New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-16
THE FLAG IN CATHOLJC CHURCHES.
SPECULATION As TO WHETHER THE 9th REGI
MENT WILL. GO TO MASS TO -MORROH
WITuOI-T COIOIiS


WITHOUT CoIORS
IJeutennnt-Colo Duffy. temporary commanding
officer OF the s9th Regiment. has issued an order In
which he says:
ON acceptance Of invitation from the Most Rev
erend Archbishop Corrlgan, the regiment VIII
parade in fatigue uniform. overcoats ana whi'e
gloves on Thursday. March H. 1895 and proceed 10
ST. Patricks Cathedral. to assist az poh''nc"i
mass
II is the custom established by years Of usage.
for the sth to attend divine service on St Patrick
Day and the practice has never caused an! co"'-
wont because the organizatio has always been
until recently an exclusively Irish command bu'
the Oh, rch parade will he watched closely TINS year
becouee Of the decree Of the Holy Oice, Whch was
,hI,sbed recently forbddlng the use OF Ma
oral State or other emblems Of purely secular Or
ranizations in any service of the church' "ne."e
NJ tho ohseauies of officials OF standhg OF ceieo"
49, .horo eees are necessary" The decree was
,ssued IN consequence of the controversy "h'cn re-
su,,ea from the order issued by Bishop Mcdonnell
:, D,ooL,vn directing the removal of nag with
-, = catholic church was decorated. prom
,nent Catholic paper defended the acton oi D DEL,
Mcdonnell. and in order 10 sho" ''" ,, omoo
wos apnroved by the Vatican the ho'! YIN,
,,od ,be decree that only blessed banners may De
,,sod IN the church The banners when may ue
a mug, no emblems OF an organization the s,a.u
S r,,,ch e, fully approved by the Bishop. ana ,n ne
society must be under the Bishop r hnnep must
vht
also hear religious mark The disp"'c" III
as decree was reported said: -, or 4. ono
'..rta decree admits that the American neg ~
rr,icb should be to all Americans an .anad 90 "a
freedom but that II can never De c sohs " "
atting decoration for the house OF nou rho church
,,hout rolors?'' has been asked Uequent,SS .he
ne decree was published II Is pensNeu o u II
eae viii be carried, and that the oros' sade Va
LII not he enforced unless an attempt ~ " ~
"s - DAYS before General smith lall uoT Ina 20
oon,rand Of re seth Regiment ne Was ash W o.
r bis regiment 10 join the opposition lisn rs
alow . Q, fairick's Day parade. The Genera re-
FUSED and told the committee that NJ vi would
nons,der the matter for one moment, 49,, 20
oomor consent 10 legitimatize that whcn hnom ~
~ uleoitimate he said. and with my co' Is a.
the COZ Z will never parade with the so-c"'e" ~
regiment . =, - a...orod bs connection wi tn
,he regiment and II has already begun 10 sap p' n
in,o he rut from which he dragged III a. ,h a
mee,nc held at the armory on Mohnay n' EEanr.rai
nf1ccrs voted to Join the body with wniUn ~ No.
cni,b would have nothing 10 40 ana II tIc ~, ~
onar,,nc lie carried the 6sth VIII march iIoi'.
SShurch tomorrow Twenty eighth-st., "nerG i.
xiii he met bv the other Irish body; ana togrtner
WI WI Nv , continue the parade to Sixtieth-s There
are other cvder OF retrogression III W. 's 20
Won't THE officer who. when Ad)uiant StrOnS "a a.
q cnnd,date for captain of Company D. W.ott ~
.ha nnnmbers Of that company that the ex- Mayor
n, no,,I1 he DISQUALIFIED because OF ms lheasr'
aImcafion and associations. and who Jed the anu
American campaign. Is n candidate lot INC III -
-colonelcv OF the regiment. and VIII proDap!
h aincted prominent member of the regiment
80 has served for years, said that WITHIN a rev
,nU,hs the command will have drifted into the
honds of professional Irishmen. ana the o3th VIII
a9ain be used for political purposes