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Receipts and expenditures of the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., etc.—

Continued.

RECAPITULATION.

RECEIPTS.

Balance on hand September 30, 1900..

From the United States Treasurer, upon resolutions of the Board of Commissioners, approved by the Secretary of War..

From effects of deceased inmates, subject to demand of legal heirs..

From interest on permanent fund.

From miscellaneous sources..

Total.......

$2,240.77

203,000.00 59, 040. 18 151.65 2,641.74

Repairs to officers' quarters..

EXPENDITURES.

Compensation of the governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary to board of com-
missioners

Transportation furnished to discharged soldiers en route to the Home
Fuel for the Home..

Expenses of the hospital for drugs and druggists' supplies, spectacles, artificial teeth, ma-
terial for coffins, etc

Expenses of the hospital for mess and kitchen purposes, including compensation to in-
mates on duty and pay of civilian employees
Refunded to heirs of deceased soldiers

Refunded to heirs of deceased inmates..

Clothing for inmates

Subsistence stores and ice for Home..

Bedding for inmates, bedsteads, blankets, upholsterers' materials

Expenses of the farm, dairy, utensils for lawns, grounds, guano, manure, cultivation, and ornamentation of grounds and pay of civilian employees..

Mess and kitchen utensils, articles for police purposes.

Material for general repairs to roads, fences, purchase and repairs to vehicles, and purchase of tools, etc....

Forage and medicines for Home animals, articles used in stables..

267,074. 34

$554.73

3,356. 19 189.59

22, 944.76

2, 186. 42 13, 457.87 629.47 60

9, 708. 14

32, 689.71

39.84

17,548. 65

1,080.01

7,606.80

3,820.82

Religious services.

Expenses of the library, governor's and treasurer's offices, post-office box rent, stationery for office of board of commissioners, freight charges, telegrams, and amusements, etc... Incidental expenses, rental of telephone, hack hire, traveling expenses, professional services, etc...

2,059.53

859.23

1,529.00

1,347.73

18, 208. 84 25,806.66

Laundry work..

Compensation and monthly allowance to inmates, nonpensioners on duty at the Home, except compensation to inmates at hospital and men on roads and grounds. Commutation to members of the Home residing outside.

Gas for the Home...

Funeral expenses of members of the Home residing outside

New buildings, new range of greenhouses, stables, addition to steward's quarters, and cemetery-gate lodge, new band stand, etc..

Permanent improvements, paving gutters, macadamized roadway, new sewerage, drains,
reflooring in Scott building, billiard room, etc.

Board and medical treatment of members of the Home in Government Hospital for Insane.
Board and medical treatment of members at United States General Hospital, Fort Bayard,
N. Mex...

Compensation to inmates employed on roads and grounds.

Purchase of animals.

Balance on hand June 30, 1901.

Total...

266.50 350.00

45,854.89

27, 392. 15 5,681.42

12,560.71 3,386.65 1, 111.00 4,836.43

267, 074.34

Comparative statement of money received and disbursed on account of the United States
Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., from October 1, 1899, to June 30, 1901.

Received from October 1, 1899, to September 30, 1900..
Expended from October 1, 1899, to September 30, 1900..

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The expenditures during the year ending September 30, 1900, for new buildings and permanent improvements were.

$217, 120.49

The running expenses during the year were

$180, 968.56

The expenditures from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901, for new buildings and permanent improvements were..

$121, 852. 14

The running expenses from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901

$140, 385. 77

The average number of inmates from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901
The average cost per man for nine months ending June 30, 1901

870

$161.36

The average cost per month.

$17.93

Average cost of ration per month, including vegetables and milk produced on grounds.
Average cost of ration per day.

$4.94

$0.167

I certify that the foregoing statement is correct.

CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

Statement of the Soldiers' Home permanent fund account from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1900.

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Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

Statement of the Soldiers' Home interest account from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901.

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Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

The Treasurer of the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., in account with the inmate pensioners for moneys received under section 4, act approved March 3, 1883, and deposited with the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, D. C.

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The Treasurer of the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., in account with the inmate pensioners for moneys received under section 4, etc.-Continued.

1900.

MONEYS DISBURSED.

Oct. 3. By amount of pension moneys of deceased pensioners transferred to Home fund

under section 4, act of March 3, 1883.

Oct. 31. By pension pay roll for October, 1900.
Nov. 30. By pension pay roll for November, 1900..
Dec. 31. By pension pay roll for December, 1900..

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384.00 1,548.90 1,284.34 22, 537.42

235.00 2,848. 20 134.00 43.00

21, 128.52 32.00 2,653.64 1,498.80 58.00

24, 471.30

50, 595.95

129,453. 07

CHAS. W. TAYLOR

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

Annual report of the number of pensioners in the United States Soldiers' Home, District of

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NOTE.-There are 12 pensioners in the Government Hospital for the Insane whose money is drawn by the treasurer.

CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

WAR 1901-VOL 1, PT 1- -32

Report of members of United States Soldiers' Home receiving outdoor relief June 30, 1901, rates of relief, pensions, etc.

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Twenty members of the Home on outdoor relief died since date of last report, September 30, 1900.

CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

Statement relative to members on outdoor relief at United States Soldiers' Home from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901.

Average number from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901.
Total amount paid for outdoor relief during the period, October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901.
Average amount paid per man from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901.
Average amount paid per man for one month..
Highest amount paid per man for one month..
Lowest amount paid per man for one month.

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CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

Statement of expenditures on account of members of the Home under medical treatment at United States general hospital, Fort Bayard, N. Mex.

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For transportation of 17 members from Washington to Fort Bayard
Paid Quartermaster Department for 24 coffins.
Paid for 24 ulsters, winter coats

Paid freight on coffins and ulsters.

Total.......

.1 $11, 395.61

792.45

164.88

162.00

45.77

12, 560. 71

CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

1$5 per man per week.

Farm and dairy account, United States Soldiers' Home, from October 1, 1900, to June 30 1901, consolidated.

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The herd, on June 30, 1901, consisted of 2 bulls, 43 cows, 10 heifers, and 7 calves; also 1 horse and 7 mules.

CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

By value of live stock

By value of hay saved.

Total

Garden account of United States Soldiers' Home from October 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901,

consolidated.
DR.

To labor, fertilizers, seeds, tools, fuel, and implements

$6,871.00

CR.

By 37,500 plants, trees, and shrubs raised in garden and greenhouse....
By 80 cords wood

By balance to debit of garden expended in improvement of grounds

Total..

2,437.50 120.00 4,313.50

6,871.00

NOTE. This department has the care of the ornamentation of the grounds, lawns, flowers, shrubs, trees, and fruit.

CHAS. W. TAYLOR,

Captain, Ninth United States Cavalry, Secretary and Treasurer.

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