The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-10
VETERANS TO GET .
Governmental
0NG. A. R. JOURNEY
Those In Federal Service May
D Draw Salaries Except On
g Encampment Dates
UNITED STATES MARSHAL
~ RECEIVES COPY OF ORDER
Exhibit of Many War Relics Fea-
ture Of Coming Meeting
" At Capital

Civil War veterans who are employees
of the government may attend the
forty. ninth annual encampment Of the
Grand Army of sthe Republic at Wash.
ington, September 81 to October 2, on
leaves Of absence as long as necessary,
while en- route to and from their homes,
with pay, but not on the six ,encamp-
ment days, under the order just signed
by President Wilson and promulgated
by Attorney General Gregory. ...,r. .
The order, an official copy of which
was received here yesterday by United
states Marshal Smiddy, is as follower,
ut is hereby ordered that all
veterans of the Civil War in the
service of the government Of the
United States who desires to at
tend the Grand Army encampment
to be held in Washington, d. c.,
September % to October 2, 1915,
shall be granted leaves of absence
without pay, in addition to the an.
nual leave provided for by statute,
from September 20 to October 3,
inclusive, that they may have the
opportunity to attend the encamp-
meHt, and that they be granted
-" mar" more days additional
leave with pay in each case as are
necessary for the journey to Wash
i""t"" and return to their posts Of
duty"
W." Celebrate Review
Fifty years ago the battle SCARED
"St"r"ns Of the Union army marched
down Pennsylvania avenue. Lee had
surrendered; the war was over; they
we're about to be discharged and return
tc their homes, which many had not
soon since the war began. They were
ing reviewed by their hero, President
inroln. IT was the celebration Of the
North's victory and the downfall Of
"the lost cause. -
Some of that large body of troops
u-hrch Marched down Pennsylvania ave.
nue. most of them young men and some
lows. and all of them tattered ard
'rri. will march down the avenue again
this year in CONNIE Inoration of the re-
view. Many will not march. for there
40 not many left of that host in blue,
hut the majority of those who did
r,'"~ oh and are alive will be in the pa.
rade.
Museum to Have Exhibit
And there will be another thing that
will recall to these "bovs in blue "
the old DAYS. The National Museum
has prepared an exhibit of flags, wea1-
ons, uniforms and other relics of the
0"eat war that is expected to be seen
bv evP~y veteran who attends.
From Sumpter to AppomattOx the
4 /. ~ q
ranv records, the most unusual of
which is bullet riddled stump, which
tells the story of Spotsylvania Court.
hou'P
To the old soldier who had his share
n that battle. the stump means some
thing more than so much dead wood
We saw it a giant oak, spreading its
shade over Confederate intrenchments
Tut he can see it now as il was when
cut down bv musket balls during an at
tCmut to capture the works.
Belongings of General Grant will be
shown shoulder straps, buttons. hat or
namcnts and epauletes, grouped in thu
order in " hirh theyi were canned. There
- a war trimmed uniform WHICH looks
rs If it had gone through more thar
enough to earn the. "gold -fringef Ppau
let's Of the general of the army which
blaze in a gorgeous heap nearby. .,
sherman Statue Feature
Though the equestrian statue OF
Grant will rot be completed in time fol-
oncnmrmcnt. bronze Sherman on q
bronze strcd will figure in the coming
review. The museum also shows the
service sword used by Sherman at Shi
lob and a breastpin made of buttons
from the uniform he wore on his marcel
to the sea.
They, are war flags that carry a thrill
in each frayed stripe and furnished
! star. From the garrison standard
lowered at Fort Moultree in 1860, wher
Major Anderson and his comman'
evacuated that post to occuny For
Sumter. to the flag raised at Richmond
in 1868, each powdet-marked, bullet
tE"n emblem represents chapter OF
J 'onal history written ip indelibl'
T. white and blue.
A reunion of the Union Light Guard
which was the bodyguard of Presiden
: Lincoln for two years during the war
is planned in Washington during thu
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