The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-25
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ABOUT iIHI.IFOOD,.
Investigation Of Soldiers Home Still
Going on
.ABOUTsME EAT co FFEEz.ANl!D 1 SUGAR ! I 4, '
" illnesses State That the Food Given
tic Old soidicrs is Unfit for Con-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Con-
tinucd TO r uture Meeting.

The Joint special committee to invests
gate the management Of the Soldiers.
3 Home resumed its hearings yesterday
afternoon at A o'clock in the Senate
chamber
Mr.. scarburg an inmate of the. Home,
was the first witness examined. he salo
the meat was nearly always spoiled. ana
for that reason he never ate any Wit
ness said the clothing furnished was al
ways cheap. He further stated that the,
commandant always treated him well.
He had nothing to do with the adJutant,
and could not say how he treated the
men. ~
Majo Samuels was the next witness.
He said the food at the Home was all
ways bad; meat spoiled and coffee and
sugar adulterated. Witness said he had
been in the hospita! since his entry into
the Home. He spoke in highest terms
: Of the matron andN nurses at the hos
Spital He read prepared paper, in
which he charged the commandant with,
having dismissed him from the hospital
while i'll. He also stated that many Of
the supplies of the Home were often
stolen in the daytime and no cognizance
was taken or it by the management
He said it was an open secret that two
or three persons constantly carried sup
plies from the Home to some place on
Cary street and disposed of them.
The gist Of Major Samuels testimony
was that the inmates did not get the full
benefit of the appropriations made an
nually Tor the maintenance of the Home.
FARE HAD IMPROVED.
Witness thought the bill of fare had
improved since the legislative investiga-
ton begun. He exhibited a sample Of
the bread had at breakfast yesterday
morning. He said the fish and meat were
nearly always spoiled. Said the COM
mandant and adjutant treated him po-
litely.
Major samuels said that Major N. v.
Randolph was reported to have referred
to the investigation as having been
stirred up by a few drunken paupers
at the Home. This Mr.. Randolph denied.
Captain r. p. Banks was next intro
duced, and testified that on last Saturday
morning he was made violently sick from
eating bad beef for breakfast. He did
not claim that the meat was always
bad; said he hardly ever got "a cup OF
good tea or coffee: said the uniforms
drawn by the men were very "shoddy."
Witness said the management always
treated him well. He knew nothing Of
his own knowledge of anything being
stolen from the Home, except sugar. He
said the sugar thief was not punished.
In answer to a question by Major Ran
sdolph, Captain Banks said he had al
wys been treated well by the members OF
the Executive Committee.
W. w. Adams was the next witness.
He stated that favorite dish for break
fast was hollywood hash; said the
fish were sometimes bad. He stated he
had drawn three suits of winter clothing
in four years. The officers treated him
kindly. Witness said he was comforta-
bly, quartered at the Home. Witness
thought the food could be better
FOOD NOT WHOLESOME.
Mr. Arthur Winston was next exam
ined He did not think the food At the
Home wholesome. Hardly ever ate any
beef or sausage. The cooking at the
Home, said the witness, was not good.
Witness had seen negroes going from the
Home with baskets, but he could not say
of his own knowledge what they con-
tanned. His bed was a livery sorry one. :
He said he drew a uniform every two
years. He testified that many of the
inmates were .'shabbily'' clad.
EIe did not think the management Of
tho Homo what it ought to be. Thought
it hardship to do guard duty at night,
and that this feature of the management
was unnecessary.
The committee, after lew moments
executive session. adjourned, to meet
subject to the call of the chairman
The Militia and Police Committee OF
the House met at a P NJ. yesterday and
considered Il bill offered by Colonel
George Wayne Anderson of Richmond.
to commission as retired officers of the
Virginia volunteers whose commissions
were revoked by service in the volunteer
army during the Spanish-American war.
Messrs. Early and I1nbrey were appoint
ed a subcommittee to confer with the
Adjutant-G eneral as to the provisions of
the bill.
TIE House Committee on Counties. Cries
and Towns met yesterday afternoon and
after a hot contest ordered a favorable
re,,ort on a bill offered by Mr.. McAilister
yos Bath. providing for extending the cor
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