Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-07
BLAME GEN. GRUB
FOR EXTRAVAGANCE
Soldiers Home Head Offers No
Defense at Legislative
Probe.
R. WAYNE PARKER MAKES
CHARGES FOR MANAGERS
Commandment Back of Plot to
Gust Board, Former Con-
gresham Says.

Allegations against General +. Burd
Gsrubb, superintendent of the Soldiers
Home, in Kearny We're repeated yes-
terday to the committee appointed by
The Legislature to investigate the
mana cement of the institution.
Charges of incompetency and eXtrav-
agance were applied again to the gen
eral, but his counsel refused to make
any defense, saying the managers
would have to prove their allegations.
General Grubbs side of the case will
probably be heard at the next session
of the committee.
Former Congressman r. Wayne
Parker appeared for the managers.
He told the committee General Grubb
was the instigator OF the Branegan
bill, designed to Dust the managers
who now serve, gratis, as directors
of the institution. He declared the
managers efforts to curb General
Grubbs extravagant expenditures led
the general to promulgate the bill.
The House has passed the Branegan
bill, despite the opposition made by
the managers at hearing on 1t. The
Senate, however refused to ratify it
until an investigation had been made,
so an investigating committee COM
prising Senators Barbour and Gaunt
and Assemblymen Bracken and Con-
rad, was appointed. II is this com
mittee that is doing the probing and
all the members, except Senator
Gaunt, We're present yesterday.
General and Mrs. Grubb Present
General and Mrs. Grub sat with
the committee. So did the formers
counsel, Warren Dixon and Joseph f.
Farmer, of Jersey City, and the mem
bers of the board of managers, In
Guiding MIR. Parker. General Joseph
H Brensinger, of Jersey City; Cen
eral Edward w. Hinc, Of this city;
DR.. Henry Alters. Of Harrison, and
Major Peter Rogers, OF Arlington.
Mr.. Parker declared that only the
superintendent benefited by the in
creased expenses at the home. lie
pointed out that In 1910 the year be-
fore General Grubb became head of
the institution, the expenses for the
year were $50, 1854; in 1912 they were
s100.04119, although the number of
employees and inmates had decreased.
IN 1909 the bill for table supplies was
.8S2, 2oS60. but it jumped to $4S,91S.3S in
sa912, while the number of inmates in
1.-THE corresponding time decreased
,fron 500 to $50. This increase, Mr..
Parker said, was due to extravagant
purchases made for the superintend-
rent's table Food on the soldiers
tables, he declared, was not so good
iRs formerly.
Making further charges of squan-
,dering against the general, Mr.. Par
ker mentioned the fine quality of
whislley he had purchased for his own
use and then charged the bill, $4275O,
10 the state, and he spoke of the gen.
erals attempt to charge the state
with cable tolls he had made when his
tfamily was in Europe. The generals
pprivate secretary. he went on, should
'be paid out of his employers salary.
not out of the State fund, because his
office is not created by the state.
scarcity of Clothing
Mr.. Parker called the committees
attention to the soldiers wardrobes
In 1909. he said, they had clothes in
plenty, now, he said. they possess
scarcely more than they wear. In
concluding, the stated he did not want
10 be held responsible for using State
funds for private purposes. He de-
rlared General Grubb's abolition of
the pass system at the home had done
much to increase drunkenness, and he
favored restoring the system whereby