Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-22
VETERANS RESENT
TERM CHARITABLE
SAY GOVERNOR COCHRANE
MADE SLURRlNG REMARK
Aged Soldiers Stirred Deeply by Re-
mark Alleged to Have Been Made
by mandant-Criticise
Canteen Removal

The accumulating grievances of the
residents of the national soldiers home
at SaWtelle reached a climax yesterday
when it became rumored that Governor
Cochrane recently had referred to the
home as a charitable institution.
The remark is said to have been made
at the recent trial for insubordination
of one of the men, against whom the
charges were later dismissed. The fact
that a man high in authority at the
home is said to have shown eXcep-
tional sprinting ability at the battle of
Shiloh has ranked in the breasts of
the old warriors and the placing of
foreigner in responsible position in
the management also has, caused much
discomfort, but when it became cir
culated yesterday that the governor
had classified the men as charity"
charges the feeling reached danger
GUS pitch of resentment.
That the governor cast discrediting
! reflections on the statements alleged
to have been made by Fighting Bob"
| Evans in the latter's criticism of the
conditions at the home, was the state
ment of a number of veterans yester-
day. 1t is said that during the recent
trial referred to Governor Cochrane
said that Bob Evans did not feed his
men half as we'll as the veterans were
fed at Sawtelle Not half as well
were the men on Evans ships fed as
you soldiers are" is the statement at
tributed to Governor Cochrane.
Veterans Loyal to Evans
That there are more reasons than a
| previously admitted statement of Gov
ernor Cochrane that the home would
| have to go on short rataions until July
/, for the bitter undereurrent of feel
ing that is daily increasing among the
/ fs, NTDA -
these reasons is the vain effort of the
management to belittle the statement
of former Admiral Evans and to throw
| bouquets of Commandment to itself.
| The veterans all pledge loyalty to
Fighting Bob and resent the state
ments that the men on his ships were
not fed half as we'll as the inmates of
the home. AS one, veteran remarked:
| If such was the case, not half the
sailors would have survived until they
reached Los Angeles"
Another fact that rankles deep in
the hearts of the men was the remark
that Sawtelle is a charitable institu-
ton. The old soldiers feel keenly what
they accepted as slur when the home
was characterized in the manner
| stated.
Said one of the veterans I'VE real
ize that the home depends on the ap-
preparation of congress, and we also
have enough patriotism and love of
| country to know that this charity is
not intended to be such that we have
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best there is except what the
Southern Pacific has across your
| front yards now.
Is not the public entitled to a
little cream with all the SKINNED
| milk it has now? 1 think so.
And don't let anyone deceive you
| by saying the Bannings own that
tract and are entitled to it, for they
don't And, anyway, when you are
dealing with the Bannings you are
| dealing with the Southern Pacific,
and don't forget 1t for a moment.
The Banning company is no more
| free of Southern Pacific control
than is the Salt Lake railroad COM
| pany.
Question Is Proved
These applications alone prove it,
even if it weren't clear in every
harbor transaction. See how these
claims overlapS and both fran
chises were drawn apparently by
the same attorney.
No, you are dealing with the
Southern Pacific only-the COM
pany that fought twenty years ago
to keep you from getting harbor,
the company that refuses you a
landing place where you can do
business except at its own price,
the company that never spent
dollar on channel improvements,
though it has made many millions
of profit out of the harbor; the
company that tried to get your 146-
acre piece in the outer harbor with
the breatwater thrown in; the
+ company that attempted to seize
the entire east basin by reclama-
tion scheme; the company that
finally, in the most brazen attempt
of all, is trying to grab the very
heart out of your harbor for fifty
years, just when you are ready to
improve it.
knowing these facts as they do
now, will the trustees of San Pedro
be party to this crime? don't
believe it.