The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-04

private munifieence, and conducted by
voluntary labor OF the friends OF the
soldiers. To This Home The State con
tributes by appropriating twenty thou
sand dollars annually Connecticut pro
viaes that her disabled soldiers. needn =
care, may be admitted to the State Hos
pital, upon the order Of the Governor Of
the Stale, and allows for their support
the sum of six dollars per week
Iowa has three Orphan Homes, which
are ct this time caring for eight hundred
and thirty three ornhaus of deceased
soldiers and seamcn, which costs the
State about one hundred thousand dol
lars annually.
Wisconsin maintains ? soldiars' Or
phan Home 1t Madison, ri an annual
cost Of twenty FIVE thousand dollars
IN 1857 Michigan established a tenn
porary Home for disabled soldiers,
which IS still in operation under the con.
troll Of the State An effort is beiug
made at the present session Of the Gen
eral Assembly of this State to establish
q permanent Home. The commission
ers appointed by the Governor two
years ago to devise plans for a Home
visited our Indiana Home, and have re-
com mmended the establishment Of il up
the same plan as ours. They appropri
ate three dollars and fifty cents per week
for the maintenance OF their soldiers
With the foregoing facts we leave This
subject, anl pass to the consideration Of
our wants.
In making Up orr estimates Of what
we want to make the Home what it
should he, rye asked for thirty thousand
dollars for purchase Of real estate, and
an increase for subsistence CT one dollar
per week, making two dollars and fifty
cents per week for current expenses. II
the soldier and ihe orphan OF the State
ar 20 he cared for ri all, they should he
wei cared for; in ot'lsr words. if tic
il s,itlltioa is to ltc supported, it should
be literally Supported L: it is right to
care for part OF the orphans, it is right
t. care for all. At the lowest possible
estimate there are in this State five han
dsod totally helpless orphans, who are
destitute and have no visible means OF
support, an5 who should be in the o.
ri4an Home 10 day.
We have now one hu2df AMI eight
with sixty applications pending FOR az
mission, making strong appeals 10 rs
for home We receive, almost daily,
letters from different parts CT The
State aal ing: 'ThaIe are SO many ehI
drcn here, orphans OF soldiers. whose
mothers died 2 few years ago, leaving
them perfectly helpless. IF you cannot
take them, they will nc compelled to go
to tie Poor II use' The answer goes
back 70 them I'VE are full, and can not
possibly take any Taore,' thus making
the Poor House their inevitable doom.
Nov We should by sill means erect n
building this season, and with an appro
pristion Of thirty Thousand dollars for
this purpose we could provide for about
three hundred, Which would greatly
relieve the pressing demands upon as.
compared with what other States are do
ing for their orphans, we think this not
an unreasonable request.
As 10 the amount asked for for cur
rent expenses of the Institution, nothing
short Of this amount will feed, clcthe
and educate, and pay for employers, and
I'll current expenses. It is utterly use
less to attempt 10 carry or the Home an
other year with less amount than this.
Should the anproachin session of tho
Legislature do less ihan that, it wilt be
equivalent 10 closing the Home, and dis
tributinG It's inmates among the poor
hous es throughout the State.
The present indebtednesso Of the Home
was to > considerable extent created by
tho attolppt to carry il On ut the low rate
OF one dollar and fifty cents per week
for each inmate The Hoara are unwil
ling 70 create anoher debt under Ike
circumstances.
Al Of which is respectfully submitted
II 3 HILL,
G. s. HUBBARD,
WI HANNkNAN,