The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-30
HAIL 10 THE KING!
TURKEY At
ALL ARMY POSTS
Second Only 10 Royal Bird Was
the Cook Yesterday Wher-
ever Soldiers Are Stationed
UNCLE SANS sol DlERS
J HAVE REG Az HOLIDAY
Menus de Luxe the Rule At All
>Garrisons and Sammy Went
ToBed Stuffed and Happy

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ppttant military headgear worn in
ON Oahu yesterday, for they we're the
royal insignia Of the army cooks, and
the cooks were cooking turkey all morn
ing long and then served IL at the
stroke Of twelve to about thirteen thou
sand soldiers.
10 was an army Of men who ate the
turkey, and II was an army of turkeys
which was furnished TO appease the APP
petites Of the men in khaki, who had
been working up nm appetite for Amer
ica's most honored bird since just a
year ago yesterday.
Mighty few soldiers strayed away
from posts or barracks yesterday They
just seemed to stick around az IL anti.
Cipating an entertainment de luxe, and
IL any Of them had been allowed in
the company kitchens they possibly
would not have been any wiser, but
Just Bit more keen than ever TO stay
'hmger until the twelve o'clock mess
bugle blew. -.a |>~D, VI
Soldiers In Luck "A a.. @..tyEi
a newspaper reporter, visiting the
various posts Just to see. how Uncle
This day OF thanks, ascertained that IL
thanks to the Almighty ON this one
day Of the year appointed by the Chief
Executive Of the Nation on which to
express appreciation Of the mercies of
the year, and which owes It's origin to
the Pilgrim Fathers as set apart by
Governor Bradford, at Plymouth, .Massa-
chusets, In 1921, it was these soldiers
Early in the day, knowing full well
what was coming, il not by previous
knowledge, then by Nthe wonderful
aroma of sweetsmelIing meat and spices
emanating form the kitchen, they all
agreed with what Napoleon said about
an army. and its stomach, They also
agreed that Uncle Sam was the best
caterer in the world To his armed wards.
They likewise agreed that the army
chiefs had taken time by the forelock
and secured enough turkeys all over
the United States to have sufficient
supply for yesterday dinner In every
post of the continent, over In France,
down in the Philippines, away up in
Alaska and here in the Paradise of the
Pacific, and wherever Columbia s war
dogs are cruising upon the Seven Seas.
Han To the King N$at E&>%laT
And SO II was that when the white
capped and aproned cooks made their
appearance early in the day they were
the real kings of, the day. Few officers
had to be obeyed, for drills were post.
poned, and lucky they were, for in
the afternoon every soldier needed a
rest and woe betide the man who had
to walk sentry duty. w.. -,f.E.
Never before had soldiers liked the
barracks SO well or to be in the vicinity
of the dining room il IL happened de-
tached. The pool rooms and card rooms,
the libraries and even the dormitories
were crowded. The photographs, and
There were hundreds around the posts.
kept up a continuous grinding ont of
f6xtrots and ragtimes The player
pianos reeled on their best times and
occasionally an uleuieie' 3 strum could
be heard through the windows
The mess sergeant was also an ex-
ceediRgly popular man in each company
diuing han. II was he who, with the
cohnivance of the cooks and their assist
ants prepared the menus, and while
each menu was differeDt, merely IN the
printed makeup, 10 was nearly all the
same fine, old fashioned turkey dinner
Id every hail. 1l Il .~. .'.,' q &c.
Joy and Good Feeling
II seemed to be day Of joy and
good feeling. The newspaper man, was
conducted to each kitchen and shown
the great platters Of turkey legs and
wings and the heaps of White and black
meat, nicely sliced and garnished, He
was shown huge ,platters of potato salad
aud candied sweet POTATOES, and Gran
berry sauce and the oysters floating
around in rich hot, milk as the soup
was being prepared. 80 ... NJ
TStay and have dinner with U.S.
you II sure have the bullisst dinner of
, your, life," was the general Invitation
of the army boys to the hurrying scribe
1t was a Temptation. ST. Anthony never
had a greater, but there were many
posts to visit. t .sv D.. - los
: One post after another seemed all to
have been turned into vast kitchens
for the day, with everybody else wait
ing for that turkey, ;. 49,.
"a. "Uncle Sam provided for all our
bows handsomely, said Major Per
kins, commanding the Coast Artillery
post of Fort Ruger "The army chiefs
looked out for this a long way ahead
of time aud got turkeys to every post,
enough for al and then some to hold
, over for another meal. It's going to be
n great ThaTksgiving dinner"
MAJORS Mouth watered
The fhajor WASH y going TO sit down
NJ one OF the company tables. but he
knew exactly what splendid feast was
II be placed before the handlers of
tie big guns, and maybe he WINS a
hit Jealous. AT any rate he was pleased
Then the bugle blew at noon at Fort
Ruger, Fort De Russy, Fort Armstrong,
Fort Kamehameha, Fort Shafter and
ScRoheld Barracks; yes and even in
the places where guard detachments
have been placed on duty. There was
a mighty rush. The mess sergeants
whistled them down into their seats.
In most Of the company dining rooms
the men were confronted with souvenir
menu booklets Of the day, with covers
showing turkeys in eolors and embossed,
and old style printing. Some of the