The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-23

Boiled haddock. cream sauce beets, tur-
nips, bread, butter and coffee. supper:
Boiled shoulder or ham, bread, butter and
tea.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hash Drowned in
the pan, bread butter and coffee. Dinner:
Roast beef, potatoes. beets. turnips, bread.
butter and coffee. Supper: Fruit bread,
butter and tea
The meals are nicely served, one walter
being appointed to look after fourteen men
Sergeant Stone, who has charge of the din-A
ing room, is assisted by two corporais,
repenished with eatabes until the men
have had sufficiency. There is no crowd
read while the men are at meals. The hall
has q seating capacity Of 1,V5l, ana at pres
ent, II requires a second table to accom-
modate all. The food Is well cooked, whole
some, and, according to the quartermaster,
as good as money can buy.
Contrasting the civil war with the recent
Spanish-American war. an old veteran has
this to say: AT the outbreak of the civil
war the board of examiners were not so
particular as to their diagnosis of mems
ability to perform the duties of a soldier in
the field as was shown In the very recent
unpleasantness. In the early sixties man
had TO be pretty well out of gear to be re-
ton is largely TO blame for the premature
uselessness Of many who are eking out a
miserable existence to-day" There is more
truth than fiction in that statement
In referring to the issuing of pensions to
men who served in the war of the rebellion
the new soldier is very apt to criticise those
who are recipients of the offerings Of gen.
erous government. The civil war was con-
tinued four years, while the Spanish-Amer-
lean excursion was over within one hun
dred days. The men who served from 1861
to 1865 are, as the government so magnani-
mously decided, entitled to all the pension
money allowed them, and perhaps in some
years to come those of the recent conflict
will be similarly cared for. On the whole,
ii is bad taste for these youngsters to find
fault. They should understand that up
wards Of 10000 ex-soldiers of the civil war
do not receive a pension. In this home
alone there are over two hundred old, de-
crepit men who have never received penny
sfrom the government for the long and faith
full service they rendered. There are men
here utterly unable to earn a livelihood by
reason of wounds and sickness, whose
health has been broken from the hardships
endured during the war, yet they do not
complain, and, like all sensible men, would
be only too glad to see the youngsters who
so bravely forsook home and comforts to
United States properly cared for. In turn,
the new soldier should exhibit more mag
unanimous spirit and, abstain from further
silly talk on the subject of pensions. All
will acknowledge that some of them did
endure hardships, but surely even the worst
cannot truthfully be compared with what
the men suffered during the war of the re-
bellion. A single instance, that of the battle
of Gettysburg. shows that the Philadelphia
Seventy-first, Seventy-second and One-hun-
dred-and-sixth Pennsylvania regiments, lost
more men in killed and wounded than fell
in all the battles and skirmishes of the re-
cent war. -
A majority of the detailed men in charge
of the linen department of each barrack
nave petitioned Governor Chapman to take
into consideration whether in his judgment.
these GENEROUSLY worked men should not be
paid such stipend as is commensurate with
their labors. While they do not directly
complain, they are of opinion that, as two
of their number receive salary, it would
only be fair play to treat all alike. The
firing squad attached to the home who
work for the love of it, feel hurt over their
lot OF all labor and no pay, and it is likely
that the near future will find a petition
from them in the governors hands.
The new electric light plant is once more
in good trim, and of late all the buildings
are brilliantly illuminated. The dynamo is
run all night, and in consequence the arc
lights about the grounds emit plenty of
light for guards and pedestrians who may
be out late. At present there are $1,000 in
candescent and fourteen arc lights in op-
GRAFTON.
Maj. George w. Steele. resident manager
of the home, paid his respects to Governor
Chapman and the members last Sunday.
tending to his campaign, making speeches
and answering questions that pertain to his
light for Congress. His opponent, Professor
Michael, has paid considerable attention to
for the boys, which shows how eager he is
to secure the soldier vote. The Democrats
of Grant county are great buffers. In the
courts they are striving might and main to
deprive the home members of their right
of franchise, and at the same time eagerly
seek their votes in case the Supreme Court
allows them to exercise their right of citi-
zenship. An Appropriated census of the
vote here will reach nearly 1900, and of
these Major Steele viii poll fully 1000.
The following veterans who served in In
diana, Ohio or Illinois regiments during the
rebellion have been admitted, dismissed and
discharged during the past two weeks:
Daniel Stewart, Company c. Second Ohio;
Illinois; Joel T. Suit, Company b, Fifteenth
Ohio; Alexander Hughes, Company l, One
W. Cromer, Company H, Eleventh Ohio;
John T. .Bickle, Company D, Thirtieth In
eighth Ohio; Henry II. Howard, Company
3. Ninety-seccnd Illinois; Samuel Kilander.
company =; Inir e m Indiiana tenn M;
M. CASTELAR,, Company F. Thirty-fifth Indi
ana; Joseph A. zeigler, Company A, Six
teenth Indiana; Charles Atwood, Company
E, Thirty-seventh Illinois,. James c. Greg
DRY, Company G, First Indiana: Jesse Free
man, Company &, Sixtieth Indiana; Lewis
Allison, Company j, Fourteenth Ohio, and
Company G., Thirty-seventh Ohio; William
j. Johnson, Company II, Eleventh Illinois;
James c. Gregory, Company G, First In
diana Cavalry; Jacob Lutz, Company c,
Twenty-third Ohio; Samuel Kilamier, Com
pany G, Thirty-fourth Indiana; William A.
Nick, Eleventh Indiana Cavalry; James
Hennessy, Company H, observation-disclosures
twenty-fourth Ohio; Alexander Gaily, Com
pany H, Thirteenth Ohio; Thomas Benskin,
Company H. Forty-ninth Ohio; John Nal
loney, Company G, Sixty-fifth Ohio; Will
liam futile, Company II, Thirty-first Ohio.
These memers have been dropped from
rolls for being absent over sixty days with
out leave:
John p. Isenstrager, Company X, Sew
enth Indiana; William d. Roop, Company
G, FOrty-Seventh Indiana.
These members were dismissed for de-
handing discharge prior to being residents
of the home six months, as the rules re-
Quire:
William Baugmann, Company b, Eighty
ninth Indiana Ralph Cherry, Company
E. One-hundred-and-fifty Indiana;
George Holbert, Company B. One-hundred-
and-nnety-sixth Ono; Charles NJ. Ice, Com
pany +, Thirteenth Indiana; David w. Mar
quith Company G, Eleventh Ohio; George
NJ. Overshiner, Company G, Seventy-fifth
Indiana; Thomas Rabbit, Eleventh Indi-
ana Light Artillery: William Snow, Com
pany G, Seventy-fifth Indiana.
These members, who made statements
that they are able to support themselves