Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-05
Home for Disabled Soidters-County
Organization.
CoURr HoUsE. indianapolis.
Friday, June 2I = O'Clock T. NJ

CoURT HoUsE. lSDIANAP1LIs
Friday. June 2i. o'clock r NJ
| The Board OF Managers the Marion County
Branch of the>lndiaha Soldiers Home Associa-
ton met, all the members, and the President.
Wee President aud Secretary present
The President submitted the following form
for Constitution OF Branch Associations. !" hich
was discussed and adopted:
FORM FOR CONSTITUTION OF BRANCH AssooIA-
TONS.
Article This Association shall be known
as the Marion County Branch of the Indiana
Soldiers Home Association
Article The object of this Association
shall be 10 assist in providing q permanent Home
for inhrm and disabled Indiana Soldiers aud
Sesmen
Article 3-The officers of the Association
shall be President. Vice Pres dent, Treasurer
aud Secretary.
Article Any person NAV become a mem
Der by paying any sum not less than one dollar
TO the treasurer. and the name of any member
shall be recorded in book To be kept Tor that
purpose. together with the amount contributed
and the date of contribution
Article 5.-All sums SO contributed shall be
| RENTED by the Treasurer. at the end OF the
month in which contributed to James n RAY
Indianapolis, Indiana, Treasurer of the Parent
Society.
Article b-Whenever remittances are made
the Treasurer shall transmit with each remittance
the names of the contributors, and the amount
contributed by each, with the date of contrbu
ton. to VIM. Hsnnamsn, Secretary of the Parent
Society indianapolis. Indiana.
Article The votes TO which this Branch
may be entitled in organizing aud offering the
Parent Association, shall be given by proxy. in
such manner aud by such person as this Assoc
citation shall appoint; such appointment to be
evidenced by the President, attested by the Sec
rotary.
Chaplain Lozier's circular was read and
approved.
OFFIcE lsD. SoLDIERs' AND SEANKS's)
HOME ASSOCIATION,
Indianapolis. ISB Nav IS, 1865
To all Persons Concerned in procuring Funds
| for the Indiana Soldiers Home:
Ii Il a matter of the first importance that care
be taken TO make your work general and thor
ough throughout the district to which you are
assigned The fate of the entire scheme de-
pehds upon those who make the collections. If
they are too hasty, and go skimming over their
districts, getting only the money OF those who
are always prompt to respond. aud leaving the
unwilling or unprepared. without in some way
! securing their subscriptions Also the effect will
be spasmodic effort, resulting in insufficient
means for the construction Of such q home IS
( Indisna's disabled heroes deserve or az Indi-
You will observe that the Circular Of our Gov
ernOr places the standard for contributions 81,
not less than one dollar This il precisely y hat
We want AT least one dollar from eyery citizen
of Indiana. and much more "a they can posi-
/ Div afford to give. Ii, however. we receive
only . dollar each from the moro wealthy or
liberal of our people the result can be readily
imagined. therefore recommend that you pro
coed TO organize for thorough work throughout
the district assigned you:
First. BY enIistng the sympathies and service
OF all the Ministers OF the Gospel, the Benevo-
lent Societies, ana other patriotic people of our
community in the undertaking
Second Start with the determination 20
make every person in your community mem
Der OF this patriotic association You will find
quite a number OF men ssd women IN your midst
~ho are willing 10 give than one dollar
Let such persons make poor soldiers irires or
their orphans members See that every Grip pied
soldier is made . member without having to ps,
his own money Get parents 10 make their chill
dren members Give up festivals, concerts. or
exhibitions. and in q word. all honorable
eIpedients to procure and forward your quota
oi one dollar tor each man and woman IN the
\ State
! will rot say this can be done 'just IS easy as
not bu' u can De done IL undertaken with that
4 SPIRIT AID energy with which our 'sIndisna bows
uuG,riOOk 10 hight for our homes and hresdes
/ IL can De done with less labor or pin than they
have endured. for whom this enterprise il under
/ taken. and l earnestly request you sud those
I wIih whom you may Cooperate. will aim At this
result Then. il by reason of the poverty of
some. or the penuriousnsss of others. YOU fail 20
accomplish all that you ain AZ. YOU will have
the satisfaction Of knowing that your duty was
| noby done
i The Secretary will please have all names OF
| members that are forwarded 10 us. written very
plainly, so that there may be 10 mistakes in fill
4 ing out certificates beautiful LthogroDh
Certificate IS being prepared, which will be sgned
by the Governor aud off eers Of the Parent Asso
| citation, and will be toF~Arjed To the Secretary
of ocr Branch by Secretary Hannaman. as soon
a. thev can be got ready.
Yoqrs for the soldiers,
JOHN HO6ARTH LorIEK.
General Financial Agent
On motion, IL was
Resolved, That Township Associations De
formed. To be auxiliary 10 the COunts Asso
Citations
On motion. IL Was
Resolved, That each manager shall devis.
such plans in bis township a. shall seem TO Be