The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-24
THOMPSON MAKES REPLY,
He Resents Director Blinn's Re.
marks About Lyon
Post.
VETERANS ARE OUT FOR WAR.
The Struggle Will Probably Be Pro.
tracted to the Next En-.
campment.
VETERANS ARE OUT FOR WAR
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANorsco CALL

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
sos Broadway, Feb. %.
The war among the veteran soldiers
shows no sign of coming to an end. The
skirmishing of Director Blinn of the
4ountviile Home has met with counter
fire from General Thompson of this city
The general resents the statement that the
resolutions passed by Lyon Post were in
stlgated by him anu were passed by a
small attendance.
"The. resolutions were unanimously
passed at regular meeting" said General
Thompson tonight, land if the directors
only just now realize that their actions are
unpopular they must have very little
knowledge of the state Of public opinion
The general was shown the interview
with Director Blinn and asked what he
had to say about it. He replied:
Director Charles H. Blinn of the Vet
erans' Home, in an interview published in
to-day's CALL, talks about Commander
Wilson placing under arrest and court
martialing all of Lyon Post No. s, G. A B.,
OF Oakland, for unanimously passing some
resolutions to have the mismanagement
OF the directors of the Veterans Home in
vestigated. Why doesnot Command Will
son arrest and court-martial all of George
ii. Thomas Post No. for. passing and
publishing resolutions defending and
laudatory of DR.. c. 0. Brown and abusing
his opponents without the authority of the
department commander? Is Dr. Brown of
more importance than 600 Union soldiers !?
Probably the friends of DIR. Brown and
| those of the home directors are in about
the same Tx, and they are going to stand
by each other. Mr.. Blinn says that Cap
tain Currier, the treasurer, does not keep
the $50 month paid him, but gives it to
| his clerk, but gives no name. Perhaps it
is to the same friend that he kept on the
Government payroll when he was Pension
Agent. Will Mr.. Blinn kindly prepare a
| statement for the Governors investigation
OF all the money he has received from the
home treasury for going to the home
more or less every week since he was di-
| rector; for what it has cost the home to
keep him and his family there in country
outings during the same timer Also what
com missions or favors he has received for
buying supplies for the home from GER
| tain parties who are known to have offered
| inducements to another director to make
such purchasesr Also of what he knows
about farming, gardening grounds, build
ings, or the care of old soldiers, if any
thing, or what good, if any, he has been TO
! the home at Yountville?
'Mr. Blinn will find out that when Gov
ernor Budd makes his investigation Lyon
Post will substantiate every allegation
unanimously adopted at large stated
| meeting held February 1896, and also
many other charges relating to the in
competence and drunkenness of officers
and the ignorance, corruption and mis-
management of directors.
at will also be shown that of the many
hundreds of thousands of dollars that
have been contributed by the taxpayers
of this State and nation to maintain in
digent and disabled veterans at this home
not more than two-thirds has been
properly used for that purpose, and that at
least one-third has been wasted, misap-
propriated or stolen by the ring that has
controlled the home since its organization.
Il see that Colonel Hussey is also men
toned by Blinn. The colonel was not at
the meeting at all and did not know that
the resolutions were being adopted"