The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-31
rebfessated With st6sif ihstitul
tons and organizations, 4
N1PPONESE IN LINE h

rade when from the Waterfront
came the quick blate ofaa bugled
march as the Nipponese blue
jackets of a cruiser Of Japan,
swung into position, the sun
burst flag making a brilliant dash
of color above their white uniforms,
and almost at the same instant Amer
lean blneiackets, marching with n
heavier tread but fewer and longer
swing, In renr of vanguard Of ma.
rines in khaki, took up a position Op.
.posite them, and directly in front of
odd Kawaiahao Church, significant of
THE harmony existing between the
iEreatest nations of the Occident and
the Orient,
I Mingled with these organizations
were America g veterans Of the Span
ish War and the Foreign Wars, some
aTrayed as they were twenty, year
ago. once more bringing to light the
almost forgotten uniform of that day
.--dark blue, coats and sky blue. irons.
ers--with "U. s. w. upon the col
lars, telling the story Of splendid serv.
Pc against Spain and the Filipino in.
snTrect0s.
Boys Of, 'e1
But, all these melted into a militant
background when two automobiles
slowly took place in the waiting line,
filled with old men, soldiers OF nearly
sixty years ago, who went to battle
fronts as young m0nS rs young as the
thousands Of men who yesterday
marched in khaki and carried maya
zine rifles, but men who then carried
muzzle londiHg guns. and were rs ia.
miliar with the thrust Of the bayonet
as the soldiers Of today are endeavor
ing to become. ,p.a.
Their cay -or marching has long
been over There was day When
they marched down Pennsylvania Ave
nue., expltant and. full of .viRor, ON
their way to the "frOntn, and four
years later when they again MARCHED
along the same avenue as veterans .
of four years service. They marched
afterward, year after year as members
of"the Grand Army Of the Republic.
until age set its seal upon them.
But yesterday only a handful gather
ed to do honor to the day that il
tyPically theirs, for it was a day when
they remembered their old comrades
who are sleeping their last sleep upon
the Old Tenting Grounds.
On the oldtime George w. belong
Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
which was so long, through various
kingly reigns in Honolulu, a eonspicu
Gus organization, only FIVE men report.
ed for duty yesterday, wearing their
black campaign hats, and proudly upon
their breasts the G.. A. R. emblem. Their
little rOll-call of yesterday was as fol
lows:
j. c. Cannon, l.. L. LaPierre, d. B.
Newell, Peter F. Dubois and George
Washington Smith.
Another AUTOMOBILES contained an
other handful-A. Richley, W. J. Con.
ger, NJ. A. Perry, b. $. Denison James
A. Clemcnce aud J. p K. Morelock and
Jesse Jones.
. Just twelve men of the armies which
fought for the Union in lS6l-lS65!
Soldiers Of Today
| tBuS al around them were evidences
Of the militant might of America,
Thousands of regulars passed and re-
passed. There were white Americans
and cOlOred Americans, but nearly all
young men, sturdy, muscled and strain.
ing at the leash to be at the front
There were Boy Scouts, the soldiers of
tomorrow. 1t was all the makeup of an
International parade, typical of Homo
lulu $ intermingling race harmony.
That it was essentially a military
parade was evident when infantry and
cavalry, coast artillery, bluejackets and
marines took up assigned places, short
ly before ten clock, for exactly al
ten clock Col J. w. Heard, U. s. A..
grand marshal of the parade, raised his
hand and bugle sounded the order tC
get into motion. ColQRel Heard and his
staff, mounted, moved from the makai
entrance of the Capitol Grounds, pre-
coded by platoon of mounted police
Two automobiles swung into line al
this point, the. first containing the Gov
ermor and his aide, Captain Leslie
Thompson, N. G. H., and the second
Brigadier General A. p. Blocksom, U
8. A., commander of the Hawaiian
Department, and his aide, Lieut. Chaun
cey Cleveland, I. r. c., followed by
members of his staff, Including Lieut.
Col. Henry c. Merriam, u. s. A., chief
of staff; Major James d. Dougherty
Q. NJ. R c., and Captain A. Brown, l
r. c.
Came then the commander of the
First Hawaiian Brigade from Scho
field Barracks, Colonel Earl Carnahan
of the 25th Infantry, and staff, follow
ed by the always popular s5th Infan
try band, playing patriotic air, with @
good marching swing to it.
Infantry Marches
Company after company, and batta
lion after battalion of the big 25th In
fantry regiment filed along, receiving
applause as they marched. Here and
there would be burst of applause as
an "island boy, wearing the bar of O
lieutenant came by in command of q
company. The regiment turned Out
practically all men that could be rellev
ed from garrison duty, and as it is one
of the largest of the regular army regi
ments, it made an excellent showing
Even the mountain guns, packed OF
the backs of mules, were in line.
Following the 25th, came the 32nd
Infantry, "Hawaii's Own, for the
32nd was born in Oahu a few years age
when the army was increased, com
manded by Lieut.. Col. Harry Blasland
Its colors bear the insignia of the Ter
ritOry Of Hawaii Throughout its length
muny familiar facos Wara saon % NOR.