New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-23

ACTION or GRAND ARMY POSTS.

, NUMBER oF THEM pENotNCE 'pI"Nih WAR
t>G r,I. MEMORIAL. COMMITTEE To- MEET.
r,c almost unanimous response OF veterans Of the
o,r q, street Cleaning Commissioner Warnings ref
.reoce 10 the members ~ The Grand Army OF the
R.puhlic is demand for his immediate removal
from Office Department Commander John c Snot'''
Of Youkers. IN" head ~ IN" O. y X "rshh%''l'"
IA the STATE went - the Mayor y"sirria' r'-
gard.ng Colonel Warnings case end assured h'm "t
the unanlmlty Of sentiment which prevailed INSIDE
the ranks Of the Grand Army Tho subject OF
Warnings removal.
Colonel Philip : Hlg,in. chairman OK the New-
York Memorial Committee. issued call ycs,cr lay
Tor special meeting OF the committee. 70 hc held to-
morrow evening At the G'h Regiment armor>,
Tompkns Market Building. to take such action AS
may be thought best
Mayor strong did nor care to say much Yesterday
about Colonel Warning attack upon members OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic. There IL no doubt
however that the Mayor regarded Commissioner
warnings remarks and hls statements as unwise
All the Mayor would say in answer to questions
a. 10 his own opinion OF Colonel Warnings state
mcnt was: II think it very injudicious
The Mayor received a score or more letters call
ing his attention to Mr. Warnings conduct AMI
earnestly urging the Street Cleaning Commis-
siouers removal These letters came from promi-
nent citizens both Republicans and Democrats.
and from Grand Army ana other veteran organi-
cations The Mayor would not say whether he
meant TO remove Colonel Waring or not. The Inn
preston about the Cty Hall yesterday was that
| the Mayor would not act in the matter imme-
| dlately but that Mr.. Warnings days as public
| officer were numbered.
Every Grand Army post which met IN the cit,
| last night passed resolutions condemning Waring
| and calling on the Mayor 10 remove him. Tho
headquarters OF T.. D. Morgan Post, no. 2ol. AZ the
Grand opera House. Twenty-th!rd-st. and Eighth
| ave- were crowded with indignant old soldiers.
| adj following "A
pungent preamble requesting Mayor Strong ITO re-
| move the said Warng from the position he has dis
graced. and the duties Of which can never proper
! ly he performed 10y whose sentiments are at
variance with the patriotic feelings OF our citizens
! sumner Post 40 u. met At No. 81 West Forty
} sevcnth-st and the meeting largely at
tended j. Gray Boyd scored Warnings war record
and said that nc preludccd against the O. y
r. because his application for membership in la
| a,d'uted instr,cilng the posts delegates in tho
Memorial Committee to advocate Colonel Warng'.
The hall in which !udson Kilpatrick Post no. l2
met last Gyenng 10 m Te Win mambrs
| To denounce commits sioncr Warng. Resolutions
! missioner Waring's Immediate resignation. Tn,
resolutions as originally drawn. rcierred to r9m
discussion the ttle was dropped and the resolutions
made to read said person George r. WARNS
pressins dennncIatlon OF Warlng and unanimously
Wss os re Mr. w IrS S SiF it's
! ,.r encamnm@n, ON Saturday evening. at No. .
Union Square. passed resolutions, expressing no
| Only the posts resentment anI n1ignhuoh aHils
! si,.h n shameful perversion Of truth as has beer
shown by Colonel Waring. but urging Mayor Stroni
! 10 remove him from the position he disgraces'
| Colonel Warng has sent letter 10 fehera
| c. II. T. Coils, saying in part; ,, II, .
| "The intending crime Of the organization O.
| R)-that which makes it, benefactions seem insig
| nhcant-has been the destruction OF me sense o
duty. and OF the spirit Of patriotism, ana me sup
| siituton for these manly motives OF mere cas-
consideration Henceforth, windy cainot must tak
tho place Of noble incentive. and The Nations gratl
| tude can be expressed only IN dollars ana cents a.
| Il u now expressed In the millions PAID 70 unworthy