The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-10-27
Ohio Soldiers' Home.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 1865.
The Undersigned, recently appointed
by the Governor Of Ohio as Trustees of
the Soldiers Home" take pleasure in
announcing that, through the efforts of the
,amen!ed Governor John Brough, the
United States Hospital, beautifully To-.
Gated near the City Of Columbus, and
known,as "Triper Hospital" was do.
mated by the Secretary of War to the
State OF Ohio for a "Sod;ers' Home"
that the same has been greatfully &C.
cep'ed through its Chief Magistrate,
Charles Anderson, and duly transferred
by The United States 10 the State Of Ohio.
In the absence Of any appropriation by
the General Assembly, the Cincinnati
Branch of the United States Sanitary
Commission has generously rendered the
necessary funds for carrying On the In
s'itution until the Legislature shall as.
semble. The Home will accordingly be
opened on Tuesday, October I7th, under
the charge o! Captain Isaac Brayton as
Superintendent, DR.. Jacob e. Denise
Resident Surgeon, Surgeon General Barr
as Consulting Surgeon, and Mrs. E. L.
Miller as Matron; all Of whom are pc.
culilarly qualitisd, by education and ex
perlence during the war, to perform the
duties of the several positions assigned
them.
1t is the design Of The Trustees 10 make
It, In the true sense Of the word, a Home
for all the uncured and disabled soldiers
and sailors who shall seek admission
where all without homes aud needing re.
llei shall be comfortably kept and kindly
cared for, "without money and without
price The location is pleasant and
heallhy-the buildings new and comfort.
abIe-the equipments complete. A Read.
ing Room, with large and we'll selected
Library, and the leading Reviews, Mag
azlnes and Newspapers, will be open day
and evening, for the especial use and ben
eht OF the inmates of the Home. An
Amusement Hall, with Bowling Alleys
ard other apparatus for pleasant and
healthlul exercise, will be Immediately
fitted up. No military restraint. other
'hah is necessary 10 preserve order and
proper discipline, will be had. The de-
sign is to pay in small way, the great
cebt which the people owe to the brave
men who have been disabled in the coun.
try's cause.
e All uncured and disabled soldiers and
sailors, connected during the recent Re.
bellion with the Army and Navy Of the
United States, will De admitted on the
letter OF any member of the Board of
Trustees, or on satisfactory proof, in any
way, 10 the Superintendent, that they are
entitled TO the reilef contemplated by the
establishment Of the Home. ....f ,,
The Home will be formally opened on
Tuesday. October l7M; but, in cases of
urgent necessity, limited number will
be received before that time. Applicants
for admission can receive transportation
at reduced rates from the several Rail.
roads OF the State, and on application to
the Surgeon General at his Office in The
Capitol, at Columbus, will be taken, with.
out charge, TO the Home.
Military Committees, County Military
Surgeons. and all other patriotic persons,
are requested to inform all needing relief
in their several localities of the establish
men: Of the Home, and to assis. those
seeking admission to reach Columbus.
ROBERT N. BARR, - =.
LEWIS B. GUNCKLE,
ST1LLMAN WITT, Trustees.
JAMES G. HALL,
CHAS. F. WILSTACH, .....