Savannah morning news., 1886-04-24
BoYCorTED THEPoT PIE.
Naval Heroes Quietly Decline to Eat
Their Tuesday Dinner.
From the PhHadelD1ia Times.


Their Tuesday Dinner.
From the P6iiGdelohia Times.
More than $50 sailors and marines, old,
gray and grizzled. all of whom had given
the flower of their manhood to Uncle Sam,
marched into their usual Tuesday dinner
at the Naval Asylum, on Gra!'s Ferry
road, yesterday, and then marched out
again, having hardly tasted their food. 1t
was pOt-pie day. Ths pot-pie, OF sea-pie,
was made of veal and potatoes.
The dough was not we'll cooked and
the potatoes were bad" said a tall, manly
looking old lumate. "MOst of us remain
ed at the table but a moment or two and
then lett. Nearly all of every mans din
ner remained on his plate"
'Is your food usually of an inferior
quality ?"was asked of an intelligent man
VINO had been at the home for seven years
and who had served in the navy since the
Mexican War.
sit was much better some years ago."
was the reply:
at was then inspected by the captain,
as 1t should be, every day. 1t is his place
or the place of the Lieu enant Command
er to do it, but 1t is not attended TO. The
paymHster inspects the provisions when
they are received. Everything is pur-
ly neglected. presume the provisions
furnished are of good enough quality in
some instances, but they are ertainly
often spoiled in their preparation. On
Mondays we get cabbage and beet or pork
for dinner. Tney ring in Old salt horse
on us for good cOrned beef. We are sup
posed TO get good butter, but we never see
any. 1t is nothing but OleOmargarine
aud is often not Mt to eat. On Wednes-
I a., .rnt for IF aat nd
for dinner roast beef and soup. The lat
ter is made OF rice and canned tomatoes
and they call it vegetable soup. On
| Thursdays we have hash in the morning
and stewod veal or mutton with maca-
rOn for dinner and apples or oranges for
dessert. Friday is tsh day. We get
mackerel in the morning and the people
in the cook room are not any too parti-
cular IN preparing il. 10 often tastes as
If the hsh We're taken right out OF the
brine and thrown into the 'cOppers.' At
dinner time we have tried or boiled fish,
with potatoes, and for supper, bread,
cheese and OleOmargarine, saturday is
pork day-pork steak for breakfast. roast
pork and baked beans for dinner. and soup.
| sunday we nave been getting sausaees
for bredktast--gonerally the oldest that
can be found in the market. Sometimes
we get boiled ham. For dinner we get
iNhNA HNNls ih0NuNtA lIfhhNbNas 'AHNNA Nh-
ions aud turnips. Our suppers are gener-
ally alike-Oread, imitation butter, mush,
Oatmeal, milk"
ais there always plenty TO eatw
ayes; ana it would be- an exceedingly
grateful change II there WAS less OF 10 and
Of "A better quality and better cooked
Several of the inmates said that they
had nothing tOcOmplain OF but the man
ner In which their food was prepared and
It's quality.
Maybe It is the fault OF the 'galleys,"
said one OF them:
"lt has Ouly been within the last few
weeks since the galeys were moved out
10 the centre OF the cook room. Form
erly they stood against the side Of the
wall"
An old man in semi-uniform said:
"lf they would give us some OF the old
grub we used TO git on shipb0ard once
and a while, like scOuse, plum dun, dandy
funk ana fsh chowder, IL would suit me
better;but don't suppose they kin please
| every body"
Tho grounds surrounding the Asylum
are In splendid condition. The grass plots
look green and cheeriul.the buds are bulg-
ing out Of the trees ana the veterans, whose
ages range from fifty TO ninty years, can
be seen roaming around the pleasant place
or resting in the shade OF the quiet hooks
and corners Of its twenty-five acres.
TIMorHy SEXTON. Of Dubiin. has left $4,000
for the benefit uf a3ni nn1 indrm clergvmon.