New-York tribune., 1876-07-22
ENPERILING HUMAN LIFE.
RE cENT POLICE PARADE IN HE N'N-rhE kE-
sPON>IBLITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
To me EditOr Of Thc TribUHc.

4 RECENT POLICE PARADE IN TIE >rS-THE RE-
sPoN,B.LITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: The present condition Oi affairs in TINS
couHtry, with long day records of less OF human
life by crimes, accidents, Indian wars and shStroes -
duiie serious enough without adding t. tue p"Ia attend
Ing morfas on their journey through this wcrd by the
supiv ignorance or rccklcs,ncs Of those in author
itv Events have recently occurred IN this vicinity
whereby the health and lives of many men have baeh pun
i'm peril for no Other Chan to satisfy t'!e wiin OF
some in superior station-aS II servant OF tle
people could ever rightUlly require the individual
sovereign TO impcr lis life for good purpose How
hsppcns it that with tho mercury ut Lintiy degrees III
the shade, any man can, and docs, order po-
Uceroen oliiors, or other citizens, to take
long paraias, in thick uniforms for the purpose 0t al
tending an "oicial funeral" OF going through 80 re-
vicw," that the public may see the display and 8 IN
spsctors and generals" may have their VANITY graft
fed!
Not many days ago. police commissioner of Brooklyn
was buried al Notwithstanding the great heat OF the
Summer an inspector Of that had the crGCliy to
order parade for the purpose of showing proper respect
one policeman has since died from The pfc5t2n caused
nv MI, .rrercs sroy. and IL ono may trust BROOKLYN
nat rrs many Others haye made sick The Inspector
rode his carriage, While the police louoWci On lDoi
tLfnugb ihc long and lot of the CITY oi CGchos
To NV mind ls better than murder, ana those or
dcrins such demonstration shOud he held responsive
TINS year. III Ncw-Yq,E Gen. sndier hal tle wisdom 10
order a niyit r,l-a,p the Nli!auIl Guard-ncn IN
houor OF t Fourth OF July. Heretofore these march
iugs OF the troops have occurred beneath brolhS san,
ana si,s, rnkcs and SIcEnc,s have occurred hereafter
with the rev century OF national md,pcndenccN II i -
De poprd that II military displays ana 0ihrial numerals
must occur during the months Of Jun Jnly august.
and September they Will DU ordered lr som" hodr aIier
sunset Why should We, in this Republic, tolerate oh'al
funeralsl Why allow inspectors ana others To oi,rr
Iucn 10 attend funeral All such enforced mourning
or ,rmIanca vi IL, is hut sham, hollow mDcAcly IL
slud enough in this land, 10 issj" pom INVITA-
teu 90 q funeral. whether man, dead mas once D"en q
mayor, "A Police Commissioner, member 81 regiment,
a tomHun COunch man. :. . r, - r,t.o
All trc Sioux the land not on thc Big Horn River
Some of .hrIn white faces ana live no IuIthcr away
than Nu,gIrr,ry. The TeC,ut tc-lnlc bundcr al camp
Erdlc win 500 men on - sandy plain, beneath hot
sun near Trenton near lrJNiIg E'd 10 a. funreI
or mo.c men, Not content WIN ah cncJnpn'ht on Il
hot plain the general in cOmmlud, Tor III" purpose OF
review insisted upon marching the men t|O ot thrre
miles through dusty road. The result was, hundreds
wcr, t-Dsttcd with the heat, and Gov. GeIe had Jc
good sen 81 send the men home TT" best months Tor
an encaupment May the early pa OF jane, October,
and possibly portion Of November 1hc same fcnar5
hold trur relation to tarcr:-fTn. at Cgedm"OF II Il
criminal ord men 10 the Sbad'esS PLAN ~ creed
moor during such weather has prevailed Tor tie past
rrr weeks. Under the Circumstances any man N"!id bt
iusci in refusing 10 90. hope the day is near nc hani
wACn Is reckless disregard Oi human NE viii cease
II II doe, not, the pubc should take 10 matter INTO IT.
own n3ud1 FULLER hALhE' VI ~
Ner lOrE, July l., 1876.