The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-20
EFFECT IS
Lent TO CORTEGE
Military and Naval Participation
Well Planned and SpIendidIy
d Carried Forward .,..

Arrangements for the participation
and the actual participation of the
military and naval organizations in tbt
ceremonies Of yesterday lent much tC
the dignity aud effectiveness of the
ceremonies following the funeral serv
ices in the throne room. Those arrange
ments were perfectly made and were
as perfectly carried out.
Long before the funeral services Ia
the throne room commenced, all Homo
lulu was on tiptoe waiting for tho
order that would send hundreds npoT
hundreds of men and women, soldier
and sailors, girls and boys, patriots
all, on their way from the former pal
ace grounds out King Street to Nuu
anu and the mausoleum where the body
of Liliuokalani, the last crowned heat
of Hawaii, was to be laid TO its ina
rest.
The organization Of the military anc
naval forces in the order in which
they were 10 march in the mournfu
procession, under the command o
Colonel Carnahan, Twenty fifth lnfan
try, was carried out by Major Charlie
II. Bonesteel, who had been detaile
by departmental order for those duties
Though arduous, these arrangement
were carried out in an efficient man
ner, and when the command to marrl
was given the procession moved in per
feet smoothness. r..
Military Bands Ready
Equipped with full marching order
both the military and naval force
were grouped In the Waikiki end o
the capitol grounds shortly before MIN
o clock. Colonel Carnahan and hi
staff occupied position adjacent T.
the main drive so- rs to be ready +,
lead the way when the parade move
off. Immediately behind was thu
Coast Artillery Band, and then in OF
der, squadron of Fourth Unite,
States Cavalry, under the command o
Major Khiel; a battalion of First Heh
Artillery, commanded by Captain lr
win; the Second Infantry Baud, an
the Second Infantry troops, under reg
mental commander Lieutenant COlonc
Bowles; a detachment of U. 3. Marine
and U. s. Navy, commanded by Lieu
tenant Tuttel, the Coast Artiller,
Band, detachment Of Japanese blue
Jackets, under Lieutenant Commando
+. Goto; and provisional battalio}
of National Guardsmeh fr- Hawai-
loa, under the command Lieut.. Coz
Gustav Rose.
The $50 japanese marines, who were
assembled on the extreme left of tn
palace grounds, attracted considerable,
attention as they went through variou
movements when being assembled -
early morning. They, too, were equippe,
in full marching order and arrange
in three sections commanded by Lieu
! tenants s. Fuiimura, T. 0gura aud NJ
| Ijuin, Remarks eulogistie of the ELI
cheney Of the sous of Nippon wer'
made by Colonel Carnahan to the com
manding officer. when the troops wer
brought to attention. This Is believe
to be the first occasion on which de
tachment Of Japan s forces has born,
arms in Hawaiian Territory.
The other military organization
which participated in the progression
were: the Kamehameha School Cadets
Punahou Academy Cadets and Honolu
In Military Academy Cadets. Thes
were formed just outside the main er
trance to the palace grounds becaus
of insufficient space inside. In all ther,
were approximately 800 unifOTme'
men in the procession. tAa