Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-24
Al the National Soldiers Home
Nv the eay state veteran).

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Captain Skinner. Quartermas!"r, mas
16ceived Q large lot of assorted HoH''
otethins for the summer issue
Sereeant Major James Harm anu
! Captain Thomas Fogert!. OF NJ 'o'''
s hany, have rejoined from BOSTON
S ;Ifaas. and TarrytOWn, New YORK res
peetisely.
yeteran George Worral' sergeant
u,Ajor OF the Mountain branch ~ '"',
q Home. was formerly a member ~ n"
z OaA Of the best all round clerks IN I'M"
ecnmand.
~ The writing room in the lhel' !
building Is much frequeN'"1 ny ne"
members for brief p"r'Cl @i'ef 'ne''
I arrival.
Musician John Greenwood OF the
Home band. has built coy cottage
on Curry street, near Willard avenue
Phoebus.
Captain Alfred Woodward. formerly
nannaser Of the cantren here, Is tote
! tns TO the front in the standard bnS'
meas circle Of Phoebus.
f3esides standard newspapers. in
gliding the Daily and the SUNDAY
Press the recreative room In Socia'
Hail contains quite library.
The tota, number Of members VINO
served In the Spanish and subsequent
VARS In the ten branches OF tn" Ma
tfonal Home last year. was l.2"S. 4
eAin OF 100 from the previous year
8 The average age Of these members
was 50. yers.
Veteran James Hart. a former pen
eioh clerk In the treaSurer's ONCE Is
afnonx the useful members recently
transferred to the Mountain branch
veteran Robert Euing, quartermas'
1Ar's orderly. Is an ex-member OF the
New Jersey legislature.
Major johnson, chief surgeon. Is 4
family man with two children to his
credit; In fact. all the chief admins
trative ofllcers here are family men
With children growing or grown.
The Home Military Band, John II.
6cully. bandmaster, is now composed
OF II musicians.
Bulletin boards for Official adver-
tisinx are now posted at the main
building, and the Hampton and the
phoebus entrances to this reserva-
Tn.
The number OF veterans cared for
hire last year was 4.25s. and OF these
~ we're registered on the offenders
6ocket for misdemeanors. Included IN
tn total cared for were IS veterans OF
lster wars Of the nation.
!. veteran johnson Aenew. chief Of
thu Home steam laundry. has moved
iuto his new cottage on Curry street
near Willard avenue. Phoebus.
The new conservatory Is completed.
ana Il il the most stately structure
"a these grounds. II is located east
q the hospital.
The Press reaches here via Browns
! nkvs agency. Phoebus. by flying news
NoSs about 8 a. m. daily.
Indications are that more money
vill be banked and sent away by pen
siouers after the June pension pay
ueut than for many years. This sig
Macs that the new edition Of veter-
an are, AZ q whole. endowed with
n.eody habits. aud a resulting will
: newer to retain their composnre.
aanters are covering the roo! the twin
an1ition to the east wing Of the hos
oltal. Mr.. James Edwards. OF Hamp-
To In the contractor. He will also
rlIte the roofs OF the triple barracks.
fhe mess hall and kitchen annex TO
tAe same. and the southern extension
to the hospital. The slate is Of the
reach blossom vari.y. and was quar-
! ned in Pennsylvania.
Because this command has flourish
q since 1867. the date Of its organi-
nation, and has been under the FIRE
: q sensational critics periodically eve'
o1nce. nobody here is raising the