Average number sick, with leave, without leave, present, present and absent, whole number cared for, gain and loss, at Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, from date of organization to June 30, 1890.

Whole number cared for from date of organization to June 30, 1890, 4,594.

States and Territories from which admitted into the Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, from date of organization to June 30, 1890.

States and Territories in which enlisted from date of organization to June 30, 1890.

Return of Western Branch, National Home Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the year end

ing June 30, 1890.

Return of Western Branch, National Home Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, etc.—Continued.

States and Territories in which enlisted

Continued.

Louisiana

Maine....

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri

Nebraska
Nevada

New Jersey.

New Mexico.

New York.....

Ohio

Oregon..

Pennsylvania

New Mexico

17

Two thousand six hundred and seventy-three could read and write, and 431 could neither read nor write. Of the latter, 39 per cent. were native born, and 61 per cent. were foreign born.

SUBSISTENCE.

BILL OF FARE, GENERAL DINING HALL.

Sunday.-Breakfast: Boiled eggs, bread, butter, coffee. Dinner: Roast beef, stewed lima beans, boiled potatoes, pickles, bread, coffee. Supper: Cold meat, stewed blackberries, bread, butter, tea, sirup.

Monday.-Breakfast: Beef fricassee, bread, butter, coffee. Dinner: Boiled boneless rumps, stewed pease, boiled potatoes, bread, coffee. Supper: Cold beef, corn-meal mush, bread, butter, tea, sirup.

Tuesday.-Breakfast: Beef hash, bread, butter, coffee. Dinner: Roast beef, boiled potatoes, lettuce, bread, coffee. Supper: Bologna sausage, stewed apples, bread, butter, tea, sirup.

Wednesday.-Breakfast: Baked beans, pork, graham and white bread, butter, coffee. Dinner: Beef stew, bread, coffee. Supper: Boiled ham, currant buns, bread, butter, tea, sirup.

Thursday.-Breakfast: Beef hash, bread, butter, coffee. Dinner: Boiled S. P. shoulders, stewed spinach, boiled potatoes, bread, coffee. Supper: Bologna sausage, boiled rolled oats, bread, butter, tea, sirup.

Friday.-Breakfast: Boiled pickled lake trout, boiled potatoes, bread, butter, coffee. Dinner: Baked fresh fish, boiled potatoes, boiled rice, radishes, bread, coffee. Supper: Cold meat, peach pie, bread, butter, tea, sirup.

Saturday.-Breakfast: Beef hash, bread, butter, coffee.

Dinner: Stewed veal,

bread, coffee. Supper: Cold beef, crackers, cheese, bread, butter, tea, sirup.
Changes are made in the general dining-hall bill of fare weekly.
The hospital bill of fare is prescribed by the surgeon.

Occupations of members on extra duty, and civilian employés.