem
bers OF the AID Club.
Speaking of Hawaii, General Car
| ter said
We of the army realize that the
Hawaiian islands are Invaluable to
/ us, and an awful thing to every other
nasiOh suat ~ ST. = = 8 ~ 80 ~ S1ti
Francisco without pass. Hawaii Is
the safety spot of the Pacific Coast.
and as long as we hold 1t no other
nation on earth win dare to visit the
coast without permission. =
+ General Edwards made well
chosen talk on Hawaii, and the inter
est he had always felt In the islands,
respectable when as chief of the Bureau
lof InsuIar Affairs. q number OF .Ha.
waiian problems were submitted to
him in an advisory capacity.
President Harrington kept the ball
rolling all the time, and In all, mill.
tary day at the AID Club was big
success.
One of the chief features Of the
county fair at Schofield will be base
ball game between the 1st Infantry
and the Coast Defense team. The
game will be called sharply at o'clock
| in the afternoon and gives every pro-
mise of being close and keenly-con-
tested affair. There will be no adj
mission charged for this game.
The AID Club, the Honolulu Mer-
chants Association and other local
organizations are lending every eff
fort to assist the army folk in making
the fair a success. Everybody is
boosting in some manner or another.
Following is the message which the
Merchants Association is sending its
members:
The merchants Of Honolulu have
shown their interest in the get to-
gether' movement the army people
have instituted In their county fair,
and many will be represented by a
branch store" there.
I'm order to crown the whole af.