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Corn muffins.-Flour, 32 pounds; corn meal, 28 pounds; butter, 4 pounds; eggs, 5 pounds; baking powder, 2 pounds; milk, 57 pounds; total, 128 pounds. Weight when baked, 116 pounds.

New England buns.-Flour, 36 pounds; water, 23 pounds; yeast, 8 ounces; salt, 4 ounces; sugar, brown, 3 pounds; sugar, granulated, 1 pound; malt extract, 8 ounces; butter, 3 pounds; eggs, 3 pounds; total, 70 pounds 4 ounces. Weight when baked, 63 pounds.

Boston brown bread.-Boston brown bread mixture, 50 pounds; molasses, 15 pounds; milk, 25 pounds; soda, 1 pound; salt, 12 ounces; total, 91 pounds 12 ounces. Weight when baked, 85 pounds.

Vienna rolls.-Flour, 35 pounds; water, 25 pounds; yeast, 8 ounces; salt, 4 ounces; sugar, 3 pounds; malt extract, 8 ounces; lard, 4 pounds; total, 68 pounds 4 ounces. Weight when baked, 60 pounds 8 ounces.

French rolls.-Flour, 38 pounds; water, 25 pounds; yeast, 8 ounces; salt, 4 ounces; sugar, 3 pounds; malt extract, 8 ounces; butter, 2 pounds 8 ounces; total, 69 pounds 12 ounces. Weight when baked, 63 pounds.

Cocoanut layer cake.-Sugar, 15 pounds; butter, 6 pounds; eggs, 12 pounds; flour, 16 pounds; milk, 10 pounds; baking powder, 14 ounces; total, 59 pounds 14 ounces. Weight when baked, 50 pounds.

Rye bread.-Rye flour, 35 pounds; white flour, 35 pounds; water, 37 pounds; yeast, 1 pound; salt, 2 pounds; malt extract, 1 pound; total, 111 pounds. Weight when baked, 100 pounds.

Spice cake.-Molasses, 14 pounds; milk, 13 pounds; eggs, 2 pounds; lard, 3 pounds; sugar, powdered, 1 pound 8 ounces; soda, 12 ounces; flour, 18 pounds; total, 52 pounds, 4 ounces. Weight when baked, 48 pounds.

Strawberry shortcake.-Sugar, 18 pounds; flour, 18 pounds; eggs, 17 pounds; baking powder, 12 ounces; milk, 6 pounds; total, 59 pounds 12 ounces. Weight when baked, 50 pounds 8 ounces.

Ginger bread.-Molasses, 22 pounds; water, 17 pounds; cinnamon, 4 ounces; mace, 4 ounces; ginger, 4 ounces; soda, 1 pound; lard, 6 pounds; flour, 32 pounds; eggs, 1 pound 8 ounces; total, 80 pounds 4 ounces. Weight after bak

ing, 75 pounds.

These are typical hot breads served in the mess, and are given because their weights are constant-that is, every time we bake a batch of these goods, using the same formula of course, we get exactly the same results, and they are uniformly of good quality. The tables will enable you to determine what any good baker should get as the result of these formulas. Of course, any change whatsoever will make a difference in the weight of the goods.

Fourth. Same per 100 pies.

Concerning this, I am unable to give you any data for the following reason: Pies vary so much in size and weight, depending upon the ingredients. Some pies are baked thin and others very thick-that is, as regards the quantity of filling depending entirely upon the nature of the pie. They are so many and so varied that I am unable to give you any accurate data concerning same.

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Sixth. Cost per pound of bread, including labor and all material used.

I bake bread for 3 cents per pound at the present price of flour, assessing the bread a liberal proportion of the total operating expenses of the bakery.

Seventh. Which gives the better results, flour from winter or spring wheat, as to quality of bread or cost of same?

For my experience, I prefer a strong spring-wheat flour. This, I know, is contrary to the practice of many bakers, who use blends of both spring and winter wheat; but I find that a high-class spring-wheat flour, such as I have been using, gives a uniform product and better bread.

Eighth. How long should bread be baked before it is in proper condition to serve?

Our rule here is to serve no bread that is not twenty-four hours old. The use of malt extract in baking serves to keep the bread damp, and consequently fresh, for a long period. This is due to the hygroscopic action of the malt extract.

Ninth. What is the average daily consumption, in pounds, of bread per 100 cadets?

They eat about 60 pounds of bread per day per 100 cadets, or 0.6 of a pound per cadet. That is, as you understand, of straight bread, both white and whole wheat or graham. In addition to this, at breakfast and at supper they

are served hot bread, biscuit, muffins, rolls, or something of that kind, so that I estimate they eat about 1.1 pounds of bread per day, including hot bread, which is a fair quantity for an American to eat-nothing like what is used in France, Germany, Holland, or Belgium. I find in my experience that Americans are not what might be termed bread eaters, and believe the reason is due to the fact that they do not, as a rule, get good bread.

The several Branch hospitals have an aggregate capacity for 3,036 The sick, deaths, patients; and in addition there are quarters for 760 convalescents. One Branch has no convalescent quarters, and another reports such quarters as "unlimited."

etc.

