Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18
CoNFEDERATEs BARRED
 FROM THE G. A. R. PARADE.
Enforcement of General Orders Causes
 Unpleasant Incident.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 17.-En- Torcement of an order excluding wom- en and civilians from the forty seventh annual parade of the Grand Army of the Republic today prevented the N. B. Forest camp of United Confederate Veterans from participating in the pageant. An invitation to join in the parade had been rendered Colonel L. T. DlckInson, commander of the Forest camp by Colonel Henry Hanson com mander of the Forsyth post of Toledo. Just when they were ready to take their places Colonel Hanson informed Colonel Dickinson that the commander of the department of Ohio. Colonel w. O. WaTnock. had been instructed to par everyone from the parade eXcept union veterans The confederate vet erans marched quietlY-bacIl to their Headquarters They were greeted by cheers by the union veterans. In a statement Colonel Dickinson said:
 We regretted the incident very much, but l believe our comrades and especially those in the Forsyth post were even more distressed We hold no i'll feeling towards the rank and file of the boys in blue. To show that there is no hard feeling against any of them, we are rendering an invitation to visit our camp tomorrow. This in- yftation is to the rank and file of the boys in blue"
 The following explanation of the in cident was made in a statement to- night by Commander in Chief Alfred B. Beers of the G. A. R.
 ''Y esterday l learned that there was a body of women here planning to take part in the Grand Army of the Repub- lie parade. l also understood that these women were from the state of Ohio. For this reason I called the at- tention of the commander of the de- partment of Ohio to the following ex- tract from general order Nc, 1 G. which read: Women and civilians are pro- h5bited from participating in the pa- 9AlGes and department comm andefs are directed to enforce this order in their respective departments.'
 '1 did not know that an invitation had been extended t0 confedera vet eFans, and never heard that there was amy intention of extending an invita- ton to the N. B. Forest camp, U. c, v. 1t certainly was not rendered by heaAquaa'ters, nod was the endorse fneaat of such ah invitation by head qaladteg;s asked,
 ''Fhe Forest camp of confed crate veterans was excluded in accordance with 8 general order issued Sept. 2 1913, barring all persons from the pa~ raLde except G. A. R. mem bers. This order was based on q custom which has been observed in the past.
 fin addition to this. the confederate camp was not excluded because it's members were former confederate sol diers, but because it was the policy of the Grand Army of the Republic to have only it's members in the parade. with the exception of Sons of Veterans. who were officially invited 10 act as escorts"
 Fully 12.0O0 union survivors of the Civil war marched through the streets of Chattanooga today in the parade. In the face of 8 steady rain the vetef- ans tFtIdged between human walls of cheering spectators along the entire reaIte,
 Other events fB connection with the encaEhpmeRt were 8 reproduction of the battle of Missionary Ridge this afternoon and Grand Army camp fire at the city auditorium tonight