Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-09
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
Some Interesting Statements in
President Falls Report.
SAVING BOYS FROM CRIME.
Money Needed tn Enlarge the Tns:itution-
Comparable Cost of Reforrnatories-
Wherein such Expenditures Are EconoIn-
teAt-Th- Mrttrsy system.

Mr.. A. j. Falls. president % the board OF
trustees Of the reform school OF the District Of
Columbia. has sub omitted the twenty third an
nnal report o: the board to the Attorney
General The report SAYS:
The school was established bv Congress
twenty-three wears ago. and from that time to
the close OF the last fiscal year there have been
received. educated and cared for LII boys
AT the beginning Of the present fiscal year
there were 2O6 boys in the school, larger num-
Der than ever before received. During the
past hscal wear there we're I16 boys sent 10 the
SCHOOL By the supreme Court of the District
q! Columbia 10: BY the United States courts,
ut;ier authority OF the Attorney General, IL;
bt the Police Courts of the District of Column
bEa, IL, aud committed by the president of the
board OF trustees. Is
Received on first commitment. 90; received
or second commitment. 20 The maximum
number in the school during the fiscal year was
~: the minimum number. 1871: the average
number. 20l. This average is larger than ever
before attained in the school. The number of
boys discharged during the year is rs follows;
BE the board OF trustees under the rules of the
school. l0i: BY change of sentence Of court, 3;
absent without leave, s: died, l.
But FEW DEATHS.
'Since the organization of the school to the
ft'sN VI INC mt hrcaA year. VIC fSfokh esoooo,
but eleven deaths have occurred. being
les than reven-tenths OF / per cent Dur-
Ing the fiscal year one death occurred,
bat ! regret to say that since the close
az that year another death has occurred
In both cRses every care and attention WAS
given to the boys BY the superintendent and
n4atTOn his wife). by the other officers and the
attending physician. who daily visited them
during their illness. I submit herewith the re-
port Of DIR. Charles A. Wells. attending physi-
ciAu. aud his recommendations will be carried
out by the board.
IL CROWDED CONDITION.
After referring to the estimates already pub
li-hsd in THE STAR the report says: The school
a. now established is intended for not to exceed
100 boys. bnt il now averages over 200, and the
school il crowded beyond the limits of health
and proper discipline Daily am / called upon
bv parents of wayward boys to admit them to
The school. but NV invariable reply must be:
There is no more room have been obliged
AZ" 20 notify the judges of the Police and
Criminal Courts that the school was full and no
more boys could be received We therefore
A-sed in these estimates for one additional
family building at a cost Of go, 900.
Five hundred dollars in addition was asked
for raw OF teachers The sum Of 50, 500 for this
purpose fixed some years ago. Since then
the population of the school has largely in
creased, another building erected and addi-
tional teachers haa to be employed. To en-
ploy them we had to reduce the salaries of the
other teachers. Congress failing to make the
Necessary appropriations. This was unjust TO
them, rs the salaries they were then receiving
were small enough. We have on several
occasions urged upon Congress that their
sslsries be restored. and we again ask that this
small addition be made to the appropriation
for teachers TO enable us to do SO. The other
appropriations asked for are the same as those
submitted for the last fiscal year. which were
not provided for. Everything ask il abso-
lutely necessary for the health. convenience
and proper discipline and management OF the
school Our estimates modest, and it is
hoped that they viii be granted
MONEY EARNED BY INMATES.
"In nv interview with Commissioner Doug
lass in reference to the of the proceeds of
the labor of inmates, which are now covered
back into the Treasury of the United States.
cne-half to the credit of the United States
and one-half to the credit of the District
Of Columbia. when I asked that he favor
change IN the law which would give the
school the benefit Of such labor he was kind
enough TO say that he would favor such
change. ! respectfully state that il this be
done there will be q greater Incentive to n
larger income TO the school We would raise
larger crops by the expenditure Of more money,
which would have from this source. increase
the workshops in the same manner and thus
be able 10 reduce our annual estimates to that
extent / trust YOU will fsvorsbly pre-
sent this matter to Congress at its
next session IL Congress will give
ms permission TO this money for such pur-
poses = repairs improvements enlargement of
the outer buildings and for other purposes NJ
the board of trustees NAV deem proper and
necessary, we may not have TO call upon Con-
gress for things do now. The amount is
not large and would not be missed
States or the District of Columbia. but
would be Of great value to the school As it Is
nov. II We undertake to raise greater revenue
such revenue must be paid into the treasury Of
the United States, and we must ask Congress
for appropriation for more money to do SO.
That l., We must ask Congress for sppro-
priation to make money to pay back. But by
uSing the money in the manner proposed we will
be able TO add TO our income not only without
additional expense To the government, by de-
crease IN our estimates. but enable TO en-
pl"y more boys in u-eful occupations. This is
most important TO the school. and the trustees
sincerely hope that you will make such recon-
mendation to Congress. should you do
90 would suggest that much Of
tho act approved February o. 1885 en-
title Act making appropriations to
provide for the expenses of the government Of
the District Of Columbia for the fiscal wear
ending June 30. iSSs. which requires that all
rsvetues derived from the labor OF inmates (of
the rvform school and from the products of
the farm. shall be paid into the treasury Of the
intel States 30 the credit % the United States
and the Distract 81 Columbia in equal parts.
he repealed. and tina, the board Of trustees be
Authorized 20 make Of such revenue for
such purposes a. they may deem best"
TWO FsMiLY srILDIxas WANTED.
Referring again To the estimates the report
Confines: After these estimates were sub
rittsd. however the demand for admissions TO
the school b~cAme greater than ever b. the
parents Of the boys and BY the courts. Daily
AOpe4ls made. aud "a