The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-05
WITH THE VETERANS.
The Directors Visit the Home at
YOuntyills.
General Harris, One of the Inmates, Orders g
Suit Of Star spangled Underwear.
Business of the Board.

The Board of Directors of the Veterans
Home Association held a quarterly meeting
yesterday at the home, at Yountville, In
Napa County.
There were present: James A. Waymire,
the President; w. c. Burnett, Vice-Pres
dent; Colonel A. L. Rockwell. the Secre-
tary; Colonel William McCeaye, command
ant at the home; DR.. p. j. Aiken. Medical
Director, and the following Directors:
George w. Watts, Samuel Deal, III. I. Hob
bert Attorney General Hart and William j..
Ruddick. Mayor Sanderson and Attorney
Joseph S. Gage were present as guests.
Tho party arrived at the home at II
o'clock, and after inspection OF the 800 vet
Grams drawn up in parade line tour of the
buildings was made. Everything was found
in apple-pi order, Att0rney-General Hart
and Mayor Sanderson being especially well
pleased with the neatness of the houses and
the evident contentment Of the inmates.
Visits to the hospital, where tw0-score pa
tents were in bed; also to quarters, where
nearly as many more were confined, TO the
big dining-rOOm at the noon hour and to the
library and reading-room, well repaid the
trouble. The institution was never IN a
more Furnishing condition than now.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
General Harris" as Inmate G. w. EN-
null styles himself, was formally visited
aud gravely introduced to each visitor.
The General is one of the "crankS at the
institution, but on account of his meritorious
war record all his idiosyncracies are
humored. The General has built himself a
home about the size of sloop-yachts cabin
III the basement of one of the cottages,
which he has painted. inside and out, floor,
walls and ceiling, in alternate red, whlte
and blue stripes. On the door of his head
quarters" is a metallic sign. reading:
General C. W. Aarris." In front OF it,
polished as brightly as elbow-grease could
do it, is brass hOwitZeT, mounted and
with lanyard all ready to pull at command
Even a b0dy-guard has been given the
General" i'll the person OF an old one
legged veteran, who takes as much pride in
answering his superior's orders as the Gen.
eral' does in giving them. The "Generap
made a demand of the Directors yesterday,
on the occasion Of their visit, and 1t was
gravely considered by them at their subse-
Quent meeting. This demand was in the
shape of requlsitiOn for red, white aud
blue underclothcs, the General explain
ing that unless he was furnished with them
he would not hold himself accountable for
his patriotism. The clothes will be fur
nlshed him.
BUSINESS SESSION.
AlLeT ulIutT Tue DudIu went lulO uusIHcso
session, Mayor Sanderson and Attorney
Gage being present as spectators.
COmmandant McCIeave's order appoint
ing John o. G. White QuartermaSter. vice
Blanchard, released, was approved. The
Commandant announced the death, since
I the last meeting, of Inmate Bohso0us CZai-
kowski, aud also the discharge from the
home, for int0xication and selling the homes
clothes, of Michael Flannery.
The applications of H. l.. Carpenter, John
O'Mara and Samuel Ander,al for readmis-
sion to the home were received. The first
was denied and the other TWO were referred
10 the Committee Oh Applications.
The Committee on Supplies was ordered
to purchase two suits of star-spangled under
clothes for General Harris.
Inmate David II. Brainard was ordered
discharged from the home without reference
ity of a discharge and for wearing off homo
uniform.
The board had some discussion as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of getting cheap uniform for
discharged inmates who had no clothes Of
their own. The clothes worn at the home
were considered too expensive to give away.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Director Watts reported a favorable out
| look for n further water supply for the in
| stitutiOD, which he hoped would be reache
within two weeks by means of tunnel now
being mined into the mountains. He
Thought an adequate supply 1Or all purposes
would be reached and with sufficient fall
| for fire purposes. the subject of an arte-
, sian well aud of bringing The water supply
by means of pipes from the river were also
preached.
An offer of $40 ton fot the Znfandel
grapes and OF SIS ton for the other grapes
grown on the homes vineyards was ac-
cepted, and the grapes, which are already
| overTipe, will be picked this week. The en-
tire available force Of the home will be put
at this work to-day.
demand from the dining-room walters,
who are inmates of the home. that they be
allowed twenty cents a day for their ser
vices, the same as other laborers, provoked
a lengthy discussion as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of abolishng the inmates payroll alto
gether. The payroll for the past three
months amounting to over $500, which was
presented by the Executive Committee was
referred back to them or further considera-
ton rs result of the discussion. The
argument was that inaSmuch as the inmates
| received food, home, tobacco and all their
clothes free Of cost, they ought to BIO will
ing to wCrk whenever 1t was required Of
them and they were able without remunera-
ton.
WAGES AND PENSIONS.
Mayor SaHderson stated that at the city
| AlmshOuse the walters received no pay, but
other laborers, such as craftsmen, did get a
| small sum monthly. The walters however
of having the table-waiting ut tile home
| done by weekly details OF inmates met with
| no favor, as Cal McCleave said there were
| not over twenty men in the Institution nin-
| bic or spry enough to do the work. The mat
ter went over until the next meeting.
{. 1t led to another discussion about pen
| siOns. According to law when an eX-sol-
| der drawing pension becomes an inmate
| of the home his pension reveTts TO the home.
| The rule has never been enforced, however,
| most of the men drawing pensions sending
! the money to needy relatives. 1t was pro-
| posed that all men drawing pension be
required to purchase their own tobacco, and
| also that the board enforce the law and re-
| ceve the pensions themselves, paying it out
| when asked to do so TO INDECENT relatives of
| the pensi0ner. The ma ter was finally re-
| ferred to the Executive Committee, to report
at the next meeting.
PETTY JEALOUSY.
A bit OF Jealousy crept out during the
meeting in the shape of complaint from
several inmates against a comrade who last
winter had served term of six months in
San Quentin Prison for the burglary of a
hen-coop. They wanted him discharged as
being an ex-convict. The man complained
against is about rs years old and a cripple,
and he committed the theft at Stockton
while drunk. The board dismissed the
| complaint.
The gardener who is civilian, drawing
salary of S75 month. was ordered re-
| leased at the expiration of his month, Octo-
Der 18th, and his place filled by an inmate,
who will draw therefor 20 cents day.
During the session of the meeting the
Directors were several times pleasantly iu-
terrupted by the sounds of prayer and sing
ing at divine service in the adjacent library