New-York tribune., 1899-11-17
THE BUTT.ROE MATTER.
GENERAL SATISFACTION OVER ihH D'S
MIssAL OF THE CHARGEs-BuTr
WILL. NOT RESIGN.

The report from Albany TO the enec' Una. ~
ernor Roosevelt had, by the ADVICE Oh @u! o.
General Andrews and the Attornes ~u."e ~ 60,
missed the charges preferred against h"'oi 80. =.
Roe by Brigadier General Butt was 'he Suoy.U'
conversation wherever members OF the Nauonai
c,.ra go. ,,.s,ordav The action Of the Governor
80 a,,,o,notod and nearly every officer saio
told you So" " a.. ...,r,o for
some time" sald an officer OF the r"s' Die
"and the people who know him were not SUI
u,hor no made the complaint that ne hao nol oeo"
.,.s a. ,ho matter of placing visiting troops
a., 49, r-,rs+ brigade armories. He found iaui'
nth b,s friend Tillnghasts way or DONG business
and found a hook which to hang coihp"ilI. Nv az a.
tho present time. But the point which no -, ~
was so weak in the eyes OF tne nv" - ho,o
the conditions that there seeHsu "
for him from the start .s
7, was recalled that at the mobilization ot VIZ,
National Guard In the city OF New-io, -aI %
time OF the dedication Of the Grant ioNiu , 49,
pu,t found fault with the order by WHICH
Pennsylyania troops were assigned 10 a. nv 'D -
hts brigade and at that time the protest ""s 81
~ a., 90 Tor that separate companies OF the
o,S,ra pr,c,de were substituted for the fehhsy'
varia troops AT that time 1t was not ',at'' 80.
he,np overlooked" or "slighted' as was 'no 80 =
IN the nresent instance when Generai bu'' in''o,o
,hot nIacine the visiting troops IN MS d ~,
,+bont certain formalities was breach oi mn
t,r,, etIouette for which the orender sho"a " "
-, -. .. task even II he be the commanding Officer
OF the division. .-so,, ho would
When General Butt was seen yes'eruh' "e ~. -
-, dscuss the matter beyond sayrg that inc az
49, 80 tho Governor as reported in The tribune .,
,ostordav settled the matter, and that IL ID ~eaN
,orever" He was told that report hau oeei w
,n,oa .o tho effect that inasmuch as MS chai 300
80 - thrown out as trivial and unworthy ~, Oi
n~"neiSeraton 40" he had seriously consueard consudor Of
attor Of resigning his position as I1d
the First Brgade a line eutt land have not the
renotest 1e idea of resigning my place IN 'ne "
u4naJ adIsr General George Moore Smith Ssd c1d
nnSng of1cer of the Fifth Brigade was a. a'H nj.
~ ~ Nd in any way complained because Oh r,re
a. u, ,rnories ne having been used by visiting troops uu
ING the Dc yev celebration. ,n ho saId
His erhn M armores of the Fifth Brigade ne saiu r
were occupied by visiting troops. anu oo,, len rn
Of The various organizations so iat ds 90 IN their
ro ieu 20 ~, nnsr rters The orders 10 furnish PIaoo
Tor The visitors came through headquaaaI a,2 rat
uIar form and were obeyed AS 10 f1cars tu there
with arrangements made by Supeiioi ''"N''
is no such thing among soloIeI .ho Executiye
IN connection with the news from the ,e caroe
Chamber on the Butt-Roe contLoNgGsy,, 'and Fifth
Sdns aui witch now constitute the Natonal qua -.
Of Manhattan, would be consonda'Giu nurnose OF
fietze out General Butt and S tSr a pIace Of com
pnonder Of ali the New-York forces as He,. itn os
Louis Fitzgerald was before me TeS Snifh nor GEN
the State forces Neitner bet Mans looking to
era, oidet" Of the two brigades AID AT dlVIs,pSn
headquarters there was also nttei 5 ~ rnmor were
subject. The people VINO staTe9 tbot General Butt
s the senior brig1dier genera .hnt ~ General
Nearing date one day ahead OF that Oh Deie' "'
Smith. ,, -. ~ouo, ornonr the conserva-
., mern6ers Of the National Guard over the u's
u1issal OF the Butt charges