The morning times., 1895-11-03

ployed one for hospitals and dispe ensaries,
one for homes, and one Tor reformatorics
and other Institutions for children. Estab-
lishments that obtain aid by Allotment
from the charity funds are also required
To make quarterly reports. They are sent
TO Col. John Tracey, superintendent OF
charities, together with the trensurer's
statement, where they are closely exam
ined before being forwarded.
The local works OF benevolence referred
to as being sustained without government
assistance, number fourteen, although one
of these has been recommended for an ap-
preparation out of the revenues of 1897.
They are: The Associated Charities, in
corporated in 1882; the Epiphany Church
Home for Aged Women; the Home for the
Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in
corporated in 1883; the Lenthal Home
for Widows, incorporated in 1883; the
Louisa Home, established under act of
March 3, 1873; the Lutheran Eye, Ear
and Throat Inrirmary; st. Vincent's IS Female
Orphan Asylum; Washington City Orphan
Asylum, established half a century ago by
act of Congress; the Children's branch OF
the Washington Humane Society, estab-
lished by act OF February l3, 1885;
Washington Home for Incurables, incor-
porated March c, 1889; Society of st.
Vincent de Paul, Incorporated February
26, 1870; the Deaconess' Home; the Cen
tral Union Mission, incorporated January
Z, 1887, and the Enited Hebrew Chari-
ties, established November 4. 1893.
THE AMOUNT EXPENDED.
In addition, it may be stated that not
only is hair the annual outlay for charities
met, Through the District appropriation
act, by local taxation, but the foregoing
Institutions, as wen as the wide field as
yet unexplored and unaccounted for by the
official agent, are supported by the expend-
iture of u much larger sum, freely sup
piled by individual donors.
Thirty-iive asylunls, reformatories, homes,
industrial schools, dispensaries and be-
neyolent agencies receive support from
the public treasury, twenty-iour being spe-
officially provided for In the District ap-
propriation bill, six indirectly through al
lotment from the poor fund, two, Garfield
and Providence hospitals, i'll the sundry
civil biil and three through departmental
appropriation acts. Private means con-
tribute, varying in degree from ten to
ninety-fivc per cent, 10 the support of a
majority of these institutions.
Eleven establishments are known as the
''strictly Official being supported ex-
clusively by public funds and located on
property owned or rented by the govern
ment. These are the Washington Asylum,
the District Reform School, the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane, the Column
bia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
the municipal lodging house, the tenn
porary home for ex-Unonn soldiers and sail
ors, the Columbia Hospital for Women,
Freedman's Hospital and Asylum. Reform
School for Girls, Industrial Home School,
and Board OF Children's Guardians. They
receive their appropriation through the
District bill.
Those that receive partial support only
from the government are: The Woman's
Christian Association, the Central Dis
pensdry and Emerg ency Hospital, the
Children's Hospital, Homeopathic Dispen-
sary, the Hope and Help Mission, the
Aged Women's Home, Newsboys' and
Children's Aid Society, the Washington
Hospital for Foundlngs, the Church Or
phanage Association of st. Joints parish.
German orphan Asylum, National Asso-
ciation for the Relief of Destitute Women
and Children, st. AIMS Infant Asylum
ST. JoSeph's Asylum, the Association for
Works of Mercy, the House OF Good Shep-
herd, and st. Roses Industrial School.
The system adopted for supervising the
expenditures is complete, though not com
plieated or cumbersome. The quarterly
report of reformatory or an sinss tuition
for children, must show the current income
from balance on hand, borrowing. public
funds, endowments. II any, pay patients or
inmates, or work of inmates, and from all
other sources, aud also the expenditures
IN detail, IS rents, salaries, maintenance.
improvements, repairs. interest and prin-
cipal of debts. A carefully prepared state
ment of the work done by the inmates is
also required
REP ORTS REQUIRED.
The form for homes aud hospitals and
dispensaries, respectively, as to their
financial status, differs immaterially from
the one quoted, and In other points only
as the character Of the Institutions may
differ.
The institutions named In the District
appropriation bill are required to report
fore the first of October, giving the years