Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-22

either SIDE bit realized this. and
IL snked easli Individual who passed
bv maleiv In Ills heart or with clap
ping hsn4s.
" thrills vent chasing up and down
through the onIooker's frame IL was
noth'ng trst he was ashamed OF, for
deen down within him his patriotic
nchtrs was stirred 10 the core.
Hats vent off II the flag with
feeling or gratitude that IL was pass
ipg b. egain, and moist eyes were
moi lacling amcng those who watched
from the crowd. Honolulu was thank
ing iis soldier forces for making the
day success.
Cen. strong Heads eie Command
.PrIg. Gen. Frederick s. Strcng. COM
m. nder ~ the Hawaiian department.
rode for the first time at the head
of tbis command. The general rode
a derk bay horse and sat erect In his
sssdle. a typical soldier.
AZ .he general and his stair swung
into Palace square and passed the re-
yie1Ine stands, with his gallant host
of fighting men behind him, It made
a picture that can never be forgotten
"a picture OF steady. soldierly dis
ciriina md organisation as well as OF
maaestie martial movement and Drill
lipHt color.
Estimates are made that not less
then 5000 people saw the parade
FTbs 4rnpvistIonso Of the entire island
seamrA massed along the streets.
n Is estimated that between 5000
npi 7eda regulars marched in the big
narrde. nhile the total OF marchtrs
With .n- rdsnaen. naval milifiamen and
cadets rrnbably stoed near 1900.
Parade Prompt. on Time
~ $50 O'Clock precisely to the
minute as things military are done,
Brighten. Frederick s. Strong, COM
nnander OF the Hawaiian Department.
swung his horse into King street at
fts junction With River. and took his
place af the head OF the parade.
~ Dehind him rode the head officers
OF department. Headquarters. IN order
from the right &c follows: Aeut-Coi
F.aE. Lacey cher Of staff; Capt Hen
~ G. MerrIsn1, assistant to the CHIEF
81 staff: Col. James II. McRae,. adju-
tant general 1st Lieut.. Wallace G.
Philoon. aide-de-carnp; LIST Lieut. Louie
A. Beard. aide-dectulp: Col. William
p. Kendall. sanitary inspector; Lieut.
Co. James kB. Houston. department
uaartermaster: Lieut.-Col. Robert r.
Raymond. department engineer; Maj.
Herbert o. Williams, department in
sspector: Maj. joseph p. Douglas De.
nartment signal officer MAJ. Edward
( Csrpenter. department. Intelligence Of
ficer. and MAJ Charles g. Mettler, de-
pertinent ordnance officer.
Group after group the lilfeten. or.
canizations dropped into line behind,
"a pass between the deep rows Of
spectators that lined the sidewalks on
both sides from River street through
the heart Of the city and on to kapio-
LAM street
Engineers Are 10 Advance
FIRST OF the line OF niarchers as they
passed came the engineers. two COM
panies Of regulars and one Of the
national guard. forming battalion
headed by Capt. Paul s. Reinecke Of
Fort Shafter.
By plntoons they marched and three
squads to each platoon. the same for
nation followed by all the infantry
organisations.
Brig.-Cen. Charles G. Treat. COM
manding the LIST Hawaiian Brigade, OF
g shnfiei0 Barracks. rode at the head
Of his men FOR the first time ina Car
niyal parade on Oahu. his assignment
as commander at the big post being
only a few months old. Gen. Treat
was mounted upon beautiful chest
nut sorrel. Five officers Of his COM
mand rode with him al he passed.
18th Band Wins Plsudlts
Back Of these officers came the 18th
Infantry band, long famed in Hawaii
and the mainland for its music. anu
the lively airs II. played brought con-
tinned applause from, the crowds that
lined the sidewalks. 4.
Col. Samuel l. Faison. regimental
commander. rode at the head Of the
25th infantry. which came next in
/. line
And Il was applause that the 25tn
Infantry companies brought. too. as
rank after rank they marched by,
everybody efect. guns ct proper angles
over their shoulders. and free arms
swinging at sides. -
- f1tTe ouO CucIN AUOu8 Cuom COuIu
be. picked eray-haired non-commission-
ed officers, men who have spent their
lives IN the army and to whom much
credit must be given for making the
9th The crack regiment that It L.
SIND Makes First Appearanee
Il was with interest and approval
that the crowd greeted the S2nd In
fautry. Hawaii's own regiment. which
vas formed here last July as one of
the first increments under the defense
art And II was entirely fitting that
Aloha De played in march time should
Be the air with which the 32nd's band
began its march today.
At Samuel p. Lyon rode at the
bad OF this regiment. which marched
company by company In good order.
Behind the 32nd Infantry came the
Provisional Brigade, formed from the
ert Infantry ofsFort Shafter. pro-
visional regiment OF coast artillery.
S'd The LIST Hawaiian Infantry. Ma
tional Guard. At its head rode Col.
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