The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-23
The Celebration a New York City Az
fair, and Intended to Be More
Naval than Military.
ADDRESS FROM GEN. SHAW
GIVING THE VETERANS SIDE OF THE
UNFORTUNATE DISPUTE.
R0OseveIt's Instructions to Roe With
Home Fund-MOre Money Needed.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Major General
Roe, who will command the National Guard
of New York State in the Dewey parade,
received a telegram from Governor Roose-
welt to-day directing him to give the G.. A.
r, the choice of any place in the parade.
Immediately on receiving the telegram
General Roe had a conference with Mayor
Van Wyck and then Chairman Guggen-
heimer, Of the plan and scope committee.
which has charge of the parade, was mott
fed Of the Governors desire. After point
ing out that his committee alone had the
right to assign places in the line of march,
the chairman said: 1T is peculiarly Roose-
veltian. 1t is most impudent. unjustified and
unwarranted interference in a matter that
is without his province. / do not believe,
however, that our committee will take any
notice of it" 1t Is said that Governor Roose-
Welt sent his telegram under a misappre-
hension. General Roe is not acting in his
capacity as major general commanding the
state militia, but as chairman Of the sub
committee on land parade. AT to-day's
meeting Of the plan and scope committee
General Roe made the following state
ment:
I'm order that there may be no misun-
Outstanding / wish to make this statement
in reference to the ~declination or the o..
A. r. to take part in the Admiral Dewey
land parade: On my representation, at my
instigation and on my resolution, / was
authorized by this committee to extend an
invitation to the q. A. II. of Greater New
York to. take part in the parade by. having
a certain number of men. selected from
a sseo aaGss' to torm 1hs na q pasra' 1 pa or m nss1Ifn in
communication with the state commander
as soon as possible. AT the request Of a
prominent Grand Army man / wrote and
mand Of this body, being assured that this
was agreeable to the state commander. AT
several members of the Grand Army and
myself, ]. understood that the selection OF
General Howard was agreeable. AT this
formed them that the Grand Army would be
assigned a position in the lead of the I'M
armed organizations.
mander-in-chie Of the G.. A. R., the state
commander, Colonel Goulden and myself,
practically a demand was made that the
i Hpeh or 1 heass s of eolu nnse C Sle mSnt Goulden
stating that at a meeting held the day be-
fore It was the sentiment Of the g.. A. r..
that If they could not have the lead they
would not parade. 1 called their attention
to the fact that II was not a Grand Army
affair; that it was a city affair, and that
that position was not their proper one. and
said: Positively and absolutely. the Grand
Army cannot have the head of the column
whereupon they retired.
"At another interview the commander-in-
chief. with the state commander present,
stated that he thought General Howard
should not the Grand Army. /
quest Of several Grand Army men, but I
would write and ask General Howard to
Withdraw, whereupoE the c~ommander-in-
earei be sa' easily mar arranged as S'n'pis "a1 Then ah he
asked If 1 would allow a picked body of
500 Grand Army men and himself to have
the head of the column. / answered.: i
positively and absolutely will not authorize
any portion of the Grand Army to be at
the head Of the column Subsequently 1
received the letter of declination.
Il have taken the position from the be-
ginning that the day was emphaticaily a
sailors saIS u Of the eng" OLYMPIA npa' should He be- IN t una le sne
with nothing whatever to detract. 1 have
taken this stand relative to the Grand Army
T assume ann ' All ressnSSnsibiIitY' do am NOT fis sst
abide by what I have done: / have the
honor to be a member of the Grand Army
of the Republic, George Washington Post"
The committee agreed unanimously, on the
motion of Mr.. Guggenheimer. to approve
the action taken by General Roe. No men,
ton was made Of the dispatch from Gov
ernor Roosevelt. General Roe declined to
give the text Of the dispatch to the re-
porters. 1t was decided to abandon the pro-
posed breakfast to the admiral at Clare
mont on Saturday, Sept. 80. The breakfast
instead will be an informal one on the boat
conveying Admiral Dewey, the Governors
of States and other guests from Barclay
street to Claremont.
General Roe reports that he had learned
that Ohio had proposed to increase its rep
resentation from 500 to 5000 men. He sug-
gested that, in view Of the lack of funds,
the committee authorize him to announce
that no more organizations would be ac-
copied. A motion to that effect was made
and adopted. The committee then adjourned.
GENERAL SHAW'S CONTENTION.
Gen. Albert Shaw, commander-in-chief of
the G. A. r., has issued an address to the
public, in which he says:
1.-The reasons given in the letter from De-
partment Commander Kay and presented In
person 10 General Roe embody the views 1
personally and strongly pressed upon him
and which should the place for
the comrades in the line in question. /
made this request following the precedents
OF two States. First, In Chicago at the
jubilee parade the veterans were accorded
the right of line and marched ahead Of all
armed troops; second. on the return of the
Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
from the Philippines the Grand Army of the
Republic had the right of line in Pittsburg.
followed by the President and Governor and
I'm the light of these comparatively recent
parades. the latter in honor OF our gallant
who possibly heard some Of Admiral
Dewey's guns, / could not but feel that the
Grand Army comrades of New York, repre-
sentative Of the greatest State In the Union,
which sent more men than any other State
TO preserve the Nation from ruin, were as
richly entitled TO head the line OF the Dewey
parade as were the comrades of Pennsyi-
vania TO lead a similar civil pageant in
honor of our Spanisn-American war heroes:
and / felt when i made the plea that the
precedent set by the State OF Pennsylvania
In having the veterans lead the line, Presi-
dent Mckinley and the Governor of the
followed without any loss Of dignity to those