Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-21
BOARD REPORT
ON HOME FILED
BINDING OF STATE BODY CITES
NEED OF INCREASED
SUPPORT FUND.
NILL IMPROVE CONDITIONS
IF MONEY IS PROVIDED
Board Of Control, in Report on IN
vestiuation of Soldiers Home, I'D
snits Need Of Betterments But Says
They Can Not Be Added Ur,less
Appropriation is Increased.

They Can Not Be Added Urless
Appropriation is Increased.
The finding OF the board of con
rol on Its investigation of general
conditions at the soldiers hone,
nade following the hearing on the
BASE brought lby O. p. Mars, the
pember who restrained Command
Int B. Q. Whitehill from furloughing
him for slandering officers, was
kiled in the office Of the board Fri
Hay. Tho report makes, general adj
nission Of some Of the things com
planned OF, compliments the home
arrangement for other details, of
epntrol. and admits betterments OF
mAintenance could be made.
Regarding improvements, it places
Itrsss on the fact that the most
Important ones are not possible with
me present state appropriation and
hat they cannot be made unless the
Bensral assembly sets aside a lager
bum Tor the maintenance Of the
home. i.
vsrmin Now Removed.
Regarding the yermin In the hos
pital a. complaihed Of, the report
|pays lack Of held and money was
mitigating circumstance but there
Has neglect at the home in this re-
1pect. Since complaint was made
me institution has been thoroughly
CLEARED OF vermin. the report adds.
Lack Of harmony between the
ehlcf surgeon and his assistant. was
Dhown and the need Of graduate
Aufses and other help in the !aos-
|pitAl Is admitted. Greater effort
should be made to serve hospital
patients with warm meals, the re-
Port says. But the lack of help
end other improvements needed can
not be provided, the report cenltin-
ives, until the board is given a
larger appropriation for the, support
of the Institution.
Cause Of Complaint Remov,.,I.
The report says: THE evidence
4eveloped that the food served at
HE homo was OF good quality and
tnifly well prepared ana served; that
the treatment Of the members OF the
lome was oonsiderate. and there
WAS, but little cause for complaint
from this source.
TT was shown that 4 lack OF har-
|mony existed between the head ply
Gician and his assistant to the In
hurry and sihefficiency OF their work
|pnd that they did not exercise the
|1iligenco and cooperation which
|sh0nld be required Of them.
The worst feature Of the home at
the time the complaint was made,
was the presence OF bedbugs IN
Puch quantities an TO be inexcts able.
More attention should have been
paid to their presence and had prop
|er attention been paid to thi., SUBJ
|5ect the conditions would havt, been
much better.
The lack Of help and the lack of
8unds Tor the maintenance OF the
|lnstttution can be plead as a miti-
rating circumstance, but we cannot
accuse. the commandant fol. this
NEGLECT. The evidence developed
tiAt since The complaint was filed
the home has had a thorough clean
s1ng and renovating and the results
Fers satisfactory. and the home in
this respect has been very much Inn
,provsd.
More Support Money Need,,d.
1T was further shown that en- in
sufficient number OF nurses were
at the hospital where more
than $50 sick patients were confined
TO their beds, but that this ,,ondi-
ton can only be remedied lGrt the
expenditure OF more funds than the
state now provides.
TO remedy the evils that GIist in,
the home, there should be provided
more funds to run the institution.
There should be employed COM
psttnt graduate Nurse for tlp, Hos
pita1 with more assistant nurses.
The beds and the wards should not
10 left entirely to the care of the
snembsrs OF the home. but should
have proper supervision. "A first
GLASS physician with a competent as
eistant should be employed. An eng,
deavor should be made to serve the
sick patients their meals while
warns. q better cold storage should
be provided for the hospital and oth7s
;ef minor corrections should he made.
Board Favors improvements.
with more funds we would favor
IN the betterments suggested, but
until sufficient funds are provided
BY the state, the home can not be
in the manner deserved
~ its members.
We ask the cooperation of the
Grand Army Of the Republic and the
Woman's Relief Corps and all loyal
oitissns OF tho state to assist us in
securing q greater appropriation
- rive the soldiers and ;thei,. wives
such Z home and surroundings as
they have honorably earned ind are
richly entitled to. :.
I'VE thank. the, members, OF: the
comnittee Of the Grand ARMY Of the
Republic and OF the Womarts Relief
Corps TOR their assistance end Co
operation In this INVESTIGATOR.
we might state that wo have en-
deAvored to meet some Of the con-
ditions required. and have drawn
largely from tho state treasury, quite
Ia excess Of the amount provided by
the last general assembly, Tor the
support OF the institution. and by
this means win endeavor In a meas
ure to correct the improper condi-
lions that have existed at The in
stitution. w. D. Sheean, chairman,
>. u. Strict. A. M. McCon
Montour Personals,
ISnAcial to TimaS-Repuhlican,