New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-22
1NCENSED AT COL. WARING.
GRAND ARMY MEN RESENT HIS RhM-'NN''
ACTION BY POSTS EXPECTED-GENERAI' COILS
,,.r,-rs . LETTER TO TIE COMMISSIONER

.l-~,ov Dy POSTS EXPECTED-GENERAI' COILS
c,rrs LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONER
Tho remarkable attack OF Commissioners Warng'
-, ,ra Street Cleaning Department, upon the
C,,d ARMY of the Republic aroused in certain
,ortcrs strong resentment against him. es-
rocoilr among the Old soldiers whom he referred
90 as pension bummers," according 20 his OWE
admissions; and it was predicted yesterday una
40 afolr would result in his retirement from MS
49,. in the municipal government 1t was I'M
nors.5ol that arrangements We're being made Tor
tho appon;ment OF committees by various veteran
examinations. the purpose being 70 bring Coiohe'
warnings language 20 the official notice OF Mayor
s,rong. who would be asked to take action In the
matter at once.
"a democratic ofrceholder who would make such
.s,,,rks about the defenders OF the Union as
ColoDeI Waring has made and reiterated IN MS
nubl!shed statement" weE-known citizen s@lA
Yesterday. would have TO vacate MS place ihsluO
~ twen ;y-four hours, whether the ADMINISTRATION
he served under Democratic or RepuDhcah. /
-, orxious now to see how long Waring Will sur
,ive the unanimous denunciation which MS attack
nm III, Grand Army has merited'
.r,ong the citizens Of New-York who have eX-
messed their views freely in regard to Co"miS-
sion4r Waring and his language, Is Genera! ChatieS
u r Coils Deputy Commissioner OF funhc
1Vorls In every battle of the Army of the Potomac
General Cells won laureis of which any soldier
would be proud. lie especially distnsulshed MIN
self at Fredericksburg. Characteristic. Gct'YS-
hurg and Peterbure. and received the hiSheSt
eucornurns from Generals Grant, Meade, BURNSIDE
and other commanders. General Coils does not
go bov, Colonel Warning can remain in Office in
yiav Of the Indignation which his utterances have
evoked .,..
ON reading Commissioner Warnings explanation
,ssucd on Saturday afternoon, General COILS SAT
down in the Union League Club, OF Which ne - d
member. and wrote the following scathinG letter;
April %, 1885,
Colonel George E. Waring. Jr; .e....oo, ronsr
o statement under Your signature in which you in
sorno The pubc that you regard the Grand Army
OF CT ,ns dH Ibes words TO avoid the necessity of
raJurrng to this subject nay as WEI say ina ina re-
T~hii was deiIberatey made. That organization has
IN my judgment sold itself for cash to the claim
agents sn & psFn aeberass statement, to
Vour Language IS an insult to the living and TO inc
memory Of the dead. You owe to both an apology
IRON n man who took any very active part in me
War OF the Rebellion. At all events i comes WIN
f. assIN at this late day the soldiers whose work
thirty years ago saved the land from dlsmeinpeI.
rrout ana made what are. Ihere are pIeHNE
OF people now. there were then. 10 disparase the
soldiers Of the Union but has remand dor you
s.lf thlt you do this when General Gram ana Ola
would refute such wholesale charges against an Or
ganizaton Of which they were so proud
l have had the honor g be member 9 ti tne
and have never known II ussd as you aIra'sh h IT,
Its funds unostentatousy. have supported thou-
sands OF widows and orphaned children Its mem.
bers have raised the American nag over nearly
every schoolhouse IN the Union. , ,
They are now devoting their energies 70 the m
PRODUCTION Of military education IN the nnuoa9I
schools Ey and by, when their plans are tormuaied
they will make themselves felt upon the suDlect
Of the immigration laws; and th0usahIS OF t.tt'l
never applied COR pensions, although entitled
there to. -, o,o ,o
must say that know from long expsTi .Iaie
thai veterans the public service perform tnelr
duties with great fidelity, for the very discipline
these old soldiers acquired in their countrys ser
vice has equipped them the better for the sue
cesstui fulGlment Of civic duties ] prefer them
without regard to any statute, when not dISquai i
fed by axe or other incapacty and / have haG
more experience in these matters than You Will
WV ~ CHARLES II. r. COILS:
4 message from soldier ORGANIZATION Is dirauN
on is way TO Mayor strong. and he WI! get Il Il n
Tefft post No S55 of Brooklyn. which met on sat
urday evening and passed resolutions stigmduzInS
commissioner Warnings remarks as offensive; IN
shifting ungentlenanly and s.anderous. and asking
The Nayor respectfully, but earnestly, TO remove
the said Warng." Similar action is expected al al
the encampments and meetings 20 be ned TINS
Il.