Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-01
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
The Board of Managers
Arrives Quietly.
THEY VISIT THE PREMISES
The G. A. r. Committee Will go
Down Today and Give its
Testimony.

registered on the question of the alleged
iii-treatment and neglect of the inmates
OF the Soldiers Home at Santa Monica.
Two of the members of the board sp-.
pointed to look into the condition of the
Homes for disabled volunteers ifP vsri-
GUS parts of the country arrived in this
city Sunday afternoon, and yesterday
visited the Home; to begin their official
1t is a part of the duty of the members
of the commission to visit the Homes
several times a year, and to report upon
the way they are managed. The Home
at Santa Monica would have come in for
visit before long in any event, but it
was probably hastened by the wild.eyed
rumors which were set afoat a short
time ago by morning newspaper. The
Home will be treated to q thorough in
yestigation, (Which would have been
done in any event. and all who have
complaints of any kind to offer will be
summoned before the Commissioners,
aud all the charges which have been
made will be rigidly sifted.
The board consists of the following
persons: Gen. II. b. Franklin, of Hart
ford, President; Len A. Harris, of Gin
cinnati, Vice. President; Gen. Martin
Mcmahon, of New York, Secretary;
Gen. John @. Black, ex-senator Sewall,
OF New Jersey, ex. Governor Martin, Of
Kansas, Colonel Mitchell, of Milwaukee,
Ex-Governor Hartranft, of Pennsylvania,
and Colonel II. H. Markham, Of Califor.
mia. OF these, Colonel Len A. Harris
III
hand. They are accompanied by Colonel
Thomas, who is the Governor Of the
Dayton Home.
These three gentlemen-Harris, Mark.
ham and Thomas-spent the day yester-
day at the Home, and today will begin
the official investigation. The commit
tee of the G.. A. r. which short time
ago visited the Home, when the reports
were first published, will be invited to
meet the members of the board this
morning at 10 O'Clock. The membe of
this committee will go down on the Los
Angeles and Pacific this morning and
make their report of grievances, which
they prepared some time ago.
The facts brought to light by the HER
AID at the time when the ssgreat sensa-
tion" was sprung, offer a tolerably clear
indication OF what the result of the in
vestigation will be. The lament of the
two or three chronic objectors that they
were not fed on porterhouse steaks will
be listened to very patiently, but it is not
probable that any very serious results
will follow. One of the members of the
party remarked yesterday that it could
be affirmed in advance that they would
not be influenced at all by sensational
stories published in newspapers. He
also volunteered the statement that Eek
posures" Of the sort that were
published short time ago were
q painfully old story to
the board. At regular intervals
they break out at the different Homas
throughout the country and there is u.s.
ually some newspaper of fiery and reck-
less zeal quite ready to give the public
all that the "chronics' have to say.
There is certain class of veteran, ac-
cording to this gentleman's statements,
who travels about from one Home to an
other and gets himself down on the black.
books everywhere. Pate de fois gras and
champagne are not good enough for him
and when he is discontented he speaks
up with loud hoarse roar. He has at
last found his way to this Coast and the
new Home at Santa Monica is having its
FIRST experience with him.