Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-09
HOSPITAL IS CROWDED
Soldiers Home Filled with Sick
and Aged Needing Medical
Attention
CAPACITY OF BUILDING TAXED
Ninety-two Patients Being Cared for
and When New Ones Become Ill 1t is
Necessary to Discharge Those Con-
vaIescne-Condition Will Soon Be
Relieved-Membersh Increasing.

The Iowa Soldiers Home hospital,
which is one of the best equipped In
the state and, at the time it was built,
amply large to accommodate the MEM
bership, is, at the present time, taxed TO
it's utmost capacity with the sick ana
aged requiring medical attention
Ninety-two patients were confined in
the wards this morning and as the daily
sick call is taken, and others who need
medical skill and nursing are sent to
the hospital. it becomes necessary TO
discharge patients who are only in
partial state of convalescence and send
them to the main building to make
room for others.
1t is a great task for Surgeon I'll. r.
Duffield and his assistants to know
what to do at times. 1t is hard to SEND
patient to the main building when he
is really not in a fit condition to leave
the hospital, and yet it has to be done,
for oftentimes new patients. II they
were left to get along as best they
could in the preliminary stages OF their
troubles, the ailments would soon be-
come of a more serious nature. 1t is a
case of narrowing good judgment down
to a fine point, even tho. to members,
the discrimination at times seems I'M
reasonable.
The crowded condition at the hos
pital will, however, soon be relieved to
4 degree. The nurses hall will be COM
pleted by about Jan. 1, 1t is thought,
and then there will be room for several
more beds. The new addition to the
hospital will provide accommodations
for sixty more and work on that build
ing will be pushed above all others
The membership of the Home is
steadily increasing and this morning
the roll call showed actually present
III, 691 men and eighty women. The
books of the institution, however, show
a membership of S32 74S men and
eighty-four women. The absentees are
likely to conclude their burroughs at
any time, for furloughs are not so COM
mon during the winter months as IN the
summer. New members who have been
admitted. with their places of residence,
are as follows:
Harry H. Hamilton, Company u.
Thirty United States volunteers
philippine service). Fort Dodge.
Francis NJ. Conner, Company f,
Twenty eighth Iowa infantry, Bagiey.
Joseph Peters, sergeant of Company
e. Sixty-seventh Ohio infantry, Boone.
David f. Ellis. Company G., Sixty
third Ohio infantry. Oskaloosa.
Charles p. Burns. Company c, Seven
teenth Illinois cavalry, Hampton.
Foy Shaddock, Company c, Second
Iowa infantry, Boone.
Albert Griswold. Company K, One
Hundred Twenty-seventh Illinois in
fantry, Cedar Rapids.
James Stanley, Company e, Sixth
Wisconsin infantry, Curlew.
David J. Irons, sergeant of Company
G. Twentieth Michigan infantry, Mas
sena.
Levi Runyon, sergeant of Company
A. Fifteenth New Jersey infantry, Gin
ton.
Emaneul Zurber, Company d, Forty
eighth Iowa infantry, Burlington.
Rodolphus d. Williams, Company G.,
Twelfth Iowa infantry. Fayette.
Nathan e. Mason, private Company
~, fOFlletu w iSSoiis'ii' AAiANe.s
corporal Company d, Forty-ninth Wis
consin infantry, Emmetsburg.
John Doty, musician Company /. Sew
enth Wisconsin infantry, Maxwell.
John b. Chapman, Battery ], Seventh
rlinonis heavy artillery FIT. Dodge.
Elijah Murray, corporal Company F,
Sixth Iowa cavalry, Atlantic.
Charles Stewart Company A, Thir-
teenth Iowa infantry, Lyons.
Thomas Bridgman, Company l. One
Hundred Fifth Ohio infantry, Han
cock.
Ephraim w. Hawthorne, sergeant
major Thirty ninth Illinois infantry, Ft
Dodge.
Alexander Clear, Company I, Eighty
fifth Pennsylvania infantry. Knoxville
Peter Myers, Company ], Second Ne
braska cavalry, Sioux City.
Cyrus Blair, corporal Company III,
Sixth Iowa cavalry, Palo.
Thomas M. Specs, Company A, Fiji
teenth Illinois infantry, Dubuque.
Almon D. House, Company Twenty
second Wisconsin infantry, Des Moines
Elijah J. Gould. Company B, Twenty
sixth Iowa infantry Maquoketa.
Barney Quinn, corporal Company II,
Sixth Missouri infantry, Cascade.
Albert Titus, corporal Company A,
Fourteenth Wisconsin infantry, Ionia.
Willard A. Burnap, sergeant Com
pany I, Second Iowa cavalry, Clear
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