The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-13
VETERANS WELL CLOTHED
BOARD OF 6OAEROL REsENTs AN
IMPE1ED CENSURE.

The members Of the soldiers home
board Of control, who held their semi
annual meeting, yesterday, are inclined
to resent the implied censure of the leg
islature which recently passed a resolu-
ton requesting the board to furnish
overcoats for the inmates of the home
this winter The resolution, they say,
was uncalled for, and it's chief purpose
seems to have been to give the public
the impression that the old soldiers at the
institution are insuff1ciently clothed.
The members of the board say the in
mates have no lack of warm clothing
They are provided with thick, wooden
underwear and the regulation blue suits,
which are heavier than the outer cloth
ing of most people. In addition each old
soldier is provided with two heavy, wool
en- blouses, and those who have work out
doors to do are provided with overcoats:
Most of the inmates spend nearly all
their time indoors during cold weather
i would cost the state in. the vicinity Of
$1,000 TO provide overeoats' to go around,
and the members. of the board say it
would be waste of Just that much
money to buy the garments if they were
not needed.
The total receipts for the home sup
port fund during the current six months
aggrega ted $50, 155.43, and the total dis
bursements for the same time amounted
to $35, 26O4 49, leaving a balance on hand of
$25, 8S3. 50. The probable receipts from pen
sions during the next six months will be
sc, 500, and this with other receipts will
make the amount available for. current
expenses during the ensuing six months
$50, 3S3. 81.
For the relief fund the total amount
received from taxation for the year end
ing July 81, 1900 is SIS, 83n.97. The total
expenditures haYe8 aggregated .01.
During the first six months of the cur
rent year the tax receipts have been $21,-
hSO.S7, and the totaFf expenditures for re-
lief for the same time amounted to $32,-
1922 SO. Twenty thousand dollars have
been transferred from the relief fund to
the home support fund, making q total
withdrawal from the relief fund for the
current six months. Of $50, 283. The bal
ance in the relief fund Feb. l. which IS
the total amount Available for relief dur
Ing the ensuing half-year Is $34, o51. 81.
Thirty old veterans have died since the
last semi-annua1 meeting. There are now
seAepty-one' persons lin the hospital, none
suffering from contagious diseases. The
total populations Of the home at present
is 1853, forty-eigHt members being absent
ON furloughs n. t
MAY HAVE. THE LAND.
= At the afternoon session Capt. A.
o. Powell Of the government engineer
service, appeared in behalf of Maj Lock-
weed, who has charge of the construc-
ton OF the two government dams. The
government has asked for a tract of
seven acres belonging to the Soldiers
home, and adjacent to the site OF dam
NO L: Bills giving the government the
title to this tract have been introduced
in both houses of the Legislature, and
nave been referred to the trustees for
companfed the board to the river bank
and explained the situation. The tract
Will take less than two acres of the level
land at the top of the bluff, which will be
used for piling material during the prog-
Pess of the work. He explained that
after three years the dam will be com
pleted, and this tract.awill be improved
so as to be in harmony with the Soldiers.
nome grounds and Minnehaha park
The trustees adopted a resolution, stat
Ing that they had no objection 10 the
transfer of the hand. provided the. gov
eminent Kept its promise as 20 the mat
ter Of its improvement s4..1... al;