Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-29
TWENTY-FIVE TO GO.
This Number Of Veterans 10 Be Dropped
from the Home.
APPROPRIATION TOO MEAG"E'
,,.o uoord of visitors Not WILING
an Run the Institution d" bep''
,,.,.o rorccd Ia This Action
NH 20 Pension Them.

.-.. action OF he House Thursday IN
......r. To- increase the Appropriation
.,.. s,iliers' Home has resulted. as was
.....trl hy members who advocated the
...,.. I'm the discharge from the home
.,.rt,-nye veterans, Lee Camp being
...ar. TO maintain the home with It's
.....rt number Of inmates on the appro-
......u oC $1,000.
.r. following communication bearing
OBJ. subject was laid before the House
.......s afternoon by the Speaker:
g. rmoud. Va, February 2S. 1896.
.-... l.e.slature Of Virginia:
........... I'm view of the fact that
.... lined 10 pass the appropria-
.. fr On. support of the present
..- .. veterans in the Soldiers
t.. 90 % meeting OF the Board Of
.....-. Of this Institution, held this day.
..rA. ST., the following resolution was
a.n..E
.....h,d. That the Legislature hay
.. failed to pass the appropriation
o.. u, support Of soldiers, now yete-
... ~ rs Soldiers Home. so that il
. absolutely necessary 10 reduce the
...,,.I.r az inmates 20 20: and, further
boo wow uf tt. fact that the applications
~ f.rre-tu1 veterans have been ap-
proved ls the board, and were only
.,,..rr. vacancies, that the president
..I Executive Committee be requested
-. r.t. list of those whom they
trrt should ho discharged, and furnish
I. legislature with their names, and
.., Oh. names Of those whose applica-
lions DAD been approved, that they may
make some provision for their support
TWENTY FIVE To GO.
Iu obedience TO this resolution the Exc
.4.ye Committee has selected twenty
ayc men 90 boz dropped from the rolls
NJ the home and transportation furnished
them back 20 their county. In making
thr selection physical iuhrmity has been
considered So far rs possible. All Of
-he men in the hospital have been re-
tanned. though II costs twice as much
.o maintain man in the hospital as it
does outside
We regret exceedingly the disagreeable
duty that has been forced upon us, but
on. necessities Of the case admit Of no
other course.
Very respectfully.
y. V. RANDOLPH,
President Lee Camp Soldiers Home.
WHO THEY ARE.
Following are the men dropped from
th. rolls Of the home: j. Z. Brown.
Trrhu; c. q. Burkes, Amherst: u.
b. Irrkhead. Albemarle; J. I. Charl-
fa MONTGOMERY; S. G.. Dawson. Buck
.4aam: J.. L.. Ellis. Manchester: $.
W. Fi0uTnoy Richmond city: W j.
D0Iwin Isle Of Wight; r. c. Grimes.
Hanover; O. VI. Humphreys. Augusta
d. T. Kennedy, Pittsylyania W. :.
Kirkpatrick Fauquier; l.. S Keats,
fusyNauia. j. W. Little. Sussex:
Joseph Aayse. Bath: q. W. Dooley.
E..hhr.dge; Edward Pcgg, Caroline; r.
10 Lambeth. Richmond city: =. u.
smith. Culpeper; W. NJ. Taliaferro Mel
u, a. W. Winston. Culpeper: j. W.
White, Franklin: j. Z. Waymack.
Chesterfield; r. T. Woolfork, Hanover;
y. a. Wikerson, Albemarle.
TO PENSION THEM.
AS soon as the communication was
read. Mr. Saunders. who lei the opposi-
ton tp the proposed increase, drew M a
hIl. which will be presented to-day. pro-
uding for pension OF so per annum 20
each Of tho twenty-five veterans who
were turned out OF the home. The pre-
amhlc 20 thu hill 10 be offered by Mr..
saunders sets forth that there are pend
INK before the General Assembly many
applications OF disabled soldiers and
widows Of soldiers Tor annual pensions.
ranging from $l5 10 SO ana assigns as
the reason that the House declined 10 in-
crease the allowance the belief that the
sum Of $500 could De expended so as 20
reach a larger number Of needy and de-
CRYING pensioners than would bG reached
y appropriating this amount to the
home.
HOW THE VOTE STOOD.
Considerable feeling was stirred mp
among the veterans on the floor Of the
House by the action OF that body i'm re-
.Gg 90 grant the additional appropria-
.0l. A majority Of those present voted
fr it hut the measure required con-
sruioual vote and lacked only FIVE
vote. Of receiving the requisite number,
THE vote was recorded as follows:
Ay.s-Messrs Berkley G. c. Bland. G.
Pr Bland Phantom. Boaz. Booker, Bry-
amt Butt. Cabel. Cooke, Craig. Digs.
Foster. Galleher Graves, Randolph
Harrison. Harwood, Hathaway Hundley,
IN Lcrch. Maupin, May, Mccain,
H...-. j. =. Miller. NJ. c. Morgan,
H Murphy, Patterson, Rambo, Reddy,
i.r. 4rt Rogers. Segar. Charles Smith,
'..'.H |'idilon, SufgenOr, IdbD, IdH-
a'.rr'. rurpin, Walker. j. w. VIII
Oms Thomas +. Williams, and Zir-
ke-E
Noes -NeSsrs. Adams. Banks Baptist,
Ier- r thurman, Cooke. Dorton, Fish
hit'. Gillian. Gregory. Hale. Hannah,
Harris HUBBARD. Keesee, Lewis, Matthews,
Muroe. Parker. Parks Pierce, X.
s Powell, Rice. Saunders. e. ". Smith.
T. w Smith Stokes, Sutherland,
Thomas Turner. Vale. Wood-32.
Nessrs Winston and Pitcher were pair
% with gentlemen who would have voted