The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-27
NOTES FROM THE ::
SOLDIERS HOME
By One of the "Vets'

Soldiers Home, Minnehaha, Nov.
25.-Another man fell down fifty
foot bluff last Sunday. Got shook up,
but with help walked home. He said
if he could buy that bluff by the acre
and raise ~giraffes he could get rich.
He was at rollcall next morning.
There have been admitted during the
1862; Samuel P. Wclcott, artifcer, L,
Sixteenth New York, engineer; Abram
Barnes, artifcer L, First United States
engineer; Thomas Holland, private,
Company A, One Hundred and Sixty
fourth New York infantry; James M.
HEdgegrtoga' Egggrsg pr pfdiva%te %a c4mPanY b. One
fneT aaa 1aran3 seo few Dr9ate 9oFs
Company K, Fifth Michigan cavalry;
Peter Gervais, private, Company Fl,
Clary, private, Company G, Minnesota
cavalry; furloughs granted, 6; re-
turned from furlough, 9.
There have been two deaths recently,
William Clark, aged Is, died Nov. 19.
He had been in the home several wears,
always an invalid. and in the hospital
eth Michigan volunteer infantry. The
funeral services were held in the home
chapel, Chaplain Smith officiating, as
sisted by Rev J. H. Miller, pastor of
Simpson NJ. E.. church, to which mem
bers of the family Of the deceased be.
long. He was q member of Bryant
! post in the city Officers, comrades
and it's male quartet attended and
added much with burial ceremony and
music to the impressive occasion. The
widow and several relatives were pres
ent and the floral tributes were pro
fuse and in taste The. interment was
at Lakewood cemetery.
Samuel G. Martin Of the Twentieth
Wisconsin infantry, died Friday, Nov
24. His funeral will be held in tht
home chapel Sunday, the Goth. at l0:3(
am, and the interment will be al
Lakewood. n ,
"How is the grubq' If there is any
one thing innermost in the regaineda Git
izenship Of an old soldier it is the g fod
der'' when you want their attendance
at post :, or gathering. Not so mucI
who will l" say' or. sing-just say
"coffee and hardtack' and you can SCI
out all the tables. Our quartermastel
understands that q good meal viii rals'
teen at table and fourteen tables
nine on each side and one at an end, tn
pots' pdss etc. essf9 42ere are always three elus
, ters Of table supplies on the oilclot]
tablecover.,e In each cluster ls syrup
vinegar. mustard, salt and pepper an
holder with teaspoons and three plate
of the best butter on each table. Ther
is also at every meal three plates 0
bread failing to be of the best
and one. day old, and very often ,grahaIt
bread on same plates. Often there
4 biscuit rusks and what tickles the bes
: moist johnnycake.
The principal dishes of the meal ar
1 placed and the coffee is turned, as tn
:, whistle blows: lnmates-except tn
< leave ty the their cottage until the whistl
: blows, and then, since the dining ha
e is at the north end of the row of Coz
: tages. the procession files out and alonl
9 and in this arrangement there is n
8 occasion for .crowding or iostling, fc
h at this moment only one thought pr
walls unanimously-to move along: Th
dining hall sergeant, Michael Saul, Wh
has been on duty fifteen years, stanc
where he sees every man as ne enter
and his acquaintance with the inmate
9 and his scrutinizing eye singles out tn
e new men or those of questionable right
: who stand aside till they show up pro-
= erly and are then shown seats. Reg
lar diners have their regular chairs, III
- der which is their hatrack. When q
: Wattack,' and it don't have to bio
=. twice. The engine whistle blows thre
:. to five minutes before. the exact me-
= hour. but never until the button
i pressed by the chief waiter or tab
. - sergeant. which announces in the e.
:, gineer's room "All ready"
le The coffee is "trimmed" in the b
u coffeepot and from the smaller one
= flows clear and straight-take yo1
choice-no halfway service; if "
r want sugar in tea or coffee you will !
= as many--carry your own sugar. ~
y BODY. and the coffee, tho inclined
8 1.-The hygienic, is no doubt black enou,
q for health. What we have to eat al
=; =; how we eat it, next week, perhaps.
Q. DIR. S. B. Coe.