The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-09-26
Gen. ANDERS0K
visws Of the Veterans at the
Sandusky Home.
,AlrnAs slAIDrls ssrursD.

Rssolutsoss Adopted which Set Forth
he True opsditioa Of Affairs st
Ne lastitutips.
Seine little time ago the Democratic
newspapers of the state made & viru-
lent attack upon General Anderson,
comnandant Of the Ohio Soldiers' and
Sailors Home, at Sandusky. These
false and outrageous charges Siwers
promptly resented by the veteran in
mates Of the institution, as the follow
ing letter. received by Governor Nash. I
tsstifes:
Hon. George X. Nash. Governor:
Dear Sir-At . meeting Of the SER
geants Of the several cottages Of the
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home, held
on Sept. 3, was chosen - chairman
Of the committee on resolutions, and
was Instructed to forward you o copy
Of the resolutions adopted at that time.
I now have the honor and pleasure to
comply with instructions. hoping they
will meet with your approval Re-
spectfupy and sincerely yours,
A. A. POMEROY,
Sergeant of Cottage N.
Z 'Wbersas, Maliciously false articles
are no,ng published from day to day In
se.t..sn partisan papers In some sec
tions OF Ohio rejecting against the
government of the o. 8. & 8. Home, as
conducted by Major-General Thomas
N. Anderson, commandant; and
Whereas, These same utterances
Cal VA llnS~ luva nj IN
eral T. M. Anderson as being q cruel
and harsh disciplinarian Of the mar
tinet school, treating the retired vet
Grams Of three wars with the severe
and rigid code that obtains over
camp of regular army soldiers In act
i've service; and
whereas, It has been wrongfully
asserted with the same degree of mall
ice that General Anderson persecutes
and oppresses the members Of the
O. 8. 4. 8. Home in divers ways to the
detriment Of their comfort and good
health; and that In his judicial capac-
ity he is positive and unmerciful in
his sentences Of punishment; there
fore, be 1t
Resolved, That while Najor-G General
Thomas M. Anderson. as commandant
Of the Home, is not presumed to con-
slider the will OF the members In COM
mendation. approval or blame Of the
course OF administration which his
judgment and experience prompt, we
have the honor and pleasure to assure
him of our sincere respect and conf
dence, and take the liberty to express
our satisfaction with the methods he
has adopted to insure the greatest good
by the wholesome enforcement of the
established rules as they apply to the
several departments of the Home.
Resolved, That we take this method
OF informing the public at large. and
especially the immediate friends of the
old veterans Of the Mexican and Civil
wars, that we now enjoy all the privi-
leges and comforts for which the o. 8.
4 s. Home was instituted by generous
and admirable provisions of the state
legislature and not as habitation oi
charity, political rancor or army dis
cipline, but as an evidence of the ap-
pi>>,iation and honor In which the sur
viving veterans OF our volunteer ar
mics are held by the patriotic people
OF Ohio.
Resolved, That we denounce as
false all the published aspersions that
have been directed against Comman-
dant T. M. Anderson. reciting that he
has inaugurated system of persecu-
tion and oppression against the aged
and infirm retired volunteer soldiers in
both his executive and judicial ca.
pacities.
Resolved, That we, the members OF
various cottages, hereby assert. on the
strength Of individual knowledge, that
the commandant, Gen. T. M. Anderson
has endeavored to improve the condi.
ton OF the members as q whole body;
that we have found in him an officel
OF congenial personality; that he in
vites degree OF fraternity with the
veteran members unusual for an ON.
Ger OF his exalted rank In the army
and that he Is gallant gentleman
and brave an efficient officer, which
10 demonstrated by the fact that hs
fought his way from the station of 8
private soldier to the rank of major.
general.
Resolved. That copy Of these res.
olutions be rendered to the board ol
trustees, the governor of the state ol
Ohio and the commandant of the o. s
4 8. Home. and that copies be furnish
Cd the press for dissemination through
out the state of Ohio.
Signed by the sergeants Of the va
rious cottages as follows:
"A. A. Pomeroy, John Collins. Johr
Edsall, G. w. Thomas, James Malone
John McCowsn. A. M Wharton. vii
liam Whorley, George Hickman, vii
liam Whorley, George Hickman. vii
Granville ELLIS. @. @. Bartlett. PhiliI
Loge, G. Il. Chapman. George Rich
ards, ". A. Gray and James Dunn"
As TO SOUTH AMERICA.