The aggregate daily average of sick in hospitals was 2,442; in convalescent quarters, 627; in barracks, 847.

The whole number admitted to the hospitals was 9,149, as compared with 6,623 for the previous year-an increase of 2,526. There was an aggregate of 2,160 deaths at the various Branches (as compared with 1,931 in 1904), of which 1,784 occurred in the hospitals and 376 elsewhere.

The average age of patients at time of death was 68.6 years, as against 68.94 years for 1904.

The average death rate per thousand of the average number of members present and absent was 71.65. The highest death rate, 80.98, was at the Eastern Branch; the lowest, 64.86, was at the Pacific Branch.

On June 30, 1905, there was an aggregate of 23,243 members buried in the various Branch cemeteries, while the average number of living members present at the Homes during the year was 21,092.

Seventy-two members were sent to insane asylums.

There was a daily average of 1,101 hospital employees, of whom 775 were members, 231 civilians, and 95 female nurses. Their pay for the year amounted to $204,817.43.

A total of 3,446 different drugs and preparations were used in the dispensaries. The aggregate amount expended for drugs was $13,118.52; for appliances, $16.731.62.

OPEN-MARKET PURCHASES.

It is the defined policy of the Government that purchases shall be made under competition and resort be had to open-market purchases when competition is impracticable, or the amounts involved are inconsiderable. In the application of this principle at the various Branches there appears to have been little uniformity, as shown by the following record of open-market purchases for the year:

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DISBURSEMENTS.

The disbursements and accounts of the Home, including the general, pension, post and special funds, and transfers between different officers were examined carefully. They involved $12,012,877.80, as compared with $14,765,974.68 for the preceding year.

The following is a summary:

Balance on hand last inspection
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Expended per vouchers_.

Transfers to officers

To credit Treasurer United States___

11, 111, 392.57

12, 012, 877.80

8,093, 288. 89
2, S36, 679, 50
469, 054. 50

11, 399, 022. 89

613, 854.91

Balance on hand.

The balance was all accounted for, and was on deposit with designated United States depositories, except $17,000 in bonds and $4,752.63 cash on hand.

More detailed data concerning the inspection of the several Branch Homes are given in the accompanying appendixes. Respectfully submitted.

The SECRETARY of War.

J. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Colonel, Inspector-General.

(Through the Inspector-General of the Army.)

APPENDIXES.

No. 1.-Report of Inspection of the Eastern Branch, made July 14 to July 18, 1905.

l'ost-office. Togus, Me.

Local manager.-Gen. John Marshall Brown, of Portland, Me. His term of office expires in 1908.

OFFICERS.

At date of inspection the officers were: Governor, Col. S. H. Allen; treasurer, Maj. A. L. Smith; surgeon, Maj. W. G. Elwell; quartermaster, Capt. W. H. Anderson; chaplain, Rev. Henry S. Burrage, D. D., who succeeded Rev. IIudson Sawyer, who died November 11, 1904. Since date of inspection former Governor Allen has died and Col. John T. Richards has been appointed to succeed him.

POPULATION.

On June 30, 1905, there were, present and absent, 2,626 officers and members, as compared with 2,744 on June 30, 1904; a loss of 118. Average number present during the year, 2,065; average number absent, 602; total, 2,667. Highest number present any one day, 2,203, on December 1, 1904; lowest number present any one day, 1,722, on June 30, 1905.

Average temporarily cared for, 2; total number cared for, 3,107. Average age of members to June 30, 1905, 66.65 years; of those who served in the civil and prior wars, 67.3 years; of those who served in the Spanish and subsequent wars, 36.4 years. Last year these average ages were, respectively, 65.66, 66.29, and 39 years.

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Return of persons in camp July 15, exclusive of officers and members and civilian employees.

Members' families

Civilian employees' families..

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Clothing worn by many members not clean, and condition of camp as to cleanliness and police not good.

Eighteen members had been admitted since June 30 and 10 discharged, a net gain of 8. There were 336 beds vacant in barracks and 44 in the hospital.

DISCIPLINE.

Total

The principal offenses were drunkenness, absence without leave, and bringing intoxicating liquors within the Home limits. number of arrests, 642; trials for drunkenness, 248; for absence without leave, 221. Total number of members offending, 374, or about 18 per cent of the average number present. For the preceding year this percentage was 13. One member was in confinement at date of inspection.

LIBRARY.

At the close of the fiscal year the library contained 10,242 volumes. During the year 172 volumes had been added and 25 were condemned and destroyed. There are 100 papers and 33 periodicals subscribed for and 96 papers and no periodicals furnished free. Number of books read or circulated during the year, 23,844. At date of inspection the library building was being thoroughly overhauled and remodeled.

BAND.

The band is composed of 24 men, of whom 3 are members of the Home and 21 are civilians. Its total cost for the year, including subsistence and other allowances of civilians, was $10,552.72. Average monthly compensation of leader, $100; of members, $10.83; of civilians, $29.79.

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