The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02
RESPECT THE CENTRAL PARK.
protests on All Sides Against Its Misuse for
Military Parade.

From ne NsH Fork Times
me resolution adopted yesterday by the Park Com.
m'ss'oners authorizing parade Of the Seventh Res
ment IN the Park wise. and is sure II not "a.
voked. to give the Commissioners much trouble here
aftsr. Tho objections are manifest to any display
which tsndl TO concentrate an enormous crowd in one
quarter OF the Park and these objections have
suhheed to prevent such displays To DO sure this 10
special occasion. but there will be no difcuty in
making special occasions for the benent of any reg.
nens which desires tho OF Central Park Tho city
has gone to tho expense OF providing parade ground
In van cortlandt Park for the very purpose among
others OF obvanR applications for the use Of Central
fark FOR military purposes 1t 10 pity that useful
rule has been broken by the Commissioners and mis-
ehisvous precedent set. The Spanish Princess how.
ever much she may desire SEQ the seventh ReRme emit
IN It's glory cannot certainly wish to be ind In
.~. 1re ~ the cost OF great damage to our Park;
~ ~ 'A' 'n'u'u W aentea
{Som the hornfno Adperriser.
The Park Board has arranged treat for tho Infanta
Eulalia in the shape OF military review In Central
Park next Saturday For years efforts were persistent
H made to set apart Central Park for military parades
and rsviews Finally Van cortlandt Park was secured
and special parade ground laid out But Van Cort.
landt not SO accessible Central Park and 30 the
desire to edge in has been awake ned.
Once 10 conceded that sodiery Of the CITY NAV
use Central Park for show purposes the precedent 80
long waited for will be established Tho cry of every
interested citizen should be. "spare tho Park"
yNau IN TA<ns pa.
.,snAnes u 'ho pl'oe ~hion ths people or this
wy A.'o W pay iol tner most oeAutitul pleasure
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meadow to the menageris at another tho destruction
Of the whole Park BY tho running track along
meadow for parade ground. The latter form 10 not
1t has appeared at intervals during tho past
twenty years. has been fought vigorously each time
and has been Defeated always heretofore 1t must be
defeated again now. even though the time be short
and the occasion what advocates Of the vapda
Ism call extraordinary.
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beyond the control Of the Park police and tho
ton would be great For that reason the PROPOSE
don for parade ground outside the Park was origt
Mated and parades In Central Park were Understood to
DO prohibited.
oon missioner ohusen's resoiution ought never TO
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