New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-04
FORBES'S FRIENDS ANGkl'
MORE OF TIE FLAG-RAIsING CONIh'-
NERSY
4 STATEMENT THAT AN AFFIDAVIT OF cArl""
NORMAN. READ BY COLONEL ASA Bii'N
GARDNER BEFORE Az ALDERMEN

COMMITTEES. HAD BEEN CHANGED.
Tho Anderson Zouaves Association Is Ne.e''
society composed OF men who went 10 III" I'm
under the command of the gallant Coio"', ,,ie-
LAFAYETTE Rikcr. who gave up his NE Oh III" "-.,-s
r.l1 AZ Fair oaks The veterans held "i''''.'9
49, nt-h, a, ,heir rooms Twenty-fourth-st. an"
Sivth-ave which was not OF peaceiu' '" ir
ac.er II demonstrated that the men are
capable of lighting and lighting harn Il" hair
they deem good cause. The opJe'' .ho
ire last night was Colonel Asa Bra "ai"'', .h.
has recently made efforts TO deprive one 20
,,cs NJ tho sor,etv of the right which ne anu
his fathers before him enjoyed ior over one
years Christopher r. Forbes, direct u,S. -. och,
OF John Van Arsdale. has been compe'eu Io.,.
against Colonel Gardiner. Us counsel ioi '"e 49, .h
Of the War OF 1872. for the privilege VI a.. -,
flag at the. Battery on various holidays. Every ,'
Der Of the Anderson Zouaves is natura"S 49, ,,.
terestcd and looks upon these efforts TO crow" o'
Mr. Forbes a 9 an affront 70 the oisahizf''o''' f
tI.ularly because Colonel Rlker was ''e ,.tor
dant Of John Van Arsiale and the ors''"i~i.'I"
enjoyed me privilege % escoruhs 10
when he raised the nag on the Battery. ..
After the transaction Of some routine
last night Captain Morse. who occupied w ,n,Ion
said that IT was high time that the orga''1'''o"
gave some expression in an Official h'a"''r' -
INDIGNATION over the action Of Co'ohei Gal ~
He said that no doub, existed in me minus "a n.y.
one Of those present that his contentious "eie
that IN order 10 substaniiate MS can"
Gardner had used improper means
After humber Of members OF the Ande's'"
Zouayes had spoken in the same vein each one w
nouncing Colonel Gardiner. the following 'e7o'u'''"'
were offered and passed unanimously;
Resolved Thu: il is the sense OF TINS aSsoSld.'on
that We sustain Comrade christopher T. ForDe' ,h
member 81 this organization. IN ms cam l ~,
father David Van Ars5ae 10 raise the nag on , te
Batery STAFF as long as no veS has acted as an
escort to Comrade FORBES on such oceds'on' iva
several years. ~
G. f. Morse president; Robert Stackpole' SCI
tarv: Louis Heuer treasurer and James !. WILSON,
= NJ Hopper. trustees. George II: keleyy, F DoT-
son. g. r. Hender ,9n p, NJ cGi0ns Gharies "
The action OF the Zouayes was preeipltate1 10
meeting Of the Anderson Williams Post, no ~.
6 a r. las SATURDAY eyehlngv a shi, ena con-
tinsnfa Braves was present a. guest OF me POI
and during the evening was eaTt upo ,i W - the
He responded and devoted ms Mnge I'm ps,ng he
subject Of The controversy in TegaTd TO rass nt
reserve that the affidavit which was rea1 DE 'o ~
ne Gardiner at the meeting 81 the coinin'iet "a
ported to have been made by him, was false ana
Untrue He said the aifdaNlt mace D! MN 49,
While the one which Colonel Gardiner read was SIX
seven pages long ana ,nai nG nexer thought
Of He denounced the Society Of 1872 as iTa r.
and sham. and said that when the socley n" PAX
gC'G one member Of The organization responded
copy o. oap %i VINO Is he attorney for the
Van Arsiale faction. ana the copy WAS ID t3,riri
certided hv he following members 9. X hendrieH-
son adiutant post 40. ayi; Charles T. Morse, pc
dent OF the Anderson Houaves Assocan9n; ts,
H. Kelley. Anderson Iouaves' feter oGrsn' Raj
To 9qi Thomas H. Rivers captain Anderson bati
teTv 30 l67. S " all Of whom were present anu
TIE Norman incident was referred 20 by mem
Der who was present At the committee 'lee''"e
when the hearing took place Forbes and others
Viz ali me documents and data to prove their
rights on the o.he- side Asa Bird Gardner was
the cry SEEM hours the adav, Of Captain Nor
man was read which was in substance; 10 the e.
personal knowledge, had taken part as isennefs O
The Society OF the War OF 1872 in me nag raising
Central tTl PARK The committee rose Immediately
after the readpg Of mis- xzma3 sa next to Asa
Biri Gardiner he was so stunned ne says at what
war Iiau 70 George r. Hendrckson and Christopher
Forbes This is an OUTRAGE / have bee been maze
That was your afidayit was It not r, was
5 hS P ba BEEN svera Years. at the Block House
Central Park, when the nag was raIsea Dut hever
said anything about going to the Batter because
How did It come. then. that your afidayit says
yy you qla Of a the Var OF ls2 did the raising The
I signed il by some putting in several pages or
his own between the original pages ! am goins 70
Colonel Gardiner now and tell MIN wha' 'h'"H Oh
The next public step in this proceeding vas the
publication in THE City Record OF the afhdavt
which purportod 10 be Captain NOrman's signed
and sworn 10 by him This appeared last Friay.
but those who heard the document read say that II
was not the as the one printed, for IN the
printed publication there was no mention made 7
HE nag-ralsng on the Battery. but spoke Simply or
Central Park Captain Norman accounts for this
discrepancy by saving hat he had seen Colonial
Gardner and expressed his Indignation that his am
obtained possession Of the original affidavit and
fcd afHiavlt and knows nothing about the one
y.tich vas published.