The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-03
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Government Commissioners Who Have
Visited the National Soldiers
Homes.

The Congressional Board of Inspection
of various National Soldiers Homes
throughout the country arrived in this City
from Santa Monica yesterday and are at
the Palace Hotel. There are five members
of the board in the party consisting OF Gen
eral w. B. Franklin of Hartford, Conn.,,
who is the president, Colonel George w.
Steele of Marion, Indiana, General NJ. T.
Mem ahon, who is the secretary of the
comm ission, from New York. General G.
NJ. Anderson of Greenville, Ohio, and S.
G. Cook of Harrington, Kansas. George
Swaetzer of Indiana accompanies the party
as the guest of Colonel Steele.
Acting under their official instructions
the members of the board have visited all
the National homes for the support of
Uncle Sans needy veterans between the
National capital and this coast. Each of
the five homes was visited and thoroughly
inspected and investigated as TO the man
agement of affairs and the condition of the
inmates
The commissioners will not go to Yount-
vile nor to the homes in Oregon or Wash
ington. The inspection of these institu-
tions will be left to Colonel +. F. Brown,
the nspector-General of National Homes.
Colonel Brown was with the party until it
arrived at Santa Monica. He remained
there and will not leave for several days
yet.
1--WE left Dayton, Ohio, on the 18th of
june" said General Franklin yesterday,
land from there went to Marion, Ind,
where we inspected the soldiers home To-
Gated at that place. Then we went on to
Milwaukee, where there is another home,
and to Leavenworth, Kans. From the lat
ter place we went clean through to Santa
Monica. / must say that we had most
delightful trip in every way. We were
NIL ba in,
which the several National soldiers homes
are being conducted. Not only did we find
no friction among the officials in charge,
but the inmates spoke highly of their treat
ment, which, as you know, is not always
the case.
Certainly there will be many recon-
mendations for improvements made in
our report, but they will be as regard
minor matters. and not touching upon the
discipline or management of the institu-
ton. For instance we will recommend
the placing of an ice-making plant in the
Santa Monica home, which will be saw
ing of considerable money.
mo, we will not go to Yountville, be-
cause it is not our business to inspect
homes which receive support from the
States in which they are located. We will
make no recommendation for any improve
ments which will require any large appro-
priations. We will leave here for the
East tomorrow after meeting Adjutant-
General Barrett of the National Guard,
who is a member of our board. He will
accompany Colonel Brown to Yountville."
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