Evening star., 1932-02-28
CARABAOS REVEL
At SD AWALLOW'
Military Order of Philippine
:Insurrection Days Makes
Merry.

AIHlu HOplCdl SIccIlcly, DdLiiUOO dAlu
palms, reminiscent of the days of the
Philippine Insurrection three decades
ago, the Military Order of the Carabao
staged its thirty-second annual Wal
low" last night, during which Gen
Douglas Macarthur, chief of staff of
the Army, was installed as grand para
mount Carabao.
A program abounding with satiric
trayestieS upon their adventures of the
past, gentle irony at the present and
the probable absurdities of the future,
caused the men who liberated the Fill
pinos to forget the unpleasantness of
that service, reViving only memories OF
that which was beautiful and amusing
Addresses were made by Secretary OF
Navy Charles Francis Adams, Senator
George H. Moses of New Hampshire.
Representative Carroll L. Beede OF
Maine and Gen. Macarthur, but, as
custom prohibits reporters being pres
ent. no record of their remarks are
available.
Hot Time in Old Town"
Immediately upon the opening of fes-
tivities at the Willard Hotel. members
of the Carabao and visiting "hombres"
were brought in contact with the at
mosphere of the Philippines. Upon
entering the banquet hall they were
greeted by the strains of Hot Time IN
the Old Town Tonight" faVorlte OF
the old days and regarded by the Fill
pinos of that period as the national
anthem of the invaders. funeral
cortege carrying the sarcophagus OF
Depression" brought up the rear OF
the procession into the banquet hall.
After a toast to President Hoover, OIL
fered by Gen. Macarthur, the assembly
sang Star Spangled Banner. followed
by columbia, the Gem OF the ocean,
with the original third verse, which has
been expurgated from modern school
books, sung as follows:
The wine cup, the wine cup bring hither
And fill ye it fuH to the paim; u,i,bs,
May the memory Of Washlngton ne er Wltner
May the service united ne'er sever
But hold to their colofs so true
Officers Installed.
After an impersonation OF Gen:
George Washington as commander OF
the Revolutionary Army, by James Otis
Porter, newly elected offlcers were IN
stalled by Col. Joseph NJ. Heller. Med
ical Corps Reserve, U. S. A, the grand
lead and wheel Carabao. DR.. Heller
decorated Gen. Macarthur with the IN
sigma Of his ofice as grand paramount
Carabao.
Other officers installed were: Grand
natriarch of the herd (flrst vice COM
mander), Col Reynolds j. Burt. q. S. A;
grand bell carabao Second vice COM
mander), Rear Admiral Frank b.. Up
ham. U. S. N, grand councillor OF the
herd third vice commander), Col:
Harold c. Reisinger, U. S. M. C.; grand
jefe de los banos dourth vice COM
mander), Mai. Gen. Kenzie w:
Walker. U. S. A. retireO; grand
iefe de los bebidas (fifth vice COM
nander), Col Henry H. Sheen, U. S. A.;
grand jefe de los cargadores sixth vice
commander), Col. A. owen Seaman,
U. s. A.
Main guard, Col. John P. Wade,
U s. A: winder Of the horn, Col. Harry
N. Cootes. u. S. A.. carretonero, Brig.
Gen. Hugh Matthews, U. S. M. C.;
gamboling carabao, Capt. Edward II.
wilson, u S. N; veterinario, Maj. Gen.
Robert U. Patterson, surgeon general
Directories de fiesta-Col Leartus ].
owen, US A.; Maj, Richard D. La
Garde, u. S. A.
in the field)-Mai Gen. James G.
Harbord, U. S. A., New York City;
Col, Row Pearse, U. S. A., Minneapolis,
MINI; John T. McCutcheon, war cor
respondent, Chicago. nl.; Martin Egan,
war correspondent, New York City; Col.
John r. r. Hannay, U. S. A, San
Francisco, Calf; Col Frederick
Palmer. U. s. A., New York City; Ed
ward w. Harden, war correspondent,
New York City; George Ade, war cor
respondent, Brook, Ind; Maj: Gen;
Matt A. Tinley, N. G., Iowa, Council
Bluffs, Iowa; Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell, late u S. A., Middleburg, Va;
Capt H E, Stafford, U. S. ", Manila,
p. l.; Mai. Burton ]. Mitchell, late
U. S. A., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Economy Song.
Then followed a song typifying the
warning of the administration to keep
estimates within the budget, wherein
the departments were advised:
"You gotta =.
Pare down, brother, pare down, brother,
II you want to stay in.
Take your schooling, no more fooling,
Bear it, brother, and grin.
You may think in millions, but your
ice is thin.
You gotta
Pare down, brother, pare down, brother,
If you wan to stay in"
Mahatma Gandhi was then discov-
cred on the stage in one Of his silent
moods operating a spinning wheel
which was agitating a battered cock
tail shaker. This was brought to the
attention Of the "Bambinero," chief Of
recreation and refreshments, as usurp-
ing his prerogative. and to quiet the
indignant carabaos the 'Bombinero,"
after pleading for peace, harangued
them after the manner Of Mark An
tony concerning the virtues Of his
dear departed old friend and compan-
ion, Bug juice" Removing the shaker
from the wheel, he said:
shall this precious symbol of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness,
Be desecrated by becoming a shaker Of
smelly goats milk?
Shall its untarnished tradition be
smirched by making it a container of
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