Production and disposition Article Used in commissary and sales Consumed Total products 25415 pounds apples, at 2 cents a pound.. 81,651 pounds corn, ear, at $1 per hundredweight. 95 tons hay, at $13 a ton. 300 tons ensilage, at $5 a ton.. 78 cords wood, at $6 a cord. 45 yards stone, at $2 a yard. 31 calves, at $3.10 each. Flowers sold.... Total.. Cost of operation Average number Total expenses of operating productive enterprises under this head, $14,288.99. Value of products, $19,050.41. Total profit, $4,761.42. HEATING, LIGHTING, AND POWER PLANT, WATER AND GAS The steam plant consists of five 300-horsepower Sterling water-tube boilers. installed, 1 in 1902; 2 in 1897; 2 in 1892; and two 250-horsepower Sterling watertube boilers installed in 1895; twenty 230-horsepower Heine tube boilers installed in 1922; 2 fuel-oil pumps installed in 1907; 1 fire pump installed in 1919; 2 vacuum pumps installed in 1912; 1 motor-driven hot-water circulating pump installed in 1912; 2 boiler feed pumps installed in 1920; 1 in 1912; 1 open water heater installed in 1919; 1 closed water heater installed 1912, and 1, 1922; 1 oil motor installed in 1907; 2 water meters and 8 cylinder regulators. The lighting system consists of 2 engines direct connected to 60-kilowatt, 110-22-volt (McEwen), installed in 1910, (Skinner) installed in 1911; 3-wire direct-current dynamo installed in 1895; 1 engine bolted to 2 dynamos, 55 kilowatts each, and necessary switchboard equipped with usual instruments, installed in 1895. The refrigeration and ice plant consists of 1 direct-connected engine and doublecylinder ammonia compressor installed in 1914; 1 brine tank installed in 1912, 1 replaced in 1925; 2 condensers and filter installed in 1922, 1 rebuilt in 1924; 1 brine pump and ice hoister installed in 1912. Hoist replaced in 1925. Repairs, including boiler tubes, parts, brine tank, etc. Total..... $12, 966. 00 1, 440. 00 1, 305. 60 $15, 711. 60 76, 781. 03 618. 50 2,637. 76 185.00 395. 12 96, 329. 01 Fuel.-Oil, 2,202,331 gallons purchased, at $0.0353; 17,640 gallons, at $0.03747; 15 tons bituminous coal were purchased, at $6.75 per ton. Year prior, 2,196,456 gallons of fuel oil were purchased, at .0334 cents per gallon. Electric current.-Electric current produced, 451,208 kilowatt hours; cost per kilowatt hour, $0.0295; total cost of current, $13,350.52. Gas.-Gas was used for cooking in general mess, hospital kitchen, and wards, nurses' cottage, bakery, store, hotel, barber shops, officers' quarters, and for hot water in officers' quarters; 7,384,070 cubic feet purchased, at $7,384.03. Year prior, 6,311,500 cubic feet purchased, at $6,311.50. Water. Daily average consumption of water was 307,014 gallons; purchased 112,060,080 gallons, at $0.1171 per 1,000 gallons. Prior year purchased 123,865,838 gallons, at $0.1144 per 1,000 gallons. Ice.-Capacity of ice plant, 9 tons refrigeration and 6 tons ice; 873488 tons produced at a cost of $2.50 per ton. LAUNDRY AND DRY-CLEANING PLANT Laundry machinery and equipment consists of 4 wash machines (Troy), 3 extractors (2 Troy, 1 American), 2 motors, 1 starch cooker, 1 blueing mixer, 1 soap chip tank, 2 dry tumblers (1 American), one 5-cylinder mangle (Troy Duplex), 2 body ironers (American), 2 pressers (Prosperity), 3 wash machines (Troy), 1 extractor (Troy), 1 large pressing machine (Hoffman), 2 exhaust fans, 1 motor, 1 dry tumbler (Troy), 1 sewing machine (Singer). Cost per capita. 855, 679 $0.00903 $4.91 40, 782 $0.0514 $1.41 One thousand five hundred seventy-four average members, T. A. P.'s and civilian, employed laundry service, 1,489 average members, T. A. P.'s, received dry-cleaning service. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT Separate messing facilities are provided for the general camp and hospital. In addition to the general mess hall, 4 barracks are equipped with a combination kitchen and dining room for aged and infirm members. The mess hall capacity of the branch at one sitting is as follows: General mess hall, 858; combination messes, 2,024; noncommissioned officers and clerk's mess, 33; hospital general mess, 170; tubercular cottage mess, 84; nurses' mess, 24; total, 1,373. Average number of persons served by waiter at each sitting in above messes is, respectively, 33, 33, 20, 7, 33, 29. Average sittings each meal, average number served each meal, average number of employees, and cost of rations Cost per capita, special diet, based on average number sick in hospital, $5.95. Average daily consumption per man on some of the food articles Principal articles of food consumed, quantities of each, and the total cost of same, during the year Operation and average cost per pound of bread, etc., produced Average pounds of bread produced from 100 pounds of flour, 138.82. Average number of employees, 3; amount paid employees, $2,997.67; cost of fuel, $1,830. 77; total, $4,828.44. LIBRARY Reading room has a capacity of 100 persons, and is open daily between the hours of 8 and 11.30 a. m., 1 and 5 p. m., and 6 and 7 p. m.; Sunday, 9 p. m. Ten newspapers and 41 periodicals were supplied. Three hundred and eleven number volumes of new books purchased during year. Total number of volumes, 9,791. 1 There are 4 persons employed in the library. Cost of services, $1,340.86; post fund, $288. Fifteen thousand and twenty-eight books were circulated or read. RELIGIOUS SERVICES Protestant. The chaplain is a commissioned officer, is furnished quarters, and resides at the branch. The chapel has a seating capacity of 250 persons. Five choristers were employed. Regular services were held once a week. Average attendance, 204. Other services 4 times per week. The chaplain officiated at 160 funerals, and regularly visited the hospital 7 times per week. Catholic. The chaplain is a commissioned officer, is furnished quarters, and resides at the branch. The chapel has a seating capacity of 200 persons. Four choristers were employed. Regular services were held 15 times per week. Average attendance 60. Other services 60 per year. The chaplain officiated at 24 funerals, and regularly visited the hospital 7 times per week. CEMETERY There were 160 burials in the cemetery during the year. buried there, 7,196. Total capacity of the cemetery, unlimited. BAND Total number Average number of men in band during the year, 14. Paid from general fund, $11,232.17; clothing, $449.96; subsistence, $389.66; total, $13,071.79. GENERAL The increase in gas consumption over last year is caused principally by the use of gas at annex No. 1. The decrease in number subsisted at general mess is because only this mess is included, whereas last year it is thought the auxiliary mess was included in figure shown, which would add about 300. Statement of former officers inclosed as directed in headquarters letter of December 27, 1924. Statement showing method of obtaining cost of electric current inclosed as directed in headquarters letter of July 21, 1925. Eight extra copies of sheet 1 inclosed as required last year. The present governor took office May 4, 1925. C. H. BARTH, Governor. FORMER OFFICERS OF THE WESTERN BRANCH Governors: Col. S. J. Smith, April 1, 1885, to June 30, 1897; Col. A. G. Rowland, July 1, 1897, to August 5, 1903; Col. S. G. Cooke, January 5, 1904, to February 28, 1925. Treasurers: Maj. W. B. Shockley, October 10, 1885, to August 31, 1901; Maj. William W. Martin, September 9, 1901, to July 31, 1918. Surgeons: Maj. J. L. Weaver, January 19, 1886 to July 31, 1893; Maj. Daniel C. Jones, October 21, 1893, to October 14, 1899; Maj. A. G. Hull, October 15, 1899, to June 30, 1904; Maj. John L. Fryer, July 1, 1904, to October 31, 1913; June 1, 1917, to October 3, 1917, and April 1, 1919, to July 1, 1920; Maj. John A. Barker, November 1, 1913, to May 31, 1917; Maj. Arthur W. Bartel, October 20, 1917, to March 31, 1918; and July 1, 1920, to August 1, 1922. |