Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-16
MORE COMPLAINTS.
A LETTER FROM KICKER AT THE
SOLDIERS HOME.
He Makes Serious Charges About Poor
Grub Discrimination Charged = En-
glish Eccentricities.

Since the commencement of the
Treichel-Erdman row the HERALD has
received numerous communications
from the veterans of the soldiers home
in relation to their treatment and the
existing condition of affairs. None
speak in fattering tones of Governor
Treichel's fitness, and all tend to show
that "there is something rotten in the
state of Denmark. The following
sample shows the trend Of these COM
munications:
PACIFIC BRANCH, N. H. D. VS..
August ID, 1915
EDITORS HERALD: The members of
this home are indebted to your valuable
paper for giving them an opportunity of
airing their grievances from time to
time, and taking the public in their con-
fdence.
Many of us have occasionally sent
communications to the Times complain
ing of the management of this home and
existing evils. but communications OF
that kind were not only suppressed, but
the name of the writer was often i'm
parted to the governor, whose petty vim
dictiveness is only equalled by his in
sufferable arrogance. Maybe it pays
better to suppress complaints against
the management OF this home than to
publish them. Does it not?
Speaking about the grub in recent
letter of comrade, economy in the
commissary department is now practiced
with vengeance.
OF late no more eggs are furnished for
baking corn-bread and coffee-cakei rem
dering the same unfit for white fmen.
On the other hand, rations are issued to
one of Treichel's strikers, who is on fur
lough, squatting on government lands
at or near the Malaga ranch.
Verify! ''Public office is a private
snap"
Then we have table for extra duty
men, who fare better than those who,
by reason of infrmities and lack of op-
portunity, must content themselves with
the ordinary fare and feel aggrieved for
being Disseminated against. In other
homes. governed by honest men of ex-
perience and practical "horse sense" no
distinction is made as regards the guam
tity and quality Of food served. Those
on extra duty receive extra pay and can
we'll afford to pay for extra victuals.
Doing away with the room orderlies in
the barracks, whereby monthly saving
of 500 is effected, works special hard
ship to all concerned. This pennywise
and pound foolish policy is so much the
more reprehensible as the waste of
money for construction" or, properly
speaking, tinkering and "farm" pur-
poses, is apparent to any casual OBJ
server.
The aping of English manners of our
~, al 10 x,h ;oe
porous plasters, vulgo leggins, bracing
his cadaverous form with padded calves
and prancing on his fierce charger about
sight painfully aggravating to us poor
devils. Yet we have to grin and bear it.
We were told by Major Bonebrake,
local manager, in his speech delivered
on Decoration day at this home that the
Pacific branch was created for Pacific
veterans. If he meant what he said
why not rid us OF New York dude who
imagines that the home is built for him.
SELF his sisters, brother and other
drones? To be sure, Senator Plumb of
Kansas, in his famous speech delivered
in the United States senate year ago,
criticizing the management of the
Home for d. V. s., and going for the
board of managers, re-echoed the senti-
ments of the veterans of the institution
when he said: ''The board of managers
visit each home once year, and spend
there but one day to be dined and
wined by the governor of the home,
who lives in palatial resi-
dence. If member has the
audacity to appear before the board and
makes complaints he at once incurs the
displeasure OF the powers that be-"
etc., etc.
And we all know what that means.
KICKER FROM KICKERsvILLE.
Mfles,s Nerve and Liver Pills