The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-16
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Il WAS moved and carried that the Rules
and By Laws Of the Orphans Hame Assecl-
asions govern this organization, e1c9ps y
cases where otherwise provided BY tsis Doefd
until our next meeting.
On motion the bond to be given By the
Treasurer was fixed ct $40, 900, to be approx.
ed by the President Of the Board, and taas
the bond Of each Superintendent should DO
SIS, 600, to be approved by the executive COM
T. G. Corkhill, N. II. Brainard and J. A.
Parvin, were appointed an executive commit
tee for the Home at Davenport. j. B. Pow
ers and P. g. Wright were appointed an ex.
ecutive committee for the Home at Cedar
Falls.
The chairman of the committee on the con.
dition of the Home reported as follows, which
report was approved:
Your committee to examine the condition
of the Home, have attended to that duty with
as much care as the short time allowed the
committee for that purpose would admit OF,
and ask leave to submit the following report
In the Home near Davenport there are three
hundred and sixty children, from three to six
teen years of age, divided into fifteen families.
each under the control OF lady, styled lot
taee Manager" and all under the coatrol of .
Superintendent and Matron. It's village
of fifteen families acting in harmony, and
eating at the same table, or tables, arranged
il order; at the same time The washing and
ironing is done in one house, and on an aver
age of FIVE hundred pieces each Of the wash
ing days Of the week.
The children are separated into families
through the night, and 60 to school during the
day. The cottages, under the care of the able
and efficient managers, are kept neatly; the
children look neat and happy, the rooms are
comfortable, and everything around these cot
tages is calculated to make the children feel
that they have in reality home.
These cottages, with the other buildings,
enclose some five or six acres ofground which
is covered with grass, and affords beautiful
place for playground for the children. The
dining hall is Fifty by one hundred feet, and is
furnished with small tables suitable for seven
or eight persons to sit around, and room
enough on the floor for at least FIVE hundred
to eat at the same time. At the ringing of
the bell the children march with their cottage
manager TO the hall. where they are seated
and remain quiet until the blessings of God is
asked and q signal given, when they are waited
on, and with happy countsnances and good
Appetites, they eat their meals and at anoth-
er signal they retire in good order to their la
Dor, school or cottage required. On Sunday
they attend Sunday school in the forenoon,
preaching in the afternoon, and frequently
some religious service in the evening.
/ Your committee think the Home is what
the benevolent people who founded the insti-
tuition intended it should be, Home for the
soldiers orphans; and with the influence OF
the able and efficient Superintendent and
Matron. DR.. Cochran and Mrs. Wittenmyer,
your committee think it is admirably con-
Quoted. Some more improvements are need
ed, such as more cisterns, plank walks, and
some more of the rooms to be prepared for
the accommodation of the children.
| The Home at Cedar Falls, your committee
had no opportunity of visiting, but from the
statement of friends at that place we learn
that there are one hundred and ninety chill
dren under the control of Mr.. A. Morrison,
Supe riDtendent and Mrs. Z. G. Plat, Ma
iron. At this, as we'll as at the Home in
Davenport good health prevails. They have
no convenience of cottages. as the Home at
Davenport. being together in two buildings.
But the accomplishing the object of its found
ers-to feed, clothe and educate the orphans
| Of our fallen heroes. At each Home they
have an efficient corps of teachers. and i'll the
schools are taught all the branches taught in
our public schools.
Respectfully submitted.
J. A. PARVIN,
Chairman.
The Board had under careful consideration
the question whether the amount provided for
by law will be sufficient to support these chill
dren. BY candid and full interchange of
views by examination Of expenses, past and
| present, in the Home; and BY estimating the
| cost of clothing, fuel, care taking, educating
and doetoring the children. it appears to them
plainly that the Orphans Home cannot be
sustained with the amount provided by law,
which is less than two dollars a week for each
child, which is the only provision made by
the State. The opinion prevails in this Board
that if the Association will provide clothing
for these children, the means will then be
| adequate to carry the enterprise forward to its
true and high destiny. With this view the
| following resolution was introduced by Mr..
Brainard, and was sustained by the members
of the Board in the most cordial manner, and
with the best feeling toward the old Asso-
| ciation
WHEREAS, The "Iowa Soldiers Orphans
| Home Association has established and sue
| cessfully supported Home for the orphans Of
our patriot dead and
WHEREAS. The State Of Iowa, through its
| Legislature, has made porvision for assuming
the management of said Home, when surren-
/ dered to i, by the above named Association
and
| WHEREAS. This Board has received the same
as contemplated by the law aforesaid; and
| WHEREAS, The amount appropriated by
law for the support of the Home is insufficient
for its proper support. Therefore be it
Resoired, That this Board of Trustees ap-
pointed by the Legislature of the State, do
appeal to the Association aforesaid to come
to the aid of this institution which they have
built, and by furnishing clothing and other
supplies make up the deficiency, and enable
this noble enterprise to accomplish the full
measure of success Of which it is capable.
| 1t will remain with Mrs. Wittenmyer, as
Corresponding Secretary of the Association,
by the co operation OF the good women of the
State, to meet this now wish of the Board.
Already, the ladies of several places are pro-
posing to adopt from FIVE to ten of these chill
dren for the purpose of clothing them. This
will keep alive the public sentiment, and the
good heart of the people.
earnestly recommend, and l know it to be
the wish of the Trustees, that delegation OF
ladies be sent from the various places in the
State to visit the Home and satisfy themselves
Of its real merits and report to others.
call attention to one provision particular.
| ly. Applications of children to the Home
may be made to any one of the Trustees Of
the State Board, and by his endorsement they
will be received.
Papers in the State please copy.
| P. P. INGALLS,. Sec'Y
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