Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-12

80 1909. the following sums were III
lowrd for the support of and improve
mcnts IN this branch thereof: Cur
rent expenses. $4,000: Subsistence.
1855, 900: Household. $4,000: Hospit-
al, $4,000: Transportation. $1,000:
Repairs. $4,000. Farm, $1,000: New
power house, sos 600; Power house
equipment, $2O.nn0; Tunnels for steam
and other pipes. $4,000: Two ne"
barracks, S1oi. 900: One new boiler
and appurtrnCcs as temporary Il"
dition to present power house. $o.o"o'
Addition TO and removal of nurses
cottage, Si,5Oo: Cnncrct" walks $500.
In all s6G9 900. This sum has been
available since July l. past.
Between 1000 and 5000 veterans
are cared for here annually. and OF
these about $500 arc maintained
I,hrougiout tn, year: in fact. itsis a
huge shelter for migrant veterans. and
is only parailclcd iv hotels which
spring up in new towns on the from
tiers of American civilization, aticr
the government opens i reservation
for honest caderS So there YOU are
mediocre and irresponsible critics, and
!elccmOsynary eXprctants.
Among the new admissions hereto
nowadays arc a number of old fashion
cd veterans from rural districts, but
these old dodgers are inclined TO yield
to hom" sickness resulting inert
ness. because they cannot hear them
selves snorc, because they miss iheir
wives who us. d to cut their hair.
scratch their backs. sooth" their rheu
matism, and several other b"causes
too appalling to mention. These I'M
happies come from recently Over-p0p-
ulatfd hamlrtS. whore in cutting hair
the custom still prevails Of placing an
inverted pot over the head of the sub
pect or victim and cutting the visible
hair at the bottom of The rim with
scissors or Il combination consisting OF
a pruning knife and a razor. Yer.
after listening TO the story of Tn
eclipse of the skyrocket luminarieS in
their respective hamlcts. one is sadly
reminded of the ancient saying: war
makes rOgues, and peace hangs them.
The acute plutOcratS herein OF last
week are now in scmi-srcluSion. de
voting their leisure time to the prac-
ticat study Of the arbOreous grandeur
Of this plant under the supervision
iOf Lieutenant Spilman. and figuring
how they will meet their personal ex-
penses till next September. Only
measrrly minority in this class, how
ever. illustrate the maxim: "A clown
enriched knows neither relation or
friend"
Ii will be interesting to veterans IN
this arborcous paradise. who lodged
shot and shell from the gun known
as the Swamp Angel. used on Morris
Island, Charleston HarbOr, during the
Civil war. to know that it is still in
existence and preserved as a memoir
al by the citizens of Trenton. New
Jersey. who have placed it at a june
ton of their cts. The angel wa:'
oOOpound Parrot gun and weiShe"
1890 pounds.
And now one Of the old EDITORS OF
Home officers says there will he no
dummies among the new edition OF
officers in the National Home In is
entirety. Right you are. but we hav-
emit heard when the star interpreter
of the rules and regulations govern
ing the National Home Corporation
for the past ten years is going to
quit.
Quite a numtcr of veterans are stliI
allowed slecp-out cards. but most OF
them are family men.
The gyrations Of retired chief OF
canal boat on the extra duty pay
roll of this establishment, when he
r, ceives his pay envelope, reminds an
observing onloOker OF chicken os-
trich Waiting. but his Interpretation
| OF. the poetry of motion is not anna
tous. or rather does not facinate.
And nov il is again in evidence that
veterans in this indicative establish
m~nt are too old to even essay TO
vault into the active end of the local
journalistic arena. They simply can
not produce the goods. That S all
I Less tippling veterans moved nv
curves and Loops. like caterpillar
after last pension payment inan ever
before after a similar event al Of
| which reminds one ri the Augustib"an
aSsre. drunkenness IL a bcwitchinS
d.yu a pleasant poison and sweet
sin"
| J.yant,pc natives. such as A!m"n-
| iaps Lyrcans and Greeks. are very
| so,dou registered among the vets rams
| cared for IN this or any ether STahch
Of the National Homo.
Tho main buildIng her" house,
prarIv 500 Veterans 50 tn" cIthrt as
J Of IN, Civil war u was known a thf
! Chexap~ak. Frmal" Seminary. anh
! was opened :" students by the Bsp'iS'