The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-26
BUTT AT ODDS WITH ROE?
talk IN THE GUARD ABOUT
- CHARGES TO BE PREFERRED.

Adjutant. General Andrews Says None Has
Been Prsferrsd-He Takes No Stock in
Any Talk of Complaints Against Gen.
Roe-Taik is About Sights to Gen. Butt.
Gen McCoskry Butt commanding the Fifth
Brigade, National Guard, II half the current talk
Is true is celebrating whether 10 prefer charges
10 the Governor against Major-Gen Charles
r. Roe the commanding officer Of the State forces.
or to appeal TO the civil courts A reporter askedt
Gen. Butt fatty yesterday whether charges hadg
been preferred against Gen. Roe OF not
IL decline to answer" said Gen. Butt
Are you going TO prefer charges?" he vast
asked.
Il decline to say anything about the matter
whatsoever but l will say that from now CT.
am going to sec that my brigade is going toibe
run in accordance with the military laws of'the
State even II have to go into the civil courts
. Does this last statement imply that you and
Gen Roe are at odds?" was asked
at may imply many things. but must posi-
lively decline TO discuss the matter" replied the
General
A SrN reporter saw Adiutant General Avery
d. Andrews last night he was about to board
a train for Albany and asked him what he knew
about the matter.
IL know that there have been charges fled
against Gen. Roe MS yet" replied Gen. Andrews.
and have not heard of any that are TO be filed
have not heard Of any complaint, either. against
Gen. Roe the part Of Gen Butt Of the Firstl
Brigade OF any other officer of that brigade.
simply do not believe that there is word of truth
in it, but think that II is Of those impossible
canards that keep springing up periodically"
What follows recites the stories that are told
in explanation of Gen. Butts alleged rritatons:'
At the time of the land parade in honor Of Ad-
miral Dewey troops from out OF town were assigned
TO the several armories by order of Gen Roe, and
there was much talk at the time to the effect that
these assignments had been made without CON
sulting Gen. Butt and II is said, other brigade
commanders An armory Is by the laws of the
State military post and the friends of Gen Butt
said that according TO military usage II was i'm
proper to send outside troops TO be quartered in
armory without consultation with the brigade
commander The more Gen. Butt studied the
matter, II is said. the more he got the opinion
that he was a much abused officer and must take
formal notice OF the matter.
II was reported yesterday that within the last
few days Gen. Butt has been in consultation
with legal advisers and that he has decided TO
formulate charges against Gen. Roe, accusing
him of violating the military code. The exact
nature Of the charges Is as yet unknown. but 1t
is understood that they embrace the assignment
OF troops to the armories o! the First Brigade and
the issue of orders direct 10 Colonies of regiments
wltnOut Sen0lnR ultm through ult DTiRdut Noul-
mander For the Dewey parade visiting organi-
cations were assigned as follows in the brigade
of Gen. Butt Seventy.fourt Regiment of Buffalo
TO Ninth Regiment armory. First Regiment Of
Separate Companies to First Battery armory,
and Second Regiment Of Separate Companies
to the Twenty second Regiment armory. These
assig nments were made In a printed order dated
Sept % and signed in the name OF Gen Roe.
The contention which. it is said. Gen. Butt will
try TO sustain is that these assignments were
made without the order OF the Governor and with
out the permission OF the Brigade Commando.
In the canvass for the colonelcy Of the Ninth
Regiment after II returned from the Spanish war;
the friends OF Goodman James Greene Its Colonel
in the war. and those of Col T. B. Rand were at
loggerheads and Gen. Butt was informed that
an officer went direct to Gen. Roe with his tale
of woe instead of seeking the Brigade Commander
for advice or consolation. Gen. Butt was re-
ported at that time to have visited Gen. Roe in
his headauar ters and told him that he would not
permit interference in the affairs of his brigade.
Last May Gen. Butt the point Of resign
ing because of alleged sights by headquarters
One Of these was the disbandng of the provisional
| battalion Of the Twelfth Regiment, which was
organized by Lieut. Col c. j. Setter as a
feeder for the main regiment This order. Gen.
Butt said never passed through his office About
the same time a lively scene occurred on the floor
If the Ninth Regiment Armory on the occasion OF
An inspection of the Ninth Regiment The regu-
Iations cali for an inspection by regiment When
Gen Butt entered the armory Of the Ninth he was
SURPRISED to find a battalion forming for review
nv inspector Hoffman. OF Gen Roe's staff. Gen.
Butt at once ordered the proceedings stopped.
and asked Col. Vim. F. Morris by whose orders
he was parading his regiment by battalion, when
orders had been sent to parade by regiment AZ
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