The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-22
ROOSEV[LT'S ORDERS.
he Says G. A. R. Must Have
Best Position In Dewey
Land Parade.

NEW YORK Sept o. 1699.-General Roe
who will command the National Guard OF
New York State in the Dewey land par
ade, received a telegram from Governor
Roosevelt today directing him to give the
G. A. r. the choice of any place IN the
land parade. Immediately on receiving
the telegram General Roe had confer
ence with Mayor Van Wyck, and then
Chairman Guggenheimer, of the Plan and
Scope Committee, which has charge of
the parade, was notified of the Governors
despatch After pointing out that MS
committee alone had the right to assign
places in the line of march. Mr.. Guggen-
heimer said of the Governor action
1T is peculiarly Rooseveltian. 1t is
most impudent. unjustified and unwar-
ranted interference in a matter that is
without his province. | do not believe,
however, that our committee VIII take
General Roe declined to discuss the ac--
tion of Governor Roosevelt in advance or
the action of the Plan and Scope Com
mittee.
Mayors Ashbridge of Philadelphia and
Harrison of Chicago have accepted invl-
tations to be present at the Dewey cere-
monies. Governor G. H THOMAS oI COZ
orado and Patrick A. Collins of Boston
sent regrets.
All the arrangements for the sailors
completed The guests will include l0oO
men of the Olympia and other Wafsnlps
in the harbor Admiral Dewey, REAR Al
mirals Sampson and Schley, the otner
guests of the city will have been in
vited to occupy the boxes around the Dan
room where the smoker is to be held
Gen. Butterfeld has wired Mr. Guggen-
heimer that his doctor has promised TO
let him visit New York City next week
He said the trouble with the 6. A. r. Is
easy of settlement and he believes VIII De
The Committee on the Distribution OF
Tickets has announced>that no more ap-
plications for tickets can be received
The applications already exceed the sup
ply tenfold. The announcement Is sign
ed by Warren w Foster, Rollin M. Fos-
ter and Alfred NJ. Downes, the full COM
mittee.
Scope Committee 1t was decided to aban-
don the proposed breakfast 70 Ine Al
miral at Claremont on SATURDAY, Seplen-
her 80 The breakfast instead Will pc an
Informal one on the boat conveying Ad-
rmiral Dewey, the Governors of States ana
other guests from Barclay street to Clare
mont.
wASHINGTON, D. c.. Sept. "a final
meeting of the Dewey National Home
Fund Committee was held at the ONCE Oh
the Secretary of the Treasury today An
account of stock was taken and plans
perfected for closing the subscriptions pc
fore the arrival in New York OF Aamiraf s5 a.
Dewey. The committee, composed, OF
4 ssisfant Secretary of the Treasury van
derlip. Assistant Postmas ter Generai
Heath, Assistant Secretary OF i.Is tne Ns,nS nSg
Allan Afiutant General GorDin, ana
T4nttaa Stafes Treasurer Ellis. H. Roo
erts were all present Al tne conciastoaa c,,estoa
of the meeting the commlttssss ss, isqueSsS,p Ny ~,
the Associated Press 70 puoMsn sne
.sThe sTIse Dewey Home Fund Committee
have received contributions from apout
20, 900 citizens, representing every stare
~, ana ~ TerrIfory in the Union. These aggre-
cate S27. .065. exclusive Of the contrlpu-
tions received this morning me ~ dunu
should be increased to az leasl soo,ogv I -
anafie the committee to purchase a nome
AZ the capital of the anton, when VIII
he a credit to the givers and prlae 70
the hero of Manila Bay. Admiral Dewey
has indicated. TO the committee desire
to make Washington his permanent home;
Here as fhe ranking officer of the United
States Navy, he will spend the remahusI
of his life The Admiral has indicaIea ms
eratef,ll appreciation of the Intention
of the American people to present MN
! home and he will accept it with the
Shirt In which 1t will be given
f.s1ba committee must close the SUD-
.,,;,.+ians before the end of next week,
before the arrival OF Admiral Dewey. 1 anu
will be pleased to receive ana acKnoWl-
edge BY the issuance OF a souvenir reeeipe
any Contributions. A home will be pur-
ssed with whatever funds the commits
tee tee may have at the end of next week.
Tha time is now so short that the com
.s,;ttaa suggests those who desire to make
an immediate success of I'm this w9ps es
their wishes by telegraph to Hon Ellis
II Roberts, United States Treasurer,
Washington, D. G: who i 4 treasurer =. q the
fund. and to remit by first mail
MONTPELIER, VT. Sept. "a 1899 Ex-
tansive nreparations are being made by
the people of Vermont to welcome Adj
mirai Dewey upon his return to the State
II IA now expected that the parade IN his
honor will occur October Y here. Il Is
planned to make the affair strictly YER
mont welcome and, in consequence many
affers of foreign organizations to parade
on that day necessarily have neen refused:
The National Guard of The State has re-
Gently been reorganixed and Will be. called
into camp at Montpelier at the tlme "a
So fhe Sn1sTzIiaI Of the parade Colonel
c}ossf 15ss g. hia afsif from yhe pFomfnenf 1nsn