Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-01-07
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sides 90 acres in the garden. He says
the herd of cows is especially fine and
points out that the 44,167 gallons. of
milk produced during the year, worth
sSS33 40 is a considerable item. The
average number of employees on the
farm is 90, all of whom except three
are members. The cost of maintaining
the farm for the year was $S910 and the
cost of maintaining the lawn and flow
er garden was s1J10.5Q. The value of
products of the farm during the year
was S13,s3S "a. of which $9440.S0 was
turned into the commissary, milk and
vegetables, s2SS2, for hay and fodder
fed to the stock, and $151554 for cattle
| sold.
| The old boys in blue consumed 6S,321
gallons of beer during the year, which
cost s12,592.5S and which sold for $40, ,06S.
giving a net profit of something like
| S2S0O0 for the Post Fund. The receipts
| from the sales at the Home store were
| s17,792, besides receipts from the hotel,
from transportation and sale of theatre
tickets. These industries give employ
mont to % members of the Home and
"a civilians. The hire of clerks and
|
The receipts during the year on ac-
count of the general fund were s294,-
590.21 and the expenditures s2S1 ,1SS.!0
| The disbursements on account of the
pension fund during the year were
| 1901 Is and there was a balance of
si12f.S1 due pensioners. who numbered
25i2, or 90 per cent. of the total men,
| bcrship.
| The rates of pension to the veterans a
| the Home vary all the way from Sj Il
| month to si5 a month. The minimum
rate of Sc is drawn by 5S3 members.
| The inspector complains of the scatter
ed storage facilities. and says that the
| quality of waistcoats furnished the past
year was exceptionally good but that the
| new campaign hats We're unsatisfactory.
The value of clothing received, issued,
and inspected and condemned during the
| year was as follows:
Received from depot, $40. .Sts. a
| Received from other places, :,SJ.it
| Issued % 2>0.0l
Inspected and condemned, SO,S03. 0. /.
When clothing is worn out it is ex-
changed at the regular weekly issue for
either new or secondhand clothing that
| has been renovated or repaired. The life
Shirts and drawers, six months; socks,
| year. except dress anu great coats. which
| are worn much longer. There is no al
lowance table. and clothing is worn un-
til worn out. Renovated articles are
those turned in by members discharged
| and those on furlough for over three
| months which are repaired and reissuod.
The inspector says the old pattern fire
IeXtinguishers are very unsatisfactory
and out of eight tested only four were
| found of any service. He states his
| qualification that new chemical engines
and good fire extinguishers to be fur
| nished He commends Mr. E. f. Lewis.
| in charge of the engineering department.,
and concludes his report with this state
| ment about the Home, after praising the
quantity and quality of food, with the ex-
ccption of the flour and the discovery of
| many reaches in the closets of the bak-
| The average daily number of sick re-
| ported for the year was 359 in the hospi-
| tai, 36i in convalescent companies, and
2SS in barracks or sicn call, or total of
| I'LL. which gives a constant sick rate of
about 40 per cent of the average present
| and absent. The total number of pa
ticnts treated during the year was 2S)9.
| and the average number of days eacil
| was treated was IS. There were ia
deaths during the year, all of which oc-
| CURED in the hospital except 80, and of
| these latter q died outside the reserva-
| tiCn and > elsewhere on reservation. OF
the total number of deaths all resulted
| from natural causes except the results
of accidents. The average age at death
| was SO years. and the death rate per
| 1900 of whole number cared for was 5i.I5;
| zone hundred and 80 members showed
| indica tions of disordered minds during
| the year, and of these SO were conSid-
cred permanently insane. There were AZ
members with impaired eyesiEht so as TO
| be unable to read and Z were totally
blind. The average number of those read
| to once daily was Il, and they are occa-
sionally taken out riding in the hospital
carriage and afforded ali possible facili-
ties for entertainment
:The present cemetery is in very ROCKY
| ground. and it is necessary to blast out
| the graves. To obviate this 1t is pro
posed to change the location of the Gem
| ctery to more favorable ground, and 4
good site has been selected: Many ne"
| marble headstones are wanted
| The reconvening Of Congress, this week,
| means activity for the Maine senator's
and members of the House. every one OF
| whom is identified with some important
measure of come before Congress during
| the next three or four months. senator
Hale has been here during the entire re-
cess but Senator Frye. who went 10
| Maine, returned Immediately after New
Years. Gov. Bureish has been here allthc
time being thus able to look after many
departmental matters in the interests ol
his constituents, which are always nu-
mcrous for the third district. He has Sc.
cured the establishment of several rufa'
free delivery routes in the counties OF his
district some of which are already an
nGuuccu, as tlOSe at 1AHSoH anu Du.
ham, to begin Feb. l, and some of Whdch
will be announced later. There VIII be
an extension at Augusta and new
Il route o,rt of Fairfield before long.
Gov and Mrs. Burleigh were invited 70
a reception to the Historical society
given here recently by ex-senator am,
Mrs. j. b. Henderson in their beautiful
residence on Columbia Heights. Mr
Henderson visited Augusta during the
Blaine campaign and not only has one OF
is one of the best known residents of the
federal city. Mrs. Bureigh was guest
of Mrs Roosevelt. Saturday afternoon
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