The sun., 1895-04-20
WARING ON G. A. R. BUNS.
n REMARK FOR WHICH DIR. GIBBS
THREATENs TO LICK HIM.

IHHEdTENS To LICK HIN.
"a Lot OF Damned Drunken Bums- Were
the Words the Colonel Used mt tho
Health Department Yesterday In Dis
eu..inG the Grand Army's Rush for once
-Gibbs Was Present, and Had just Been
Introduced as . g. A. II. Mem After =
Job-Ths Licking Attempted on the spot.
Department Is veteran and o G. A. r. man.
and commander OF the e. d. Morgan Post.
Under the former ao-called Veterans bill DR..
Gibbs was appointed medical inspector. Then
o new law obtained, and 1t was declared tha.
DR.. Gibbs could not hold his Office. On Thurs
day Gov. Morton signed the new Veterans bill
making 1t mandatory on officials Of city depart
ments to give preference to Veterans in making
appointments. This may result in tho re-
appointment of DR.. Gibbs. When he
heard that the bill had been signed he
felt very good over it and yesterday
he went to tho Health Department to tell his
friends there the news. President Charles G.
Wilson. Secretary Emmons Clark, Commis-
sioner Cyrus Edison. Street Cleaning Commis-
sionsr waring, and . number Of others were in
tho room when DR.. Gibbs entered, and tho three
members of the Health Department expressed
their pleasure At tho prospect of having the Doc
tor with them again. DR.. Edison, ~ he shook
hands with DIR. Gibbs. said:
1--WE shall SEQ you hero soon again, hope.
Doctor2"
"Thank you." replied DR.. Gibbs. ~ hope so.
too. am glad of tho prospect of getting back,
and still more glad that At last the veterans will
get thef1kg kghts."
Col Waring, who was sitting near tho door, re-
marked: twhat follows is, of course, not q
stenographic report, but is believed to be fairly
accurate.l
"The @. A. R. mon are becoming very aggres-
sive."
President Wilson. thinking that tho Com
missioner did not know DR.. Gibbs, introduced
the two men. mentioning that the Doctor was
veteran. Col. Waring bowed and DR.. Gibbs
said:
II believe have met the gentleman before"
Gen. Clark made some remark, and then Col
waring repeated his first observation with en-
bellishments:
Tho G. A. R. men are becoming very aggres-
sve altogether too aggressive. They are trying to
force themselves upon tho different departments
so that q man cannot appoint whom he thinks
most fit. have no sympathy with that sort Of
thing"
Are you G. A. R. man 2" asked Gibbs.
mo, am not. and never had any desire -
become one." responded the Commissioner.
Almost every veteran Of good reputation be-
longs to tho organization" observed the Doctor.
well. don't want anything to do with
them," retorted Col. Waring. "A damned lot
Of drunken buns"
"what2" cried Gibbs. jumping to his feet
and advancing toward tho other. What tho
devil do you mean by that statement, sir2 I'm
o G. A. r. man. and I'm proud Of 1t. I don't
drink. and I'm not bum. You don't dare
Hold on, gentlemen" interpossd Gen. Clark.
:" This 10 no place for q discussion OF this
kind"
At the same time President Wilson put him
self between The two men and suggested tho
propriety of moderation.
"Au right. gentlemen" said DR.. Gibbs.
"There won't be any trouble here as far as I'm
concerned. But" he added, turning to Col
waring. You have the advantage Of me in
making that remark whore cannot retaliate in
the only fitting manner. The next time meet
you in public, sir, shall call you to account for
that"
"CoL Waring didn't mean exactly all that he
said. I'm sure" put in one Of the others present
HE spoke hastily"
"Yes," said the Colonel. "of course wouldn't
say that all g. A. r. men are drunkards or
worthless, but lot Of them are. No doubt somo
arc respectable. and if"
u don't want any apology from you" said
Dr. Gibbs. "You make baseless attack on an
organization that you probably couldn't get into
II you tried, and hold you to what you said.
The first time meet you on the street I'll chas-
tise you. I regret, gentlemen, that this should
have taken place here. Good afternoon"
DIR. Gibbs walked out leaving Col. Waring
looking rather annoyed. Whom the Colonel left
the Health Department somo Of tho others pre-
ceded him, thinking that DIR. Gibbs might bo
around, but he wasn't. Commissioner Waring
10 O medium sized man. DR.. Gibbs is . large.
very powerfully built man, an all-around ath-
lete and an amateur boxer Of note. When seen
at his homo last night he admitted that he had
had an alteration with Col. Waring.
~ am very regretful about tho matter" said
he. ut Is true that Col. Waring said certain
things about the Grand Army of the Republic
which considered insxcusable. was pro-
voksd. and retorted upon him. warning him that
whom next met him I should call him to
count for his remarks"
us such still your intention 2" asked the re-
porter.
II shall certainly hold him responsible for
what he said on tho occasion of our first meet
ing In public" replied DR.. Gibbs emphatically.
"You must excuse me from saying anything
further on the subject"
SUN reporters saw last night everybody else
named above as having been present except
Col. WRring, who was not accessible. Gen.
Clark said that he must be excused from dis
cussing tho matter in any way. When Presi-
dent Wilson of the Health Department was
asked II he heard Col. Warnings remark about
" damned lot of drunken buns" he looked as
tonished and then asked How did you hear of
it2'' Mr.. Wilson then said: DR.. Gibbs came
into tho Health Department to-day and filed an
apnlication for appointment as medical in
spector. Dr. Gibbs is entitled TO place under the
now law. and l see no reason why he should not be
appointed when tho first vacancy occurs. But
about the talk between DIR. Gibbs and Col.
Waring, o man In my position cannot very well
say nythinR about that. Col. WaEing was him;