New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-03
WASHINGTON.
x.siona, Hospitals.

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.,.ons the many benevolent institutions
5, prouinently characteristic OF the noble hui
-S,he British nstion, her magnificent " Home tor
ns"y s.,ds fret Six miles below the Great Me-
- :, The bank OF the Thames is an imposing ed-
p~:h 4. spscious and beautifully ornamented parks
sr.sta and regal surroundings. This was once
-, palace and the favori,e residence Of the British
..vcbs kis now Greenwich Hospital--the home Of
- dbl disabled and aged British seamen. Here they
cared for in sickness and in health, with studious
.,.,t,ons and great Eberality and here the orphan
.h;drsu Of sailors supported and educated
s. ENGLAND Is a maritime-a commercial nation-and
roudly claims to be the mistress of the and this
.,pcey hospital inspires her who go down to the
sea IN ships" TO endure patiently all the hardshp and
,snne cheerfuy all the risks and hazards incident TO
: alfe on the ocean wave'-because they know home
"a provided for them in sickness when disabled and in
old are This institution is the pride and glory of Eng
Hshnen, and justly so.
The pride and glory ofthe French nation isher Army
She boasts not that the of her ships whitens
every sea but glories that her imperial eagles have
eosfed triumphanty upon most of the forfcations in
Continental Europe France therefore, has her mag
nifceDt Soldiers Home instead Of Sailors Home
The Hotel des hpaldes in Paris, once Royal resi-
dence with its extensive gardens and lawns, its foun
fsps sarlary paintings and librasiss Is now and has
been for years in the midst of revolutions and govern.
mental mutations Military HosPital-where the aged
the SCARED and the Inuated soldier finds comfort
able and luxurious home And this institution Is the PRIDE
and glory OF Frenchmen, and Justly so.
The Americans are martial and maritime people
We claim 10 have clicked the British land in the
"War of lndependence"to have done 1t again in the
sar of 1912 and also have indicated, most triumph
antly Sailors Rights" We justly boast OF our
aMcxican campaign the most brilliant and glorious
recorded In ancient modern history and our mercan-
le marine completes with the rest of mankind for the
commerce of nations.
But we have no Soldiers Home-no Military Hospta
Ike the French have any Sailors Home-no Ma
rine Hospital that will compare with the British. We
have however, Marine Hospitals scattered along the At
lantc coast and inland lakes and rivers which, in the
aggregate administer comfort to thousands and tens OF
thousands of noble gallant and hearted sailors
The first step taken toward the establishment Of Ma
sine Hospitals in this country in 1898, by an act
authorizing the Collector OF each District to deduct on
account of each vessel in his District tmenty cents
month from the wages of all sailors, and making the
masters and vessels responsible therefor. The moneys
thus accumulated were made general fund for the
benefit and convenience ofsick and disabled seamen"
In 1887 an act passed, first authorizing the establish
men of Hospitals for the benefit OF Inland Navigation"
We have now thirteen United States Marine Hospitals
occupied and finished nearly So and ce others for
which appropriations have been made, as follows:
thew Orleans, Mobile, Key West, Charleston, Ocra
coke Norfolk Chelsea, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Paducah
st. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland. Aud, Appropriations
for Hospitals at Evansville, vcksburg Natchez, Espo
leon and San Francisco.
Total Approprafions tho sites construction and furnish
ina the United Nldfes MIrine Hospitals: