Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-01
DIR. EMERSON Is
CELEBRATING HIS
18th BIRTHDAY
tcontiDuedlfrOm page one)

lated on the line south OF the ffd-
xaiian Islands. and for some six
months was employed by that com.
lany in shipping guano. OF which
here was an abundance on the is.
land
In 1861 Doctor Emerson went to
Gan Francisco, with the intention OF
soing east and entering college, While
lie was in the California city an old
rfend of the family urged him to en-.
ser the institution just across the
ray which now Is known as the Uni
,ersity of California But Doctor En-.
,rson wanted to enter a school which
vas a little higher in its standard;
something a little further advanced
han the University of California was
1t that time. So he journeyed to
lew York via the lsthmus Of Pa.
rama.
When ! was making that trip on
he Atlantic" says Doctor Emerson,
the civil war had just commenced
nd we learned that pirate schoon-
r would be on the lookout for all
UGH vessels as ours which might
ross her course Well, the captain
old us that he would not be able to
light the pirate, but that he could
i've her clean pair of heels, so that
elieved our fear in no little mea-
ure."
Upon arriving in New York, Doc.
or Emerson went to Boston and, aft.
r visiting with friends and relatives,
vent to Williamstown, Mass, where
ie entered Williams College under
President Mark Hopkins. President
hopkins had a reputation in those
lays as an educator, and the stud.
nts used to refer to him as Mark,
he Perfect Man. Doctor Emerson
inferred college as a sophomore and
remained in school year. 1t was
Turing the vacation period, after ne
rad passed the biennial examination
hat he realized that there actually
vas war in the land, and that the
country rapidly was going to pieces
inder the great strain. This was In
S62 and, feeling that he could not
seep away from the war, he enlisted
IS private in the 1st Volunteer Reg
nent Massachusetts, Infantry. That
egiment had history behind It,,
lad been In several engagements, in
-luding the sPeninsular campaign I'M.
Ter General McClellan, had lost q
arge number OF men, and at that
line, was recruiting.
Doctor Emerson joined his regi-
nent at Fairfax courthouse. in Vir-7
;inia in September, 1862.
First it was training to be a sol
lier, and sthaa- 1t MS wicket duty and
marching. says DR. Emerson. When
General Burnside took command
.hings were different He wanted to
.et to Fredericksburg and to Freder-
cksburg We went"
Doctor Emerson was in the battle
f Fredericksb and there he re.
.eived his first wound He was sent
o the hospital and was released In
line to engage in the battle OF
he Wilderness. where he again
vas wounded at ellorsville. He |
ierved another term in the hospital
md then engaged in the battle OF
He was not wounded at
gettysburg, but the drinking water
vas bad and he took the fever and
gain went to the hospital While in
he hospital an old Scotch doctor tried
O. persuade him to give up the army
nd go into q hospital with him and
tudy medicine.
But Doctor Emerson thought a lit
le more of war at that time and went
Jack to his regiment The army spent
portion of that winter at Brandy
station. near the Rappahanncck. and |
hcrtly afterward Grant assumed COM
nand. There were some more fights |
lfter this and peculiar coincidence
anne to light when on the day just a
Iear after he was wounded in the
Wilderness. Doctor Emerson found
himself fighting once more on the |
anne ground. The last battle In which
lis regiment engaged was at Spott
Iylvania Courthouse and, as the three
ear term Of the regiment was about |
m il turned north and. May %. 1864, |
vas mustered out on Boston common.
After receiving his DISCHARGE Doc
or Emerson went back to Williams
,oliege where. after taking the neces
AIRY examinations, he was graduated
n 1866 with the class with which he
lHu BHbcI0u the COlICSC,fsAfC Noo 81 ous
lated with honor. received the de-
nee of A. b, and was made member
i the honorary fraternity, Phi Beta
Kappa. 1t is interesting to note here
hat every member of that class who
,ame from Hawaii we're accorded like
lonors Those students were Albert
3. LYONS. Thomas L. Gulick and jus.
in e. Emerson, brother of Doctor
Emerson.
In 1865 Doctor Emerson entered the
school of medicine where he
received excellent training under the
direction of DR.. Sylvanus Clapp Of
R. +, prominent sur
yeon After this he studied for two
vears at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons at Columbia university. n.
r. In 1869 he began private practice
IF medicine in New York City and. in
1878. was invited by Samuel G. VIII
Ter. then president of the board of
health Of Hawaii. to come hack to the
stands and take charge of the leper
at Molohai, and at the same
lime to make visits to the other
Stands Of the group in the interest Of
he board.
Doctor Emerson accepted this po-