Show t GRAND ARMY GRIEVANCES I Commanderinchief Shaw of the r Grand Army of the Republic has a just r i STiearce against the managers of the parade in Nv York City Major General Gen-eral Roe a smokeless warrior cf the political pattern approved hy the mlll taiJsts running things in this country at present refused to allow the veteran veter-an of th civil war any place of precedes prece-des tc in the procession Gen raJ Shaw wanted a picked guard of 2003 heroes of the Union army to be accorded the distinction of acting bodyguard body-guard for the admiral In the parade or In any event to have a prominent plPEeln the procession The committee demurred but afraid to say No Ill take the whole responsibility in refusing the Grand Army the right of parade said General Roe He issued the edict and the committee has backed g2ilm ur in it The veterans are com pohled to take a back seat whIle the IiIL narrowmlnded blunderers clothed 2 with a little brief authority to quote the exact language of General Shaw lave things their own way t It is ically too uaa that this unwise r jjuUnp of a military upstart should mar the otherwise almost perfect arrangement arrange-ment for the admirals reception Jrtvptf Is a veteran of the civil war < < I He was withParragut fatSt Philipand New Orleans where the gunners on ship and shore were so close that they cursed each other as they fought His young manhood and the young manhood man-hood of veterans who wanted to honor themselves by honoring him were passed in the dangers of war together But there is another reason why General Gen-eral Shaws request should have been granted In other states these venerable vener-able heroes are accorded places of honor without special requests and without unnecessary pleading with younger men In charge of celebrations Comrades Com-rades of the CDs always head the line in civic pageantsa guide to the younger generation the color guard of the flag they fought four years to keep untarnished The action of the New York parade managers In this particular particu-lar is unwise indefensible |