The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
STATE SOLDIERS HOME
ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED TO
GOVERNOR DURBIN.
Cost of maintenance for Year Ending
Oct. 81 Was $50, 231 AZ, but
state Does Not Pay All.

The changes in the board of trustees of
the Indiana State Soldiers Home was the
first subject discussed in the annual report
of that institution presented 10 Governor
Durbin yesterday. Colonel Foster and Cap
tain Murphy retired and Capt. Alexander
y. Scott. of Ladoga, and Capt. Louis b.
Fulweier. of Peru were appointed TO sue
coed them. Col. John lowering died and
succeeded by w. S. Haggard. The
report is a complete one, showing the re-
ceipts and expenditures, names of members,
pension account, etc.
The surgeons report showed that there
were, during the year, SOS sick visits and
$3.50 consultations at sick calls, 5000 pre-
scriptions filled. las surgical operations,
6,OS6 surgical dressings and treatments.
In the deaths there were twenty-seven
men and eleven women. The mortality ap-
proximated per cent.
AT the end of the fiscal year, Oct. 81,
there were 694 members of the home. with
seventy-five on the waiting list The men,
bership divided into 400 men and 2S5
women. The average age of the men was
sixtyfive years and the women sixty years
OF the women efghty-three were widows
OF soldiers and 1876 wives of soldiers, while
seven were deserted wives. The oldest
member Of the home was eighty-seven
and the youngest (of civil-war veterans
fifty-five years. There are several young
soldiers of the Sapnish-American war at
the home
The report says that the total receipts
were $S6,2Sl.42. The State does not bear
the total expense of the institution as the
State fixes only a monthly per capita tax
equal to $3.50 for each member, officer and
employee of the home. The total received
from the auditor OF state for the main
tenance OF the home was SSO,92S.33, includ-
ing S,l0O for salaries for the commandant
and adjutant. The average per day was
$539.52. The other receipts, including cash
on hand, amount derived from pension
amount went into the maintenance fund of
the home and helped to that extent to meet
the expenses. The other receipts amounted
to $35S. 40. This amount has been paid TO the
The cost for the maintenance Of the home
for the year ending Oct. 81 was $50, 81. y,
less S941.O2 amount turned over to the
State and cash balance received from pen
sions, leaving a balance of $50 go. 40. The
State was reimbursed by S27 ,955. IS received
from the United States government and
$230.95 received from the earnings of the
home total of $2S, 1S6 13. Deducting from
92S.33 the amount refunded, SOS 1868, the
remainder, which is $52, 1920, is the exact
cost to the State for the salaries of the
commandant and adjutant and the main
tenance for the year. The per capita cost
for maintenance was $15S.OS. The actual
per capita cost to the State 1918.
The report calls attention to the fact
that all repairs, new machinery, expense
for burials all fuel, etc, must come from
the maintenance fund. The home paid dur
ing the year for repairs and Improvements
$S.2SS.21. The report says that there are
have lower per capita expense than In
diana, and in those two States the wives
and widows of veterans are not received