Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-09
DISCHARGED FROM rt,s HOME
Because they Insisted upon Telling thu
1',,-t1, ~ tl,ux yr.,n,. -

ua)ry Gay at the Soldiers Home. so
far as the commandment WAS concerned
at ieast-and were not much surprised
for when election returns are
wrong it is inclined to make one feel
a little blue and, sometimes, a little
ugly, depending upon ones nature.
Anyway Wednesday brought some
things TO Il focus at the Home. Elec.
ton is oyer with now, so that the STAR
cannot be accused of mentioning this
matter for political effect and we
certainly do not do it for personal
reasons for it is no personal salts.
faction indeed. We regret very much
that We feel called upon to give space
to anything of the kind, for it is a
serious thing for a state institution of
this character to become so entangled,
but We believe it but justice to mon
who have helped defend our country's
honor as we'll as to the people of the
state to let the public know the facts
relating to the discharge of two y Dung
Philippine soldiers who have been in
the Soldiers Home hospital. The
matter was the topic of much CONVEX
sation and aroused much indignation
on Wednesday. even though election
returns absorbed much attention. 1t
seems that during the campaign col.
Linn, DIR. Wade and Capt. Van lIouten
Ihn1l frnn,,nnf nD,c,1fnr. So %ln
.dispensary of the hospital. Messrs.
VIM. Seward, of Co Il. and III. Ct. Vose.
of Co. q First South Dakota had rooms
just across the hall way from the dis
pensary. The transoms we're nearly
always open and the conversations
were easily and unavoidably overheard.
Following is the story of the affair
as related 10y Mr.. Seward:
'One day last week while Nosa and
myself were in our room, l was writing
and Vose lying upon the bed we over
heard Col. Linn say to DIR. Wade and
Capt. Van lIouten while discussing
the politics of some of the employees
of the Home, that the man driving
the gray team has ideas of his own
(Linn supposing him to he II populist)
but that Hickman IA staunch republi-
cam who drove the other team didn't
know his own mind.' Last Monday
night | told Hickman of what | had
heard. for | felt it my duty as his
f,.:a,,l ni.Jyr,,, ,,t-nl yr,,, tt,,,tn,,
about it, and on Wednesday morning
Hickman Il called before Comman-
dant Linn and asked for his authority
for what he had told Van iiouten.
hickman of course at once told him
and very shortly we were summoned
before the Col. i'll charge of the acting
sargent. Col. Linn asked US if we
ware the parties who we've guilty of
circulating these lies about him, and
related the instance. | declared that
| had overheard such IL conversation.
Col Linn demanded to know the day
and The hour of its occurrence. but
could not state it exactly, whereupon
Col. Linn declared that proved it to be
q lie. and called upon Mr.. Vose
to know if he overheard any such
thing. Mr.. Nose declared that he did
exactly. We werethereupon informed
to come for our discharges at s o'clock.
We did SO. and | was asked if l had
any state property in my possession.
| assure you l did not feel like u
criminal and informed him that he
might search my chest. Col. Linn
said he wanted Il straight answer. l
had the suit of clothes that we're given
me, also the underclothes that | had
on. He demanded the suit but told
me l might keep the underclothes. |
was then given my discharge (Which
was shown the STAR. and declared that
Mr.. Seward was discharged by reason
of originating and circulating false
hoods about the communicable
word honorably having been stricken
OUT Both of IL discharges read
alike. Our conversation, SO far as we
were concerned, was gentlemanly and
courteous, although Col. Linn called
us liars and was evidently very mach
agitated and angry. Mr.. Vose, with
whom | have been rooming, is quite
seriously afflicted with chronic
diarrhoea, while ! have been suffering
from chronic %dysentary. and we have
been in the hospital while here. Mr..
Nose is scarcely able to be about.
These are the facts relative our dis
charge and of course we feel that a
wrong WAS done usfcr telling the truth
when questioned as to these
facts. If we can obtain an honorable
discharge, we would not care SO much
although it leaves us here in bad shape
financially, and 1 was not even given
the usual half rates to go home on.
All l have said 1 will make affidavit to
and we have other witnesses"
Such a plain, manly statement con.