The national Republican., 1866-12-05
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po,tane, srs ismsntAbly ds6eient. cordially
unite With the board In recommending that . more
yigid and comprehensive code Of sanitary laws bc
TSs detective forc. have made $40 arrests during
the pas year recovered stolen lost property to
tho amount Of s3s, ,es2. As, and performed large |
amount Of other labor Of which no record can DO
made.
Of minor ofensss IL open TO haerant abuses and |
recommend . reorganization Of the petty courts In
the District They are Of opinion that property |
organized police court could promptly and sficienty
dispose Of ali criminal cases OF an inferior grade
II h believed that the estsblishment OF such court
will promote economy, tend TO the suppression Of
crime, and secure to the accused speedisr trial
than Is now obtained. ..,.. |
Eleven thousand ssven hundred and forty mine
messages were dispatched during the year ever the
Grs-alafm and police Telegraph.
Tho 6th section Of an act entitled "An aet max. |
lug appropriatious for sundry civil sxpensss Of the
Government for the year ending june 50, 1855: and
for o.s., ssy as.. ~ ,sSs ssS
month. Il VAS claimed that the eonmissiossn |
secretary clerks police msgistratss, detectives, po
lice surgeons and others entitled to the bono
fits Of the act. Ny predecessor was Of opinion that
the term Metropolitan force which occurs In that
section must be construed 70 embrace sueh persons
only declared TO constitute u BY the cot Of
August Q, 1861. The right Of the other claimants
to the increased compensation WAS therefore not
recognised. Iconcur In this interpretation but II
1t does not In the opinion Of Congress, give fall
effect to their intentions, dsolaratory aot will re-
move the difficulty. Congress, at the last session,
authorized the appointment Of one captain, twenty
sergeants, nnd ffty patrolmen bat made no provis.
ion for their compensation. Tbs entire force, In.
cludins ofacers and detsctyss consists Of 2ss mon
Although sotivs and vigilant II Is not sufficient to
meet the sxigencies Of the service. respectfully
invite the attention Of Congress to this subject.
The salaries Of all persons connectsd with the ohos
of police commissioners, or subject In any way 70
their order or CONTROL should bs fixed By act Of
Congress.
INSANE HOSPITAL.
The eleventh annual report Of the Board Of Wis
itors Of the Government Hospital for the Insane
shows that, during the year ending Jtns 80. 1896,
there were admitted from the army 1856 patients;
from the navy Q; from civil life, 20; from the quar-
termaster's departments; from the Soldiers Home,
Ii rebel prisoners, Q; total, 222. Of whom 80 were
eolorsd- The whole number under treatment du-
males; 265 were from the army and navy. During
the Same period 1l2 were discharged Is recovered,
26 as improved, and 10 as unimproved; 81 died;
leaving under treatment at the close Of the 6scsl
year, 2S1, Of whom 1856 were males. Valuable
tables accompany the report, showing the physical
who were received into the institution, during the
year, the time Of life at which each Of the . 200
patients treated since the opening Of the institu-
tiou became insane; their nativity; the form Of dis
ehse uuucr NuiCu tney lhpOreu Wneu humittcui tue
number who paid the ,expensss of their mainte.
nance and treatment, and the number entitled to
gratuitous admission. A singular and interesting
fact is established. The instances Of the recovery
Of patients who have been received from the army
navy are, by three hundred per cent, more nu-
merous than in the cases Of persons who have been
admitted from the ayocations Of civil LIE. This
very marked difference In results il attribatsd TO
the fact that the former are sent TO the hospital
Immediately on the appearance Of symptoms Of in
and tkntr ts ~ NJ aA
thwarted by injudicious friends. The Importance
Of these two conditions-sarly entrance and unin-
teruPted treatmsnt-is fully and ably discussed in
the report
and the expenditures $lO7, ,07S. 10, leaving . bal
in the hands Of tho superintendent Of OSl
Estimates submitted for the next fiscal year By
the Board Of Visitors and the Superintendent o
Construction
My predecessors have alluded in terms Of com
mendaxion to the management Of this institution
under the auspices Of the eminent professional gen
tleman who Is at its head. 1t continues with sigma
success to subserve the great objects for which /
was created. 1t is noble charity, founded an
owned by the Government, and worthy, in all r,
spssts, of its fostering care
DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.
There have been on the rolls Of the Columbia Il
stitution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dum
since July ], 1885, lo6 pupils, Of whom 73 wei
males and, 33 were femalec. Ninety-six are now
attendance, of whom 20 arc from the District ,
Columbia, and 2 are children Of persons in the mi
itary service Of the United States.
During the fiscal year ending June 80, 1866, th
receipts for the support Of the institution wei
26,835.44, and the disbursements $26 988 81
leaving balance due to the president Of el53.1-
For the erection Of buildings the receipts froi
appropriations and q small balance on hand We,
$50, 400 53, and the disbursemsnts were $37 056 81
leaving balance on hand July 1866, Of 81, ,433 81
For the improvement Of the grounds there WI
at the same date an unexpended balance
S2,222 40 remaining from the appropriation
$500 made for this purpose at the last session
Congress.
The report of the board Of directors contains q
interesting and instructive comparison Of the sy
TEN of instruction Of somi.mutes which prevails
this country with that adopted in Germany. It
proposed % to confer % upon ths pupils the .dvatas'
The institution embraces . primary school an
the collegiate department In the former, instrut
tion is confined to the elementary branches. !
the latter there Is class for such pupils evins
desire and an adequate capacity for more o,
tended and liberal education. On completing Ii
preparatory studies there pursued, and passing
satisfactory examination, they may enter the co
lege proper, where the course comprises the ancie
languages French, German, mathematics, histor
metaphysics, the natural sciences, and the scien,
of government Such large educational facilitie
especially in the more advanced studiss are n
afforded In any OF the twenty-five excellent asyluI
for the deaf and dumb now in active operation
departments have been efficiently and successful
conducted by the accomplished president and pl
fsssors Of the institution. It Is gratifying to reco
that many Of their pupils manifest an ardent 10
of knowledge and high capacity for acquiring It
This is not Government Institution. 7
United States have no control over 1t. nor are th
vested with the title to the property purchased wi
their munfcent benefactions. 1t had its origin
the generous purpose Of public-spirited individui
to secure home and the means Of intellectual a
moral training for the INDECENT children Of this d
trict who were blind or deaf and dumb At h
time this movement was inaugurated, neither Co
gress nor the local authorities had made speci
provision for this afflicted clnss, although asylul
had been opened in many Of the States for their
citizens, whose infrmities and necessitous circu
stances gave 4 just claim upon public bounty.
association was formed, and by the act of Februa
10, 1851 was created = body polite and corpora
under the name Of the "Columbia Institution
the instruction Of the deaf dumb and blind" T
Secretary Of the Interior is authorized to procu
admission to the institution for all of this class
tssohable age and INDECENT circumstances who
long to this District are the children Of perso
in our military or naval service, and to pay 81
per annum for the maintenance and tuition Of ca
pupil admitted by his order.
Congress, by an act approved May 20, 1858,
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