The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-23
G. A. R. VIII Not Participate In the
New York Parade.
BOTH SIDES STUBBORN
THE VETERANS ARE STANDING
ON THEIR DIGNITY.
Roosevelt's Interference In Their
Behalf VIII Receive No Consider
alton at the Hands of the Parade
Committee-Home Fund Subscrip-
lions to Close Next Week.

New York, Sept. 22.-Major General
Roe, who VIII command the national
guard of New York state in the Dewey
land parade, received a telegram from
Governor Roosevelt today, directing
him TO give the G. A. r. the choice of
any place in the parade. Immediately
on receiving the telegram, General Roe
nao a. conference with Mayor Van
WICK, and then Mr.. Guggenheimer of
the plan and scope committee, which
has charge of the parade, was notified
Oh the governors dispatch. After
pointing out that his committee alone
had the right to assign the places in
the line of march, Mr. Guggenheimer
said OF the governors 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 will take
any notice of it,
General Roe declined to discuss the
action of Governor Roosevelt in adj
vance of the action of the plan and
scope committee.
1t is said Governor Roosevelt sent his
telegram under a Misrepresentation.
General Roe is not acting in his ca
pacity as major general commanding
the state militia, but as chairman of
the subcommittee on land parade Of
the Dewey celebration committee of
this city.
For the Sailors Smoker.
All the arrangements for the sailors
smoker at the Waldorf-Astoria are now
conpl eted. The guests win include
1000 men of the Olympia and other
warships in the harbor Admiral
Dewey, Rear Admirals Sampson and
Schley, the other commanding officers
of the ships and the guests of the city
have been invited to occupy the boxes
around the ballroom where the smoker
is to be held.
1t was decided to abandon the pro-
posed breakfast to the admiral at Clare
mont on Saturday, Sept 80. The break
fast instead viii be an informal one on
the boat conveying Admiral Dewey, the
governors of states and other guests
from Barclay street to Claremont.
General Roe reported that he had
learned that Ohio proposed to increase
its representation from 500 to 5000 men.
He suggested that in view of the lack
of funds, the committee authorize him
to announce that no mere organizations
would be accepted. A motion to that
effect was made and adopted. The
committee then adjourned.
Shaw Makes a Statement.
General Albert D. Shaw, commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. has issued an address to the
public, in which he says:
THE reasons given in the letter from
Department Commander Kaye and pre-
sented in person to General Roe, en-
bodied the views I personally and
strongly pressed upon him, and which
should command the place for the COM
rades in the line in question. l made
this request following the precedents of
two states. First, in Chicago, at the
jubilee parade, the veterans were ae-
corded the right of line and marched
shead of all armed troops; second, on
the return of the Tenth 'egiment, Penn
sylvania volunteers, from the Philip
pines, the G. A. R. mad the right of line
in Pittshurg, followed by the president
and governors and their staffs.'