folios of manuscript have been copied and compared; 31,518 pages of proofs, in galleys and page forms, have been examined, and 46,580 sheets of manuscript have been verified, corrected, and prepared for publication. In closing, it again gives the board great pleasure to recognize the efficient assistance it has received from the officers engaged on the work and from the employees connected with the different departments of the office. Their labors have been zealous and untiring, and the services rendered by them have been entirely satisfactory. GEO. B. DAVIS, Major and Judge Advocate, U. S. A. LESLIE J. PERRY, Civilian Expert. Civilian Expert. J. W. KIRKLEY, The SECRETARY OF WAR. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME. THE SOLDIERS' HOME, OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Washington, D. C., October 20, 1894. SIR: In compliance with the requirements of section 1 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1883, prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia, I have the honor to submit the following report of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home for the year ending September 30, 1894. The gain and loss in the number of inmates during the year have been as follows: Of the total number of men (1,065) on the rolls September 30, 1894, 668 were present at the Home; 323 on outdoor relief, 53 on furlough, 3 suspended, 16 in the Government Hospital for the Insane, 1 absent in confinement, and 1 absent without leave. The daily average number of inmates during the year was 734. Last year the average was 751 and the preceding year 745, showing a small decrease, due in part to the discharge of 29 inmates in receipt of high pensions ($24 per month and upward) whose disabilities were not of such a character as to make it necessary for them to be continued at the Home. The total number of deaths reported was 62. Of these 46 died at the Home, 11 while on outdoor relief, 3 in the Government Hospital for the Insane, 1 on furlough, and 1 while suspended. Temporary relief was granted to destitute discharged soldiers who were not entitled to admission, to the extent of 12,523 meals and lodging for a few nights each to 293 men. The following statement shows the condition of the permanent fund and the amounts received and expended during the year: PERMANENT FUND. Balance in the United States Treasury October 1, 1893. $2,479, 343.32 Settlements for the current year. Withdrawn for current expenses $197, 693. 47 Increase of receipts over expenditures.. 94, 693. 47 Balance in the United States Treasury September 30, 1894 ..... 2,574, 036.79 ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE HOME. Remaining on hand September 30, 1893.... Received during the year: From the permanent fund. Interest on the permanent fund Effects of deceased inmates. Miscellaneous receipts. Total Disbursements: Current expenses Permanent improvements Total.... Balance on hand September 30, 1894..... $15, 507. 15 103,000.00 74, 697.09 664.95 6, 512. 63 200, 381.82 $177, 232.46 189, 941.67 10, 440. 15 The foregoing statement shows that the permanent fund has increased by $94,693.47 during the year, and that the current expenditures were $19,346.90 less than in the previous year. The treasurer's account of funds received for the inmate pensioners shows that he had on hand September 30, 1893, $49,815.34; received during the year, $95,234.09; paid to pensioners and legal heirs, $98,436.07 ($3,201.98 more than he received), leaving on hand, deposited in the United States Treasury, $46,613.36. The number of pensioners who are resident inmates of the Home is 582; the number on outdoor relief 230 and 3 suspended, making a total of 815 beneficiaries in receipt of pensions, whose rates are as follows: Two hundred and eighty-nine receive from $2 to $8 per month; 405, from $10 to $16; 88, from $17 to $20; 32, from $22 to $30, and 1 receives $72 per month. Taking 560 as the average number of pensioners who were resident inmates, we find that the average amount of pension money paid by the treasurer to each during the year was $175.77. In connection with the foregoing statement, attention is invited to the bills introduced, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, during the last session of Congress, amending certain sections of the Revised Statutes, relative to the Soldiers' Home, and providing that all inmates of the Home who receive pensions in excess of $6 per month shall contribute such excess (in no case exceeding $8 per month) toward their maintenance in the Home. The propriety and expediency of such a measure was fully set forth in the Commissioners' last annual report, and it is again fully stated by the governor in his report, herewith submitted, as necessary for the good of the Home. On the night of September 13, last, three separate fires occurred at the Home. The first destroyed a shed and 25 tons of hay in rear of the King Building; the second burned down the stables, 45 tons of hay, 2 horses, and an ambulance, and a horse and buggy belonging to Dr. |