Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-06
TROUBLE IN The UNION VETERAN
CORPS


THE DISPOSITION OF THE FAIR FUND THE CAUSE OF
DISSATISFACTION - WHAT CAPT THoMAsoN's
FRIENDS SAY.
A meeting OF a number OF the members OF the
Union Veteran corps was held last evening, for
the purpose OF considering the causes OF dissatis-
faction. now existing I'm the corps and their rem
edy. After an interchange OF opinions
RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED,
which will be presented at the meeting OF
the corps On Thursday evening, as follows:
THAT the officers and non-commissioned officers.
both OF the line and stafr be requested to tender
their designations before the adjournment OF the
present meeting, and that the offices of any who
lall to do so be declared vacant; that the corps
then proceed to the election OF the following,
Eeeplng IN view the good OF the whole CORPS and
disregardng individual interests in making the
selecton): one first lieutenant, two second leu
stoned onlcers as at present provided for; that
committee OF ten be then selected by ballot with.
OUT regard TO rank, whose duty IL shah be to take
into consideration the subject OF filling the vacan-
cleS OF commandant and those on the staff: this
committee shall meet and agree upon the persons
to recommend to the corps for c6mmandant and
LOT the various stan positions, bearing fully in
nina the requirements OF the corps and who can
pest subserve them. Upon notification to the
arrived at, the said commanding oflicer viii at
once call special meeting OF the CORPS to act
upon the recommendations Of the said commit
WHAT LIEUT.. HARRISON SAYS OF THE pIssArIsrAc-
TIoN
Lieuts- Harrison and Urel were among those In
FAVOR OF the resolutions. The former In reply to
question by STAR reporter this morning, relative
TO the cause OF the dissatisfaction, said:
"The trouble originates from the gross misman-
agement OF the fair funds. There was turned
over to the captain between four and five thousand
dollars as the net proceeds of the fair held winter
before last The corps directed him to transfer it
to the board OF trustees, OF which he was a mem
Der, to be derosited in their name, and drawn out
only on their joint signature He did not turn over
the money As directed, neither did he make a re-
poIt Tor several weeks although repeatedly asked
10 90 So When he did make q report IL showed
mat mat between !onr and five thousand dollars had
Oeen spent, and that the corps was $1,000 In debt
where" ""'
where did the money go toe" asked the re-
"His report showed that to some extent.n was
me reply, "and he produced a few vouchers. The
Ialr money Was so mixed up With other money
that you could not tell much about It, The Can
tain claims that We lost money on the excursion
l am sure that don't understand the accounts,
shs, a we WI nave 10 get an expert to straighten
What is the debt Of the corps?" continued the
81 don't know. 1t is said to be some hundreds
of dollars, believe. The dues for honorary mem.
pers nave not been accounted for. We also claim
uniforms presented him with a suit and he
charged the corps With it."
Is the strength Of the opposition to tho
we nad AZ men at the meeting last evening
and that number Will probably SUPPORT the res0.
luton There are about Is who Will stand by
Capt Thomason, and about 8 on the fence SO
you see. there Is no doubt about the resolutions
being carried"
WHAT CAPT THOMAsoN'S FRIENDS SAY
STAR reporter who called to-day at the army
pay office, where Capt Thomson is employed. to
get his version OF the matter, informed by the
coiored messenger at the main entrance that he
was out, ,and the man was positive that he would not
return. His friends, however, say that there was
but 81 900 realized from the fair AMI that the
amount turned over was less than 45O0 He was
authorized to deposit the monay to his personal
account, which he did. He made a statement of
ms accounts to the committee, which was ap-
proved He further says that new uniforms have
Deen ordered Which have not been paid for and
the corps IS now In debt to him. He places the
deDt at II, zoo He claims that the less respectable
element In the company Is creating this difi-
culty, and that he Is supported by the better
A member OF the Veteran Corps this morning
When his attention was called to the matter said
tnat the parties named made such statements but
tomorrow night would settle the matter: that the
thoI whole cause OF the dispute was Jealousy; that
there were factions In the company, one OF whom
wanted TO get Capt Thomson out, but they
would nnd that after he had built UP the corps and
made 1t what 1T is, that that would be no easy
matter and he would not be surprised that this
party would fall to muster Is votes