The times., 1898-09-17

Excellent work is being accomplished by
xhe committees and subcommittee hav-
ing charge of the relief of those District
volunteers who returned TO find their
families in distress and in some instances
in need of the ordinary necessities of
life
Fifty-eight cases have been investigated
and found worthy of aid, and appropria-
tions have been made from the general
reception fund with which to give the
needed relief.
A special meeting of the executive COM
mittee of five appointed 10 supervise this
work met yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of the Board of Trade to hear re-
ports from the subcommittee of nine,
which is charged with the investigation
of cases reported to be in need of assist
ance.
The members Of the executive commit
tee present were Major Richard Sylves-
ter John Joy Edison and Harry L. West
The members of the subcommittee pres
ent were Mrs. Calver, Mrs. Edison, Mrs.
Gist, Miss Clay. Mrs. Dickins and Mrs.
Hatch. b. II. Warner, chairman OF the
relief committee, was also present during
part of the session.
Mrs. Calver made a report of the work
being done at the temporary home for
the members of the District regiment who
are without homes, at No. 4l3 Ninth
Street She said that there are about fif
ty lien now being cared for at the home
Some of these are i'll. and are receiving
proper medical attention.
Mrs. Edison reported on the work being
done by the soldiers relief department of
Union. Over S.oo5 soldiers, she said. have
been given food and refreshments by the
ladies in charge of this branch of the
work
The report of the subcommittee of
nine. on relief. was submitted by Mrs.
F. w Dickins. Although the members
Of the committee have had only six days
since their appointment in which to in
vestigate the condition of the returned
volunteers, fifty cases were reported, and
in each instance an account in detail of
the condition of the soldier and the abil-
ity of his friends and relatives to take
proper care of him was submitted.
The subcommittee recommendations
for assistance were indorsed by the exec
utive committee and sufficient money was
appropriated to meet all present demands.
In several instances the subcommittee
recommended that money be appropriated
to pay rent, but this did not meet the
approval of the executive committee, the
opinion prevailing that the funds should
be used for relief in other ways. The ap-
propriations ranged from 81 to IS for reg
ular weekly allowances.
The question of extending assistance to
volunteers other than members of the DIS
trict Regiment also came up as the result
OF the recommendation for aid for two
volunteers, one from Vermont, and anoth-
er from Louisiana In the latter instance
the volunteer was originally a District
resident who went TO New Orleans to
visit his mother just prior to the war. He
enlisted in the army, and, after the war,
returned 10 his home in Anacostia, where
he now lies sick with typhoid fever.
While the money appropriated by the
citizens of Washington was especially in
tended for the relief of the members Of
the District Regiment, in both cases the
recommendations of the subcommittee
were approved.
The executive committee has under con-
sideration the applications of Mrs Cal
yer and Mrs. Edison for appropriations to
assist in carrying on the work of relief
begun by the soldiers department of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
and at the temporary home on Ninth
Street.
1t was decided not to make public the
names OF those 10 Whom reAeI Is Deihs
extended.
The subcommittee of nine met at the
home of Mrs. F. w. Dickins, at No. 1884
Nineteenth Street northwest, last even
ing and arrangements were made where
by the different members of the commit
tee win do marketing today, and extend
other material relief to the families in
need of assistance. Eight new cases were
reported for investigation.
The subcommittee will meet at the
home Of Mrs. Dickins again next We'd
nesday evening, and will hold a second
conference with the executive committee
of five at the rooms Of the board of trade
at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Philip Particle, a private of Company
d, of the First District of Columbia Vol
unteers, is sick at the hospital at the
Washington Barracks and is desirous
that his friends know the fact.