The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-02
NoREVIEW IN CENTRALPARK
TIE JSTAsIoy ABANDONED UPoN
soBER SECOND THOUGHT.

s,voy-A storm OF Disnpprovni Evoked
,v the Original Programme - The In-
o,,,, said she wonid " OF GO to the Park.
Er,or q, TINS suS-Si., with the conc urrenco
.,h, uonor the Mayor and OF Gen. Fitzgerald. repre-
eating tho committee, the seventh Regiment viii
sander n marching salute to II. r. u. tho infanta
r,,I, At the Hotel savoy Saturday afternoon in.
.,.,d OF tho review in Central rsrk As suggested fory
= respectfully. pAAl "'rIA'o'' eO''"'-
Fsv YoRE. June1.
This letter. which was received at TnE
s,x Office at ii o'clock last night will
A much to lay the storm Of popu-
lar dIsnpproval which has been raised
.hout the cars Of the Park Commits
sloners BY their vote to permit parade
n the Seventh Regiment on tho Green In Cen
trnI lark. Only once before since Central
Park was laid out has the original deter
tion to keep military procsSsions. parndes.
and reviews out OF 1t been set aside. and the
disastrous result OF that single exception
taught such y lesson to Com missioners and
peorle that It was thought that the exrerl-
ment would never DO rer Gated. The fact that
President Tarrcn and Commissioner Clausen
Of the Park Department voted to allow the
Seventh Regiment to parade In the Purk
IN violation Of tho well-established custom
startled tho pcople to whom the Park has al
for quiet enjoyment.
II is Interesting to know that tho Infnnta
Fulala had e groat deal to do with tho change
oirrogrammc.
TT was explained to the Prlncess," Com
mnnder Davis taid last niKht. that public
sentiment was opposed to having the Park
used as parade ground. She decided I'M
rnediatey that II that was the ease she would
not review the regiment in tho Park. be-
iieve they have decided to parade before her
balcony at the hotel. but cannot speak au-
thoritatively on that point I only know that
the In,anta will not review the regiment In
the Park"
Before tho original programme was aban-
doned some citzons who thought the grant
Of the permit violation OF law. hunted UP the
Consolidation Act and found this:
No military encampment. parade. drill review. or
ether military evolution or exercise shall DO he'd or
performed said Park. or any part thereof, except
With The previous consent OF the said Board shall
any military company. regiment. or other military
body enter or move In military order within the ra'd
lark No military ofcer shall have authority to order.
direct hold any such parade drill review. other
trolutious or exercise or encampmen: within said
Park except In OF ri, instruction. reoeu on. or
shall no, BE- lawful to grant. use or occupy for
the purpose public fair exhibition any portion Of
said Park
All but the last clause OF this section was
contained in section z Of chapter 20 OF the
Laws Of 1865. an act regulating tho use OF Cen.
trail Park which was drafted by Andrew II.
Green. at that time Comptroller Of Central
Park.
1T was intended" said Mr.. Green yester-
day. before It was known that tho project OF .
parade ID the Park had been abandoned.
TO make IL impossible to use The Rayk
iorDvrposes:uf nrffftHfy paftiaia rKc c3thEss-
sIoners w1f6%e0nttffuaiiyy sfpSstSfSd WIN pe.
quests to divert tho Pnrk from It's intended
purposes and give II over to the use Of the
military organizations. aud drew up that act
10 pssspnt such diversion. The clause pro-
vidlng for tho consent Of the Board was left In
because / know It was impossible to secure
tho consent OF tho Board as then constituted
@ L seems. tha the eco 81 ne
I've Influences which controlled tho Park arc
In voting to permit the Seventh Regiment
to parade in the Park the. Commissio ners
did thing very detrimental to park inteE..
only The e.. spess b ss.
isoot alone the military which viii be admit:
which always follows the military. and which
viii BE- augmented on this occasion by the
@ such the I sisas vim Fl sB Sc prs waS T
POUNDS the Green Will be trampled undor foot:
snd tho amount q damage which win result
the fAFk
while It may he said that the second pro-
viaiOn Of the section Of the law quoted. which
bodss into the Park. m ust be construed by the
nrst section. which permits parade with tho
Ia tss sssa
wsrrant tho use OF the Park for military pur-
This question OF the uso OF Central Park fog
h nm ar r"remonle; Is not new one to nc;
Th y a9s
raIk., II one tim time in 1851 Gov Hoffman
Grsod that parade ground for the First Divls
,titp;ea be provided within tho limits Of the
s FAX He Addressed letter to mo In which no
ssssn! r.ss for division and brigade rsvisws nos
p,r yp ~. additional be taken added to the
eoad e made mad pUrps 70 there any ground which
a., In my reply to Gov. Hoffman I reviewed
,gS; &c and showed the i'm Drs ctieability Of
|eh 'a hs the CITY %
. JiS%Stlp ii, squsSs4sl Of which have bsOn
!, ,h hmao9ng other argum ents which advanced
Dart Enter against the military use q any
sn.liCc. tut.a iAIk. anu wnlcn are quite as
N.Y. vneaols ~ the present case as they were
Sn not alone the military that ar. to be provided
th.sanch grounds. but IL - ihe Heterogeneous crowd
us so ,i"w nron m l'Ary displays. intent ony upon
Lshnce beyond tho im,is Of The paraue y ould be
'wue'irr TO ali natural smbr ish m1nt.
o,N estimate Correctly the number Of aged persona
sin'afds ana rhildren that In these grounds nnd a
W! n.nyment that woulh be Impossible IL any Gle.
Any ot in.r-s that Is attended with danger or User
ais erroneous 10 suppose that lawns can he kent In
hr over Them. ""A'
fon deprive t'n.o'd more peop Of endowment th,,
Turratffy by miuhrr use of the -r0guI. ~, -
@minodN'ion tor pHrnhes ~ the Park would serousix
shnihsh The chIacIiy .Vr rrls enioyn ent tnerr.n
while there has always ,,cen mach r,omor
On the Part frhe military to get ont o In. Ctn.
Val Park lawns, thorr nave been some oiicsrs
q the militia who have recognized the inct
mat the lhrs iS not tho proper place for mill
tary paradcs. Among these were den Alex
SSnder shaler. when he commanded the First
pvision Of tho National Guard. aud Inspector.
General Josiah r. Miller. who. In his report in
iS5t recommending parade grounds for the
Ghi,nrmed militia. SAID VI that TO be provided
IN this city:
parade ground In the First Div siun ought mot to
rMCtntrni PAX Military occupancy and exercise
ihcoh.istent with tho adoptTd Tor tho govern
Ia OF the PARK IA well as with the objects for which
N'rafk itself was originally d~Sgnrd"
Another gentleman who was connected with
~ MANAGEMENT OF Central Park from tho