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toward them and the State as we
have in the past.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH HENRY,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Superintendent's Report

Superintendent's Report
Judge Hugh Henry,
President Board of Trustees, Yer
mont Soldiers Home:
Once more it becomes my duty to
make my report for the two years be-
ginning July l, 1910, and ending June
80, 1912, also inventory of stock and
farm implements belonging to the
Home, all other statistics are includ-
ed in your report.
AS you will see we have had larg
er average present for the last two
years than for the two years previous
10 this report, il was thought by some
of the National Inspectors that there
would be a falling off in the member
| ship after 1906, but this Home shows
larger average present and with
ninety-eight on the rolls and six APP
plications for membership out, it
looks as though the Home would be
filled the coming winter.
The superintendent and matron APP
preciate the manner in which the
members of the Home have conduct
ed themselves in the past and we also
wish TO thank the President and the
Board of Trustees for the able sup
port We have received from them.
Very respectfully,
THOMAS HARMON,
Superintendent.
Surgeons Report.
To the Hon. Hugh Henry,
President of the Board of Trustees:
| herewith submit to you my re-
port covering the two years ending
June 30, 1912. AT the time of my last
report, June 30, 1910, there were
twenty-five patients in the hospital
During the past two years one hun
dred and twenty-one have been ad-
mitted, making a total of one hun
dred and forty-six that have been
cared for. OF this number ninety
seven have been discharged, twenty
eight have died and twenty-one are
still in the hospital.
The causes of death were as fol-
lows heart disease 13, apoplexy 4,
cancer 8, cysttis 2, chronic nephritis
?, acute intestinal obstruction /,
chronic bronchitis l, pulmonary tu-
berculosis 1, suicide /, total 2s.
Those in the hospital are suffering
from the following ailments: some
form of paralysis Z, heart disease 8,
rheumatism =, morphine habitues 2.
tuberculosis l, asthma l, blindness /,
old age /, paralysis agitans 1.
Respectfully submitted,
LUCRETIUS II. ROSS,
Physician in Charge.
Report Of Committee Under Act No.
263, 1910.
/ To the Governor and General AS
>sembly OF the State of Vermont,
Gentlemen
Although no provision was made in
Act No. 263. Laws of Vermont, 1910,
for any report to you, il seems prop
er to us, as the act carried a consid-
cradle appropriation, that a report
Z should be made.
The act provided an appropriation
OF $4,000 a year for the aid of indi-
gent Veterans who were unable to
avail themselves OF tlAs benefit of the
7 Soldiers Home. the fund to be dis
bursed by The Trustees of the Sol
diers' Home" The amount of the
appropriation was inadequate for the
purpose contemplated. and was evil
IDENTIFY passed without any investiga-
ton Of the number Of Veterans resid-
ing in the state. tat that time consid-
erably in excess OF 10000 OF of the
probable number of applications that
would be made Hereunder. $4,000 a
year gives S375 a month and would
enable IS Veterans to receive IS each
a month we're there no expenses. The
printing q application blanks, letters
OF transmissal. receipts and postage.
only have been charged against the
fund Deducting these. only "A We
terans could receive S. a month.