The Portland daily press., 1899-09-21
G. A. r. WANTS TO LEAD.
Otherwise IL WIN Not Take Part In
New York Dewey Parade.

New York, September 0.-Unless the
plans Of General Charles .. Roe, chair
man of tbs land parads committee Of
the Dewey celebration, . g changed. the
g. A h. organisation y IL not be repre-
sented u sss parade
Joseph W. Say. apartment COM
manner Of sss Nsst York g. A. R., to-
day ant letter % ise sral Roe declining
the invfontion Tor lumber of reasons
These are that The q i. X. forces have
been PLACED at tue end OF the procession
ipstezd Of at tina head of the column;
tbst General Ras has taken no cogniz-
saoe OF Comma nsssr-in- Chief Albert ID.
Shew AMI saa sent aim no invitation to
atteua tss fuustians; that the invitation
for tae q. A. =. organizations topartic-
spGte n ths parade has been extended
second haGa through Col. II. ii. Adams
aud that tiaasral o. .. Howard has been
pisced IN command of the g. A. X.
forces on the day of the parade contrary
to the regulations Of that organization.
The decision TO decline the Invitation. was
arrived at at netting held today. Com
mander in Chief Shaw, Department Com
mander Kay, Past Department Com
mander Atkinson and Col. Goulden,
chairman of the memorial COMMITTEES of
the g. A. II. being present.
This action had been contemplated for
some tims and the entire matter had
been placed before General Ros, who re-
fused to reconsider his plans. Command
erin. Chief Shaw insisted that the G. A.
X. organization should have the head of
| the line of march and should be under
command of Ats own officers He pointed
out that General Howard W no had been
designated to command the forces, had
no authority to call out the posts.
| The officials of the q. A. Il. consulted
with Mayor Van Wyck recently and he
expressed approval of the change they
demanded. They referred the matter also
to Gov. Roosevelt and they received a
| telegram from the governor stating that
he favored the change. Chief among the
reasons given by General Roe In his final
refusal to alter the position assigned the
Grand Army was that the parade would
be In every sense q military one and tina 6
being such, according to regulations
such an unarmed body of men as the q.
A. tR. could not ma rich before body of
| m en- bearing arms
The G. A. Il. officials, however, claim
| that the par ade is in no sense military
| one, hut a city one.
abandon the breakfast to Admiral Dewey
at Claremont as part of the programme
for September 80. A breakfast will prob
! ably be given by Mayor Van Wyok to the
Admiral on Monday, instead. This
change In the programme. II 1t be carried
=
land parade not later than eleven o'clock
Saturday morning, or earlier.
conference on this matter was held
by the laud parade committee this af-
ternoon and as result the committee
called apon Mr.. Guggenheimer to urge
that the breakfast he dispensed with In
order that an early start of the parade
could be made. Mr.. Guggsnheimer will
present the plan to the committee on
plan and scope on Friday next and the
committee that called upon him today
will be present at that time and present
it's arguments 1t is very probable that
1t will carry its point
General Roe has announced this provis-
ional order Of march for the land parade:
General Roe, commanding, and staff.
Sousa's band; sailors Of the Olympia /;
Admiral Dewey and the Mayor in a car
riage; Rear Admiral Sampson and the
officers OF the feet In eight open car
iAnkcc1 6hAAOhc Vi ulo 1Ccbt AOECon VI bu6
regular army, under General Merritt;
N. q. s. N. Y. under Governor Roose-
welt; Toronto Highlanders (doubtfuD !;
Naval Militia, State New York; National
Guards of other states assigned ito place
In line in the order in which the states
| were admitted to the Union.
q. A. X. (if they parade, now doubt
full
Ex-Confederates
Veterans of the Spanish.AmerIcan war.
The Governors of states who are accom-
panied by troops will ride with their
troops. The others will ride in cal riages
escorted by members of the receipt ion
committee. 1t has not yet been decided
where in the line they will ride.
General Roe now estimates that there
will DO $4,000 men in liue. The
states that will be represented by
troops are New Jersey, Maryland,
District Of Columbia, Ohio, Connectieut,
Georgia, Texas, Florida. South Caro-
Ina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Mis-
sissippi and Missouri. There may be
others, but those enumerated are all that
have reported to the committee as GER
tain to be here.