The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-27
VETERANS DIFFER
ON FOOD QUESTION
Some Say Beef Was Tough, and
Others Say 1t Was Best
They Ever Got.
INQUIRY AT HOME is TAME
Witness Admits Therell Be No
Complaints if They Arc Given
Pocket Money.
INQUIRY Ar HOME IS TAME

were given an opportunity yestertN,y
tee appointed by the House of Dele
gates to investigate conditions ut tho
institution. Little or no cause OF COM
Veterans called by the committee and
| ny the board Of governors to testify.
al, eomer ,S, were heard, and the com
mittee WI! meet again this week to-
| House.
!, Headed by Delegate d. L. Toney, of
itlchmond. patron of the resolution, the
SE,ominittee. consisting OF Captain Will
nam Nam M. Myers; Colonel Robert f. Leedy.
Major James n. Stubs and z. w Mil
stead, reached the Soldiers Homo short
iy before o'clock. and went into exc
cmuve session 1t was decided Ia
the too the inquiry along the line of
inmates of the home.
~, naId AZ to the headquarters
Ing witnesses. General Charles j. An
derson, member OF the board of gov
ernors, stated that he and his felloG
! sion. Captain Myers stated that the
| committee had decided to Investigates
the food and clothing only, and Mr..
Ioney Informed the board that he had
the utmost confidence In 1t. and had
never said that tho least wrong ex-
Captain Graves liz Witness
Captain Graves, commandant of tho
institution. was the first witness, and
ing, the food and clothing. Bids we're
called for every month. he stated. and
prices . were submitted by leading deal
ers OF the city. These prices were ac-
needed. $50
ne stated. and he frankly admitted once
| declaring that the front gates were
open to any one who was dissatisfied
| win the way things were run
1T developed during the course OF tho
INJURY that the board had spent sew
s era hundred dollars more than the
| ADDrOIrilfinn Ia Gt r,,. ~.
| maintenance OF the institution. 1t was
shown that each of the inmates re-
OF trousers, and three paira OF shoes
each year. and In addition werc fur
nished two heavy suiss of underwear
| Complaints had been heard by the
committee In regard TO the medical de-
Eariment OF the institution. and Captain
~ !. Bosher, president OF the board OF
IN regard to the surgeon. DR.. B. r.
Kosher Defend. Phynician.
Yes. We have had charges against
we NE doctor. Captain Boshcr said. but
not substantlated: They were shown
TO be unworthy OF notice and we have
always found him ready to respond 10
DR. Lipscomb himself was called upon
70 ten or his duties ana how he full
! Hlled them lie showed that he fire.
at the home. and that the hospital had
an average OF siNty-five patients who
Following u former trend OF ques-
t!oning. MIR. Toney asked DR. Lipscoinb
II II We're true that he had told per-
son applying for trinkctH left by dead
inmate that there were So charges
1T is absurd" he replied
AS more than an hour had heen taken
up aud nothing material had developed,
Major Stubs demande to know If the
committee intended returning another
day, TO continue the investigation.
i
have accomplished moro by staying
away" he remarked.
House IT any OF my bills are lost to- day
in my absence. Colonel Leedy shouted
Captain Myers succeeded In quieting
his colleagues. and the Investigation
was resumed and the inmates them
selves were heard from,
j. w. Dolan was the first called. He
found the clothing to be rather Inferior
In quality. The food, he said, was
spoiled In, preparation. but the cook
lack of Kitchen facilities. The nea.
might be tendcrer, he admitted, and he
knew of two men at his table who never
They haven't any teeth" he can
Veteran Brands Orderiies az IIoboe..
hr; Dolan charged the orderlies at
the hospital with inhuman treatment
toward dying man. and stated that
from the Associated Charities.
| "Hoboes or any one willing to work
for low pay are hired as orderlies." he
Mr.. Dolan believed the hospital. ex-
esPIt In regard to ,, the food. was prop
stated. was derelict in its duty I'm not
providing 81 chaplain for the home. ard
he recommended that Randolph Hall be
ter time. as there is now no place for
the veterans to congregnte. In conclu-
sion he said:
I'VE are not Inmates of a poorhouse.
but we are treated as such. We are
here as the guests OF the State for value
thing for nothing"
Among the other complaints voiced
by veterans were lack OF white or other
did not vary. summer or winter. All
advocated by q bill now before the
n great deal of the complaining.
u. r. Gravity. another inmate. was
dissatisfied with the surgeon. who. he
Il man for the position.
They should get a physician who
has, time to devote to his duties" ne
He Don't Want Pocket Money.
j. B. Page was well satisfied with
his treatment. He would not object to
two, suits year. but. really did not
need that many He never found any
fault with the food and thought 1t was
boarding houses Mr.. Page went so
far as TO say that It would be an IN
Justice. to the veterans outside the
home to accept So II month spending
money.
Frank Talbert was another inmate
well satisfied with his lot.
II am well treated here, and owe my
| life to surgical treatment furnished mo
by the board" he said.
q. Reiih0rt said no found the meat
tough at times, but 1t was that way at
home. he added.
Il was taken as conscript from
Washington College when l was six
A. Penn
ting better treatment than ever had
before. My daddy owned more than
| better"
Another CrIticizes OrdcrIies.
10. Il. Markham stated that the cook
was good, but that his assistants were
recruited from charitable institutions
He. too. had a complaint to make in
| regard to the conduct of orderlies I'm
| treating sick inmates.
The last veteran to be examined was
g. ID. Crittenden. He had plenty of
food. but thought that 1t could 10 pre-
pared to better advantage Ho stated
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