Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-22


/ In the last appropriation bill there
! was set aside $4,000 for the transpor-
i tation of soldiers to the Johnson City
! (Tenn.) home The Dayton home,
! with three times as many members,
required only $4,000. The Milwaukee
Il home. with over 80 per cent. more
| members than Johnson City, needed
! but 81 POO. The Hampton branch, with
! almost twice as many men as Johnson
4 City, asked for only $4,000. But that
| L. not all. The urgent deficiency bill,
| PASSED later, carried an additional
thousand dollars for the Johnson City
branch. Nothing better indicates the
absolute business incompetency of the
/ board than this: IL not only spent
50 600 900 for buildings and grounds
at Johnson City without justification,
but extra money must be constantly
expended in an unsuccessful effort TO
| I'LL up that branch.
| The first question which would
l.roperly follow an exhibit of the I'M
usual increase in expenses in the last
ten years would be whether the mon
ey had been spent in giving greater
accommodations TO the men. The re-
port of InspectorGeneral Brewster,
4 10 OOuSitSo nANhih NhN As~oN
year. shows that the per capita cost
of food in the soldiers homes aver
ages ID cents per day, exclusive OF
preparation and serving. II should be
stated in contrast with this SITUATION
that the soldiers food in the army
costs more than 30 cents per day, and
that the soldiers army mess receiyes|
share of the post-eNchange pronts IN
addition to this. The inspector says,
| in speaking of the food provision:
This, in my opinion, is not quite|
sufficient 10 properly feed the old sol
diers"
The meat allowance per man Is
1911 ounces per day; in the army nj
is 20 ounces. The bread allowance
Der man is 7.45 ounces; in the army II
| is is ounces. So that two soldiers I'M
the army receive as much bread asl
five veterans in the soldiers homes;
, in meats. three soldiers in the army
receive as much as five veterans mi
! the soldiers homes.
Compared With Prison Fare.
! A few years ago the inspector from
the War Department reported that the
food in the soldiers homes was mol
more in quantity than that supplied
20 prisoners in the federal penitenti-
aries. Ii was shown at hearing be-
| fore the appropriation committee not
| long ago that the ration cost at the|
| Atlanta penitentiary was IL cents per-
man. Inspector Brewster reports the
cost of ration in one of the soldiers
homes for the past year as low as ii
cents. In this connection / want tol
submit a comparison " tue food pro-
yiced for the soldiers AZ The Dayton|
home with that given the 'amates OF
the county jail in the sane city. The
menu for one week in February last
follows:
Soldiers Home Menu.
Monday-Breakfast Bacon, boiled
beans. bread. cleo and coffee.
Dinner: Vegetable soup, boiledl
meat, steamed potatoes with Jackets
on. bread and oleo. mo coffee).
Supper: Steamed hominy, graham|
biscuit. syrup, bread. oleo and tea.
Tuesday-Breakfast Corned beef
hash, bread, oleo and coffee.
Dinner: Cold shoulder. mashed po-
tatoes. sauer kraut, bread, cleo and
coffee.
Supper: Evaporated apples, gingerl
cake. bread, oleo and tea.
Wednesday-Breakfa Irish stew,
bread. oleo and coffee.
Dinner: Stewed tlrnips, stewed
beef and gravey. steamed potatoes
with jackets on, bread, oleo and cof-
fee.
Super: Rice pudding, cheese, bread,
cleo and tea.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Corn beef
hash, bread. cleo and coffee.
Dinner: Roast pork, roast potatoes,
stewed onions. bread, oleo and coffee.
Supper: Macsroni, bread, oleo and
/ tea.
Friday-Breakfast Mackerel, steam
ed Irish potatoes with jackets on,
Tread. oleo and coffee.
Dinner: Baked lake trout, mashed
potatoes, suceotash, bread, cleo and
coffee.
Supper: Stewed peaches, bread,
oiea and tea
7 Saturday - Breakfast: Fricssseedl
beef, grits, bread. cleo and coffee
! Dinner: Stewed beef. cabbage,
steamed Irish potatoes with jackets
on. bread. oleO and coffee.
Supper: White corn mush, syrup,
Tread. oleo and tea.
Sundsy-3reakfsst: Fried ham,
steamed Irish potatoes with jackets
on. bread, oleo and coffee.
Dinner: Mutton stew, mince pie,
! oleo. coffee and bread.
Supper: Cheese, s,ewed prunes,
I bread. oico and tea.
The Jail Menu
Observation-Disclosures: Fried potatoes,
coffee. bread aad molssses.
Dinner: Boiled meat, potatoes, on
Z ions. bread and gravy.
Sapper: Bread, molasses and cot
fee.
Tuesday-BreakfGst Fried pota-
toes. coffee. bread and mClasses.
/ Dinner. Boiled meat. cabbage, DO
tafoes bread. prlluee and rice.