New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-12
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
VETERANS wANToNLY DIV dAIGED.
RESULT OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE = All

RESULT OF THE PRESENTATION OF The AL
LEGoRY OF THE WAR IN SONG.
"The cruel and wanton discharge" from the pubic
service Of the state OF four comrades OF sing oihs
who employed at the state Pron Is tle saD'7e.
Of ringing circular which Morren Post. No IA, OF
that village, to which these comrades belong, mas
sent out and Is one of great interest to the Nraho
Army and the public at large. The present ponoS
OF political par,isans toward the veterans OF our te
war;" is visited with the censure il deserves ~
Is" as is truly said, old and wei-worn suoIec.,
but TO and TO children II is consuming theme
The circular says
1--WE number more than a million voters, of whom
more than 100000 are members of the Grand ARMY
Of the Republic. Immediately following the war we
received the rewards naturally followed such deeos
as we had performed, while the country enjoyed the
political dispensaton we had done so much ID eS
tabsh As time relatively and absolutely thinned our
ranks the gratitude OF that earlier period changed In
Its expression from the bestowal Of political honors
IN the enactment of pension laws and demand that
the virtue courage and manhood which gave the pos
sbllity Of political power should thereaner DC con-
tent with a pension bride and do the bidding Oh ne"
and younger masters Liberal as these pension laws
may be- there are many thousands who are not
eligible to this brIbe of partsanshp or, tnat state
ment be preferable, to the pecunlary re"aiu Vi Nun
est service to the country.
We desire 10 express and promulgate our belief
that the veterans should stand in peace as they stood
I'm war, shoulder TO shoulder, side by SIDE, one u
another whether belonging or not Deiohsihs !" 'ne
g. A. r. organization, conditional only upon tne'
being worthy The statutes have been enacted guar
anteeing them tenure Of ONCE IN the PoSi'oo
in the public service held worthiiy by them. iee
orr comrades have been summarily dismissed rom
their postons for the insoent reason gwen that ther
paces are required for political disbursement III
the cases of the dismissed from the prison eo'
they were given written certificates that their con-
duct was exceptionally creditable and ther c"~r
actcr and capacity such as to make them worthy VI
positions OF highest trust and they were inAorn'eu
that politics alone was the cause of their discharge
4. In view OF these facts we ask you comrades, 10
cast aside all questions suggestions OF partisan
expedency AID to rebuke TO the extent OF your po"eA
thl, act of treason to the requirements Oh the a"'
the obligation Of the citizen, 70 the soldier OF o1 ad
o. and to the lawful and Just rights Of those WIZ
| fought TO q share in what they conserved
There are still a number Of unreinstatod veterans
discharged from the Pucic stores last July Iheii
comrades of the G.. A. II. feel that their cases
should be attended to without further delay.
1t Is estimated that 10000 people witnessed
/ the performance Of PIatts "Allegory Of the War M
sonco which was given last week at Madison squa'
| Garden in aid of the Grant Monument FuHd' i4i'
MAY was presented under the auspices Of all the Crane
| ARMY posts of New-YOrk. The delneatlons vert
striking and brought back wildly TO the older witnesses
and participants the thrilling through "mcI
MANY NJ them passed in the early sixties. Inc open
ing parts represented the Power or PatrioCC oonh
| and EXPRESSED the enthusiasm awakened tnIouenou
the country after the firing Of the first gun on foF
sumter The Uprising Of the North was illustrates
nv the entrance of a military company, with ful
band playing patriotic airs, and AZ the FroIt beloi
the Battle typifed by the singing OF Doth N"ruTr
ond southern songs such as Maryland, My Mary ihu
The Battle Cry of Freedom After the BaCue- LII
final part Of the play is full OF pathos ara le Soue
~Tenting Tonight My old Kentucky Home an
other airs which suggest the days OF o. were Iehu
A parade preceded the entertainment ana "aS par
ticnated in by both army aud naval veterans OF IN
was drawn from the various posts, similar ueU1l
from the sons Of Veterans and other military orgahlZs
+ons Generals O. o. Howard, Daniel T. slckles am
Horace Porter occupied tie reviewing stand, an
present among others ex-Presdent UEOVer O'eNe
land Roswell p. Flower, William T. trace Llspona-
stewart and william Halstead' some as'"Hsi
is manifested at the small amount, only S-'OVo'
turned as having been realized from the performance
According To the computation Of some experts WI
en +aIiy audiences aggregatng $4,000 persons WEI
nj the two exhibitions. With the admission zee
Al head it is not difficult TO figure out renaFAA"
} shortage in the net proceeds between the actui
returns and the figures of these calculators'
Comrade Joseph II. De Castro, of KeaTny PoSt' Nc
g. assistant inspector of this department. ana es"en
~ the 18th Massachusetts, Regiment AsSoc.adol' II
} celved from the secretary of Var last Wednesday
medal of honor awarded to Colonel Edmund kice' ht
18th Massachusetts, NOl4nteers, ." for cOn'plcuou
bravery on the third day at Gettysburg Ihe heu'
has been forwarded TO Chicago, where the Colohel
serving as Judge Acknowledgement on the staH
Naior.General Miles, L. :. A. A public preScntauO
will be made next week at the Headquarters Depar
ment of the Missouri General Miles officiating Con
rade De Castro is entitled 10 great credit for MS goo
work in securing this valuable decoration for the ga
Iant colonel This medal IS the sixth awarded
members If the 10Th Massachusetts ASSOC ~ o 1
netty fair record of one regiment OF the Old POtoma
Army.