The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-26
1 CONFEDERATE HOME.
\, p,oorts Of the Board, Super
''''' ioleadent aud Surgeon.
|. .cssN THE LAWS RECOMMENDED.
Are Coming Into the Homo,
Fs'ss0s.s hat Their Pittanee Is Too
sspr Small to Live On.

r.x.s october 25.--The follow
lns'ln, tlsnuial report of superintend-
D / / !. King Of the Confederate home
or BOARD OF MANAGERS.
tkPVh n savers. Governor of Texas.
"a Texas septenber l0' 100
ssu- ,ttlpg to YOU the report of the
p '..ssdeut Of the Confederate home
adopted as the report of the
IElin managerial we would most re
~ n call your attention to that part
,,s. rsport which refers to the neees-
Y, amending the present law and
/, n ..comnend that the legislature be
'll N "a 80 amend article 112 Of the
s'g' ''s s,stutes as TO give the board Of
''s.s minority to coutrol the CONDUCT
~, OF the inmates while outside
limits Of the home.
4 IN recommendation Is caused by the
NJ sselsion of the hldge of the Fifty
I'M mdIcisl district TO the eifec- that
4 .'.rd has no such authority, which
M. 10 great extent limits the
4 ~, N the MANAGEMENT for efficient con
4 ". conditions which the management of
i y,nfederate home have to 1neet and
NO for are unlike those with which
4 !. eslcers Of other state institutions have
4 tsntand. -,
. II Juveniles are - be controlled and dis
4sana Is OF as Jdsy enforcement as in
. tsr schools, when disobedience is met
4 n reproof OF Punishment.
RI In tue hople we have only men of
4 .,rrA AGE, msIY OF whom are enfeebled
4 rssson Of th cir years. many others in
sak and all Of them men who have
i Ma nee from, restraint until their condi-
I mi make 1t necessary that they seek
bTum in the home.
ass We have human nature in It's exaE-
hated phases
z IA many OF these men life has been
tuppolutfnent. and they brood over their
toobes Until. In many cases, an incident
I IAe home has rules for its government
tikh have been imposed in manner
AZ calculated to make our comrades feel
Ae weight Of authority or restraint OF.
&ek personal actions.
fHfe and there among the Inmates are
Al 10 s0ured on the world that nothing
lgka, who lose no opportunity to de-
:hee the MANAGEMENT OF the home, and
3 some cases have made charges of derc-
lEtion OF Improper conduct on the. part Of
De officials which. upon investigation
4ns been proven unfounded and without
bison other than qualification of a spirit
"a insub0rdination and dissatisfaction
tAk makes themselves unhappy and tends
\ ihe subyersinn of all discipline, how
M mild In its enforcement.
r IL control this institution successfully
~ with the least friction the peculiari-
BE- Of each Inmate must be known to the
taaerntendent. a knowledge only possi-
~ after long contact and association.
Z 10 bard and fast rules could be enforced,
~ even an approach to the discipline of
4 military camp be attained from the very
$ct that the idiosyncrnsies and eccentricl-
fes q old age must be temporized with,
pa due allowance made for the imagined,
well as the real necessities of the in
Bates
IN Justice to ourselves as managers of
~ home for the last four years, we feel
incumbent to saw that in the discharge
eul duties. which we have always re-
3lded. labor Of love to our unfortunate
&lfaoes we have ever had in view the
IN interests OF the home. the comfort
Y napplless OF Ats inmates. and we feel
y Y many Instances when an exercise
sIhQrty has been necessary, that our
2cses nave ALWAYS been PROMPTED by the
HIN % make That authority as little felt
tAe treatment Of complaints and ad.
lotion Of Misunderstanding we have
st2s gwen respectful attention, and our
+ ssDs nave as rule. been accepted
pst ana satisfactory Very respectfully,
J. y. Rogers. President,
A. w, McIver.
Il 2. p. REYNOLDS,
y. S. Chester.
W, r. Wroe.
Board of Managers.
AtpoRr OF SUPERINTENDENT.
= b Rogers, President Board Of
sa'sefs Texas Confederate Home.
- slr-On September L 1901, we had