The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
GIN. GRUDBSrARHLED EUROPE
WIN 4 UNIFORM THAF was
NOT ACCORDING 10 RULE

And ~ MAas VAmO1s the Caro- 90 Phal-
aaelphaap city Troop Remanss-
eeaesa 81 q EIghalng lroauaaster-1n.
dspenAsaa IN Business ana Polities.
Brig. -osn. Z. Burd Grub. veteran Of
the civIl war and one time United States
Minigesr 10 Spain. came over 20 New York
yesterday from hia homo at EdgsNNeer.
Park. n. J.. which h tho sosne every year
of . reunion Of the survivors % the Twenty
third Regim@nt Of New jersey Volunteers.
Il VIVA during Gen. Grubb's mission
10 Spain that he made the uniform of the
CITY Troop Of Philadelphia known out
side Of the Quaker City. II came about
through that stipulation In the rules
governing the American diplomatic
service that an American diplomat shall
wear az STATE functions the Rarb OF
plain American citisen.
Now others before Minister Grubb
had found this provision . sore trial.
European and other diplomats made
q brave showing In tbs clothes to which
their position entitled them. for most
countries have q prescribed diplomatic
uniform, covered with braid and tinsel.
and even the second secretary Of the
SiAmees legation carries . sword at state
functions. At most court functions the
American Minister In HE ti,nereal black
Ia lost in tho SEQ Of blAsine color.
Ths hrss American envoy. according
I 20 the records at hand. who attempted
70 change this stAts oG thing. was the
Hon. Godlove Ortiz OF Indiana. whom
| President Grant cent a. our envoy to
4 Vienna in 1875. Indiana had not then
attained 10 the stage % literary eminence
that has enabled her to turn out George
AIDES and Booth Tsrkingtons. but Orth
was determined that none OF those ENJOYS
OF kings and emperors was going TO git
ahead OF him. A. ths first court hell
he attended he found he was not in IL
az all a. compared with the other ENJOYS.
and even the wcitcrs In their braided
and colored uniforms attracted more
attcntion. Orth couldn't get near the
throne At all. He made up his mind he
would do better the next time.
So when the second court ball came.
Ortiz simply astounded the lackeys when
he made his appearance at the palace.
Hn uniform was the marvel % the a.
semblaxe II was so marvellous, that
the polite Lord Chamberlain got the
Minister Of Foreign Affairs 10 msks dip
lomattc representations 1T Washington
tnroueh thS austrian S'@ -,
effect that ne had been unable 70 classify
the Uniform Of the American Minister
and to please notify what honors were
70 he shown 70 it--reply paid
The American Secretary Of State did
not know what was meant by the Ameri-
can Minister'S uniform % he imms-
Ale talv cahled Orth % tall what Il WA All
49,. "a. 80. 1919 a., ~. h.d
! 49, 49, -,
construso tne stipu'A.'on aioro"'sn l.t' !,
! 10 mean that an American Diplomat
was entitled 60 wear what a citizen wore
1 a, hov,. and "A ha had hapn@n~d To b
VnI.h, r.r,n,.r .nd N Emto.n,
hs - -,
Cor"msnder IN n's NONE .owh ne nsn
put on he TeKalia for the benefit OF the
Austrian court He was told To keen tn
unisoru, in hi. trunk for the res, Of his
-. 4, 49,.
W
"hen Zen. Srubo wss sent over 70
Madrid by Pr aidont Harrison in isof
h found himsaf up aRnlnss the tssIaI
,ro,.,.i,i,,n h,,, 4, d,d 10, .,,,,t, .,
- ., =
"" un- oohuarJ' NhHh INC h,~t rag aHS'
took plsce at the EAcurisl his costun"
was At oncs to wonder and Tn. cnvv
Of every South American diplonst,s,
- L az - - -
:" w "e "ai MOT p'u'T'-- NOR
colorr anu morn golh iso@ iran any 81
them.
There was = GOOD d~gI Of speculat t,,r,
,ro,n~ IN, S,.ni.h gr,nd,,. 80 -
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D'p,ou~'c ,o'p- a. 70 IuH' Nha' w"
UNIFORM Was. ana cabied descriptions
Of Minister Grubb's fine rsim-nt WI,
scHt over hers ard then Il finally came
out Tha G1nsrAl was a m~mber ~ Phila o.
delphi q most fashions bla military or
gPnization and had worn itA uniform
Ga 1r,lhh sntS rHd tho army % p
privgt- in 1891 end rose 10 tho command
Of = briRado.
Il was in thu Third tho Tw srty-third
the Thirty-fourth and tn. Thirty -sNy.n,h
Nov ]. rsey rsCim .nta, n aid ya-t .r
dsy Al tho Hotel Wolcott. and YVES mus
tered o,It AZ tho end OF nv term Of an .
hstrnant IN D~cemheT. Isss Al Salon
church, Va I WIS with tho Twenty.
third W. wen, into The fsh, win m.
mn and 10 oNas,.rs and Loaf Isi MOI,
md N ofic-rn Azaiust ms ~, ne