New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11
Up TO THEIR EARS IN WORh.
HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL DODGE A
BUSY PLACE.
HOW THE DUTIES ARE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TO sURMoUNT
Through the medium of thousands of articles
prirted every morning for the last month"; ana
nreod broadcast over the land. the country has
long before now come TO realize the magnitude ol
tho ceremonies that will attend the dedication OF
General GRANTS tomb and its transferrerce from
tho care of the Grant Monument Association. Whch
built II, TO the keeping of the city. But whe
everybody knows that the demonstration Is 10 De
vast one and worthy OF the greatness OF the sou'ei
whose memory Is to be honored. comparatively ie"
people realize the importance or the machiher! ps
which the plans Of the ceremonies are maui ny
which those plans must be executed ana upon
which th, responsibility for success or fdure must
rest.
Weeks ago the grand marshal of the parade Gen.
eral Grenville NJ Dodge, himself Union veteran,
took Headquarters in the Washington Building at
No 1 Broadway. and there the plans nave peeh
formulated and executed, far as they have yet
been executed at ALI.
The two large rooms where the work OF General
Dod0a and his staff are carried are big and airy,
and one OF them commands sweeping view OF the
,over bav All matters OF importance are consid-
cred in this second room. to which only the most
important OF the callers are admitted FROM the
day the headquarters were opened they nave oeeh
as full as a beehive OF persons interested In the
forthcoming celebration. and the only difficulty has
been 10 weed out those who really deserved atteh-
ton from those who had some axe to grind
In the inner room General Dodge and his chlef
NJ s,an A. Noel Brakeman are to be found every
week day from early until late. The adjutant-
general OF the stan is Captain John A. johnston OF
the 4th United States Cavalry. Captain Johnston
has originally considered all applications for places
IN the line and reported them to Colonel Brakeman.
who IN turn revised them and submitted them to
Il, Ano
Upon Captain Johnston too. fell good part of the
task of arranging the line OF march, as already
published. and also Of arranging the rendezvous OF
the various divisions. military veteran and CIVIC
IN THE OUTER ROOM.
In the outer room Of the suite Captain W. b.
Horton General Dodge's military secretary Is IN
charge but there also are the headquarters oi
General o. o. Howard, marshal OF the Grand Army
of the Republic division. General Howard peins
represented here by Chief OF STAFF General Henry
T. Tremain and General George Boyce There,
TOO Cantain E. l. Zalinski makes his headquar-
terra assisted by Captain Lockwood. Captain Ia
linsk is marshal Of the division that Is 10 COM
prise the various cadet corps. VINO VIII De regu-
iarlv uniformed and will follow the military d.
vision In the parade'
Edword PASSOVER. the press agent OF the Monu-
mont Association, attends to the inquiries OF the
,s,aner men In this outer ROOM and his duties
are likely to increase with every day that passes
until the Grant tomb passes into the hands of the
city Of New-fork
A newly formed company for furnishing guides
ard Information 10 strangers in the city SEXES the
crnortunity for advertising itself by furnishing one
OF its men to- do duty at the headquarters. This
Guide IL kept constantly busy finding his chief en-
1loyment in the direction OF visiting delegates OF
organizations who arranging for accommoda-
lions while In the city The grand marshaFs as
securing suitable quarters for all the military and
civic organizations that will descend upon the city
on the day before the demonstration.
A large force of clerks. stenograp herS and type
writer's Is kept constantly occupied In opening and
answering the heavy mails that daily arrive at the
Headquarters SO far the average daily mall OF
the grand marshal and mis- staff Is ABOUT three
hundred letters, most OF which require careful con-
sderation and an answer.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CALLERS.
Callers whose business warrants attention are
cordially welcomed but there are good many
nuisances that haunt the rooms day after day with
whom the grand marshal would gladly dispense.
Most OF these men infcst the place In the attempt
to gain some privilege that will result In their own
necuniary advantage. One class of importunates
who were especially numerous at first were the
men who wanted 10 get the riBht 10 PRINT me oiii-
cal programme meaning, OF course TO work IL Tor
the advertising privileges. They were willing 10
pay n considerable sum Tor inc priViese anu they
would moi believe those who told them that the as
sociation would print It's own programme and that
there would be advertising In II al all; They
could not understand how anybody would allow
such graft" as they expressed II. to go by the
board merely for the sake or good taste. fnaliy,
when they did believe. almost against their Will.