The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-19
STATE VETERANS CARE
DETAILS OF MANAGEMENT oI
 N0ROTON SOLDIERS HOME

Nearly Six Hundred Supported for
 s22S.91 Per Capita-FOr Two Years
 Ended Last September state spent
 Fifty-tbree Thousand Dollars at NO-
 rotor = DenOminationnl Chaplains | Employed at the Home.
 The report of the Soldiers Hospital Board for the two years ended Septem- Der 30 1905 has been received by Comp troller Mitchell. The board has the charge and management of Fitch's Home for the Soldiers and Connecticut Hospital for Soldiers, Sailors and Mar ines, located at Noroton Heights, the care of veterans in the Connecticut Asylum for the Insane, the disburse- ment of the appropriation made by the state for the appropriation made by the state for the aid of veterans and their widows in their homes, the aid of the wives of veterans who are members ot the Soldiers home and the care and maintenance of invalid veterans of the | Spanish American war.
 The average number on the rolls for the past two years has been as follows; January 1, 1904, 557; July i, 1904, 544; January 1, 1905, 568; July 1, 1905, 546; September 30. 1905, 554. This member ship includes an average of twenty-nine members in the state insane asylum and an average of seven emergency cases in the state hospitals. The cost of maintenance for the year September 20. 1904, to September 30, 1905, was $22S 91 per capita. The home and hospital at Noroton Is under the direct superin- tendence of I. N. Coe formerly cap tain in the Sixth c. V. During the period covered by the report 118 in- mates of the home have died. The re- rort says:
 The wisdom of the General Assembly of thr state is providing for the aid of married veterans and their widows in their own homes has been amply justi- fled by the results. This appropriation was made in 1893 and under the law eighty-six married veterans and nine | ty-six widows of veterans were re- ceiving aid on September 30, 1905 The amount expended in each case has not been large but 1t has been sufficient to enable the veteran and his wife and the widow to retain their homes and tc continue to live in the communities where they have, spent the most oi their lives, to enjoy their church and social relations, and to feel that they have not lost their spirit independ- | ence and self-respect. The disburse' ment for this relief Is widespread and the magnificent work it is doing fol those who are entitled to it's privileges | is beyond the comprehension of any but those who are intimately engaded ir the work of distributing the fund.
 The General Assembly of 1905 recog. nized the importance of this work and he great good derived therefrom by a largely increased appropriation for the fiscal two years ending September 30 | 1907. which will enable the board to extend it's field of operations and ex tend aid to the members who are de- serving, but whom the board have mol yet been able to assist,
 Judge Alfred B. Beers, in his report as chairman of the executive commit tee of the Soldiers Hospital Board tells of additions and Improvements and then says
 For some years the question of wa. ter supply has engaged the attention ot the board, and repeated promises had been made by parties to furnish gravity supply, but without fulfilment and the board in 1905 commenced operations to secure an independenf and permanent supply from wells on the property of the state. Two wells were driven and an ample supply of good water has been obtained, and tC utilize the same properly a storage re- servoir has been constructed and wa ter tower and tank erected which to. gether store sufficient water to guard against accidents to machinery and al the same time afford ample protection against fire.
 The home has been occupied to al most its full capacity during the sum, mer months, while in the winter thu accommodations have been inadequate to meet the demands, The members oi the Home are we'll cared for in every particular, and but few of them f1nt any cause for complaint.
 The expenditures reported by Judge Beers as treasurer were $1S,S92,52 or general expense fund; $$13, AT, ,26 on ac count of water suply; $399.61 for brick conduit; $12, ,45693 for addition to hospi. tai repairs and furnishings at Fitch'' Home; $S25 for chaplain's services; $9,46O for additional land and buildings; a total of $58,O2132. Clergymen oi different denominations are paid fol conducting services at the home