The Marshall republican., 1910-04-08
National Military Home


Seven years ago the editor visit
ed the National Military Home at
Leavenworth, Kas., and gave it q
write-up, but since then many OF
our readers are new and there have
also been changes at the Home, SO
we feel free to mention a few
things seen there last week.
The home can be reached by
taking a trolley car out of Kansas
City. 1t is located about rs miles
north and the fare is only 45c from
Kansas City.
AS you leave the car you see a
beautiful park Of v hundred
acres, every inch of which is cared
for and all but the lawns swept
daily. 1t is dotted with fifty-four
tu.lIings-cottages, chu: CHI, thea
ire, greenhouses, baseball park
fountains, hospital, power house,
ice house, store hotel laundry lake
vast flower beds, etc, and the
whole view is a pleasing and in
spring one.
AS you start in you r very apt
to be welcomed by Oscar Sloane,
the official guide employed by the
government, and himself a veteran
of the Civil war. He makes visi-
tors feel that the place belongs to
them and if you don't enjoy your
visit it isn't his fault as he takes
great pride in the institution and
his position.
The home at present has an
enrolment of 34O0 members, al
though the population of the
graveyard exceeds it 1897. Many
of the inmates go away for the
day or longer SO that in reality
there are not $500 there regularly.
One of the first buildings we en-
tered was the main mess hall
which has a seating capacity of
HOO and everything is here carried
on on a big scale. The cooking
utensils are few but large and first
class. Here as elsewhere all the
work is done by the old soldiers.
One is impressed on all sides by
the perfect cleanliness. No screens
anywhere and yet no flies to be
see anywhere at any time.
We were told that to prepare a
meal here the following proper
tions prevailed for the articles
mentioned:
200 gallons coffee.
$50 dozen eggs for breakfast,
whether at zoe or soc a dozen as
was recently the case
10 bushels of potatoes.
500 pies.
IS lbs. butter.
800 gallons of bean soup.
100 gallons of bread pudding.
700 lbs OF roast beef.
200 loaves of bread
600 lbs baked fish.
When laid the tables present a
pretty sight. The dishes are group
ed for families" of six and every
thing has a definite place so that
as one chances down the long row
of tables, the catsup bottles are
seen in perfect line across the en-
tire DINING room, the spoons also,
or any article on the table when
sighted will be found in perfect
alignment with others like it. AS
the bell taps and the doors are
thrown open the men file in from
all sides and take their place and
at given signal all "fall to-"
Forty-five soldiers in white wait
on the tables. Two large trucks
with rubber tires bring in the
dishes, n kind at a time. AS
they stop, the walters surround
them, each at his place, and take
their part and the trucks return
to the kitchen for the next load.
Everything is harmonious and in
unison. In the kitchen everything
is spotless, cooking being done in
large kettles by steam heat.
The first thing a woman asks
here is, sob, how can you keep
everything SC CLEANUP The cook is
jolly good fellow but he is
Very liable to say. "That's very
easy, / clean up very carefully
every morning and there are no
women here to muss things up
through the dayp OF course
there's no harm in asking ques-