The San Francisco call., 1896-02-23
THE LYON POST CHARGES,
Department Commander Charles
Wilson Will Take Action
Tomorrow.
a COURT-MARTIAL MAY ENsUE.
Director Charles H. Blinn Condemns
in Strong Terms the Resolu.
tionS.

The warfare between Lyon Post No. 8, G.
A. r.. of Oakland, and the directory of the
Veterans Home of Yountville will be the
theme of some fervent discussion at the
headquarters of the department COM
mander tomorrow afternoon.
Commander Wilson is not giving out
any bulletins regarding his intentions, but
it is rumored that the entire post will be
placed under arrest and courtmartiale d,
charged with unmilitary and unfraternal
conduct. The directors lay their fingers
upon the charge that they are a drunken
body and have been habitually seen on
the home grounds in a state of intoxica-
ton, and say said charge must be investi-
gated. One member stated in an inter-
view that he would resign If the question
were not officially inquired into. Conse-
quently it looks as though Lyon Post
fired magazine-possiplv its own-when
1T adopted those inflammatory resolutions
last Tuesday evening.
~, l knew all about those resolutions of
Lyon Post" said Director Charles III. Blinn
yesterday. ut was the work of just seven
soreheads in that body. Ex-Commandant
Thompson, whom the directory couldn't
tolerate any longer at the home because of
his stubborn disobedience of orders and
his miserable management of the ipstitu-
tion, has been gathering few other mall
contents around him, awaiting an oppor-
tunity to square accounts with the board
He is, or was until few days ago, a men,
ber OF Lincoln Post, in Oakland, and was
unable to find any congenial spirits. Then
he visited Lyon Post. There he found
Norton, Just the man he wanted, and they
got up the charges. They were sprang IN
the meeting Tuesday night. and seven
voted aye, and the rest present, about
twenty-five, were silent when the snoes'
We're called. So the ayes had it,
"Tbere you see seven persons are per-
mltted to voice the sentiment of 5000
members of this department..
Morton says in THE CALL this morning
that it was the intention to have the reso-
lutlons well introduced all over the de-
partment and bring them up at the Santa
Cruz encampment. AS he knows. that
could only be done through the depart
ment commanders office, where the
charges would be investigated, so his ex-
planatlOn Is weak. Lincoln Post last
Thursday night passed resolutions defend
ing the directors Of the home, and D. w.
=. thompson has taken his card out pre-
sumably to put it in Lyon Post.
II want to explain the charge that the
treasurer of the association receives 5000
year. Colonel Currier is the nominal
treasurer and is the responsible party
The clerk who keeps the pension accounts
OF about 300 old soldiers, also other clerical
labor, is an old soldier himself and he is
allowed $50 month for that work. Com
rade Currier is man of means, and his
work is labor Of love in the Grand Army
OF the Republic and the small salary of
$500 year is no object to him. His bond
IS $4,000, and there is never more than a
few thousand dollars of pension money
under his. control.
1T is soon placed in the savings banks,
and can only be drawn on warrants signed