Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-24

P'oSS" "Hu pdlu lOr out OIL tulS 1unu
and they received $77.72O.70 during tn,
year This sum is 26OS per cent. of III,
total expenditures.
The total receipts from sales under
TINS fund for the year reported a.
*6l l..S2.l6. and $39, 1863. 20 of this cam,
from the beer hall and SIG, 500 from the
Home store. The expenditures fol
stock were:
domc store, $12,095i 4
peer nan, 12,637 e
Hotel, ,5ci
Total, y, IS. S
The employees under this fund
averaged % daily. Al members and 81
ciViiians, and the compensation re-
eeived during the year was $5,241.4l
and SS.49%.99. respectively.
CaSh registers are used in the Home
store and in the hotel and they had
been allowed to run from the date OF
the last inspection. The cash they con-
tanned was counted on July 81, 1900
ana round to agree with the registers.
Whlcn were then turned back to zero
ana the amount received from sales
ior The period from July q. 1900 (the
GATE of the inspection of the money
accounts), to July 81. 1900. was re-
registered so that the statement of the
money accounts and the registers will
time to time the treasurer or his chief
clerk removes the surplus cash in each
register and deposits it in the bank
and large amounts are never allowed
to accumulate. This system of letting
the cash registers run for the period
between inspections was found to work
to advantage. and is probably bet
ter one than to turn them back at the
close of the business each day, as is
done at some OF the Branches. The
keys to the inside of the registers were
in the custody of the treasurer and his
chief clerk.
The check system in use in the beer
hall was said to give entire satiscac-
ton. but extreme care should be eX-
ercised in the destruction of the used
checks.
The voucher blanks used for this
fund are similar to those of the gen
eral fund. and if some distinctive
printing or style vas adopted 50 IS 10
tell them at a glance. il would rossi-
bly, obviate some annoyance and prove
OF benefit.
Two hundred and ninety-one thou
sand seven hundred and twelve dollars
and ninety cents were paid to 2,494
pensioners on the rolls Of this branch
during the fiscal year. aid on June
50, 1900, over 81 per cent. of the MEM
bership drew pensions. 500 of whom
lived outside of the Home. Fifty of
the members had small balances,
ranging from less than $l00 to $500.
and but $2,449.45 was given as the bal
anCe due these pensioners.
The campaign hats are of two coiors.
the black and the brown. the latter
being the new issue, but the quality
and endurance does not seem to equal
the black, which is preferred by the
members on account of its lasting
qualities.
Complaint was made of the lining
put in the vests, and it was said that
the material used was not of good
quality and that the pockets wear out
early and that repairs are numerous.
The material in the trousers was
thought to be not so good as formerly.
the color not holding as well, es-
pecially after renovation preparatory
to issue to men coming from furlough,
etc.
The method of cleaning the clothing
has been changed from the securing
process to washing in the laundry. This
method shrinks the clothing too much
and seems not to produce any better. /.
as good, results as the old way. Several
of The members showed me their clothing
which had been washed in the laundry
and it had shrunk so much that 1t was
to small to he worn again. The ineNpen-
.;ive method Of cleaning clothing inauG-
uratcd by the quartermaster at the West
crn Branch appears to accomplish the de-
sired result and reduces the shrinkage to
a minimum. .
Much of the clothing was badly soilcd.
and it was said to be due to the change
i'm method of cleaning and that the re-
uuisitionS on the depot for new sup
Div was so delayed that the quantity for
issue was deficient.
An examination of the inventory tax,
en- June 80. 1900 of the stock on hand anu
of the stock at that date disclosed the
following: