CEMETERY

There were 33 burials in the cemetery during the year. Total number buried there, 1,731; total capacity of the cemetery, 8,167 graves.

BAND

Average number of men in band during the year, 12. Paid from general fund, $10,405.67; clothing, $282.30; subsistence, $2,160; total, $12,847.97. P. H. BAILEY,

Adjutant and Inspector, Executive Officer.

JOHNSON CITY NATIONAL SANATORIUM, MOUNTAIN Branch,
NATIONAL SANATORIUM, TENN., June 4, 1925.

From: The executive officer.

To: The quartermaster.

Subject: Appointment of committee to appraise buildings, etc.

The following committee is hereby appointed to appraise the branch acreage, buildings, and permanent improvements of the Mountain Branch, as of June 30, 1925: R. H. Bailey, executive officer, chairman; P. I. Brumit, quartermaster, member; W. F. Davis, chief engineer, member.

To the EXECUTIVE OFFICER:

[First indorsement]

R. H. BAILEY.

MOUNTAIN BRANCH, July 3, 1925.

I am hereby forwarding appraisement of branch acreage, buildings, and permanent improvements as appraised by us June 30, 1925.

P. I. BRUMIT.

Appraisement of Mountain Branch acreage, buildings, and permanent improvements

Appraisement of Mountain Branch acreage, buildings, and permanent improve

ments-Continued

Branch established April, 1907, by act of Congress approved May 29, 1902. Located at Hot Springs, Fall River County, S. Dak. Post-office address is Hot Springs, S. Dak. The reservation comprises 101.36 acres, of which 70.36 acres are included in lawns, parks, cemetery, and 24 miles of roadway; 10 acres devoted to orchard and garden; 6 acres to alfalfa, and 15 acres to pasture purposes. There are 29 buildings on the reservation, including 7 hospital buildings, 6 stone, 1 frame, maximum capacity 474 patients; and 22 other buildings, including storehouses, mess hall, power house, theater, chapels, etc., of which 1 is brick, 2 concrete, 6 stone, 13 frame. Land acquired by donation 67 acres, by purchase 34.36 acres, cost $18,452.81, original cost of buildings, $738,663.60; appraised value, $710,000.

Utilities

Heating: Steam, 3 boilers, 250 horsepower, using 9,644.6 tons coal, at $3.80...

No gas used at this branch. Lighting Electricity purchased, 194,503 kilowatt hours at $0.04 per kilowatt hour...

Water: Pumped approximately 500,000 gallons per day. No water
or steam meters at this sanitarium. Impossible to estimate cost of
pumping.

Ice: Made 237.25 tons, at $2.80; purchased 81⁄2 tons, at $5 per ton__
Laundry: 322,614 pieces laundered, at $0.0111258 per piece---
No dry cleaning plant at this branch.

Total cost

$36, 649. 48

7, 780. 12

706. 80 3, 589. 33

Vacant.

95

Members present and absent June 30, 1925, having service other than

Mexican or Civil Wars___.

483