National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Hearings ..., on H.J. Res.3, H.J. Res.44 ...1926 - 252 pages |
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... mess , in 10 - gallon cans , and it would be put there and the cooks and nurses and attendants would dip it out , so that when it got down to the milk that these men got , it was below the standard required to be sold under the State ...
... mess , in 10 - gallon cans , and it would be put there and the cooks and nurses and attendants would dip it out , so that when it got down to the milk that these men got , it was below the standard required to be sold under the State ...
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... mess halls are well arranged , and as a rule were found to be clean and satisfactorily managed . The food is of good quality and well pre- pared and sufficient in quantity . The patients under treatment for tuberculosis receive food in ...
... mess halls are well arranged , and as a rule were found to be clean and satisfactorily managed . The food is of good quality and well pre- pared and sufficient in quantity . The patients under treatment for tuberculosis receive food in ...
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... mess hall , power house , theater , chapels , library , greenhouse , quarters for officers and employees , etc. The land has cost the United States nothing , as it was acquired partly by donation and partly by exchange . The appraised ...
... mess hall , power house , theater , chapels , library , greenhouse , quarters for officers and employees , etc. The land has cost the United States nothing , as it was acquired partly by donation and partly by exchange . The appraised ...
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... mess__ Remodeling setting and furnace of boiler No. 9 . - .- Rewiring and new lighting fixtures , general mess hall .. Recovering million - gallon reservoir . Extending office and recovering headquarters building- Providing baggage room ...
... mess__ Remodeling setting and furnace of boiler No. 9 . - .- Rewiring and new lighting fixtures , general mess hall .. Recovering million - gallon reservoir . Extending office and recovering headquarters building- Providing baggage room ...
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... mess did not appear as appetizing as that served at other branches . A greater variety is desirable . The general mess hall is dark and not as neatly arranged as it should be . 15. There are practically no lawns , and the grounds do not ...
... mess did not appear as appetizing as that served at other branches . A greater variety is desirable . The general mess hall is dark and not as neatly arranged as it should be . 15. There are practically no lawns , and the grounds do not ...
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acres amount paid Amusement annex appraised value assistant surgeon Average cost Average number subsisted Average present sick B. K. Cash barracks Battle Mountain Board of Managers boilers brick Capt cemetery cents chapels chaplain commissary of subsistence Commissioned officers Congress Cost per capita cubic feet Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Domiciliary members Dry cleaning Dry cleaning plant Effects deceased members Eligibility of members ending June 30 equipment expenditures farm fiscal year 1925 gallons Home for Disabled home was last horsepower Hospital general mess Hospital patients ice plant installed July June 25 kilowatt kilowatt-hours last inspected Laundry Liberty loan March 21 Marion Branch members present mess hall National Home Noncommissioned Northwestern Branch number of deaths number of members Number treated nurses Pacific Branch Painting post fund power house present and absent president purchased quartermaster Repairs Spanish-American War steam supplies tons Total cost Total number Total___ Transfer treasurer tuberculosis wards water-tube boilers Whole number cared
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Page 13 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
Page 15 - Army, in person, as required by law; and that of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, its records, disbursements, management, discipline, and condition...
Page 14 - Report of an inspection of the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, July 31, 1897— Jan.
Page 13 - Secretary of War. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, Washington, February o, 1904.
Page 14 - ... can be properly enlarged ; to wit, the Marion and Pacific branches. Admissions to the home are suspended either on account of a lack of room or when there is danger that the funds appropriated for the current support of members is insufficient. INSPECTION. The inspection of the several branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is secured by the War Department for the information of Congress through the office of the Inspector-General of the Army, and for the information of...
Page 55 - Federal service, and who are disabled by diseases or wounds and who have no adequate means of support and by reason of such disability are either temporarily or permanently incapacitated from earning a living.
Page 15 - The government of the home has heretofore been vested by law in a board of managers composed of the President of the United States, the Secretary of War, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (all ex officio), and...
Page 55 - Honorably discharged officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines who served in the regular, volunteer, or other forces of the United States, or in the Organized Militia or National Guard when called into Federal service, and...
Page 13 - ... hundred beds. Such hospital shall include all the necessary buildings with the appropriate mechanical equipment, including roads and trackage facilities leading thereto, for the accommodation of patients, and storage, laundry, and necessary furniture, equipment, and accessories as may be approved by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
Page 41 - ... etc. . . Current expenses: Salaries of all officers and employees engaged in connection with the management of the branch, including supervision, statistics, purchase of supplies, payment of pensions, accounting, inspection and care of supplies and other property, guards, watchmen, band; and expenditures for office supplies, equipment, stationery, telephone, telegraph, supplies and appliances for fire protection, musical instruments, music, books, library equipment, etc...