Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-20
To Disabled Volunteers.
UNITED STATES ASYLUM FOR DISABLED VOL
UNTEER SOLDIERS.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
Waterbury, Feb. IL, 1867.
To the Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Of
Vermont:
am requested by Gen. Kinks, Govern
or and Military Commandant of the [. S.
Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Eastern Branch) located at Augusta, Me,
to inform the disabled Volunteer Soldiers
of Vermont, that he has ample accommo-
dations for two or three hundred more in
mates, and that it is designed to receive
any person, who. having served as Nolun-
tecr Soldiers, have been disabled in the
line Of their duty, and honorably discharged
from the service, for whom subsistence.
clothing and medical attendance will be
provided
The Act of Congress establishing the Ma
tional Asylum, provides that the Board of
Managers may in their discretion, require
such inmates as have neither wife, child or
parent dependent upon them, to ASST gn
their pensions to the Asylum for its
and benefit, while they remain inmates
thereof. The Board of Managers howev-
er, has taken no action to secure the assign
ment of pensions, even in the eases author
ized by law.
The following circular will more fully
explain the object of the Asylum. and will
furnish all necessary information for those
wishing to make application for admission
PAUL DILLINGHAM, Governor.
CIRCULAR.
United States Military asylum for Disabled
Soldiers Eastern Brdnoh.) augusta, Ne
This Institution is a branch of the Ma
tional Asylum. established by Act of Con-
gress for the care Of Volunteer Soldiers who
have been permanently disabled during the
recent war 1t is under the control of the
following Managers.
The President of the United States, } T.,
The Hanorable Secretary of War, q
The Chief Justice L. S. Sup. Court, J HO''0
Hon R. l. Oglesby, of Springfield. Ill.
Gen B. F. Butler, of Boston, Mass.
Governor Frederick Smith, of Manchester,
\. II.
Hon Lewis r. Gunquel, of Dayton, Ohio.
Hon. Jay Cooke. of Philadelphia, Penn.
Gen J Ill. Martindale of Rochester, \. Y.
Either of whom has authority to grant ad-
mission upon application being made in
proper form, Blanks for which can be OBJ
tanned of either of the Managers, or of the
Governor of the Asylum.
The design of the Asylum is to receive
Volunteer Soldiers. who having been honor
ably discharged from the service of the Uni
+ ted States, after being disabled, while in the
line of their duty during the recent war. to
such an extent as to render them incOmpe-
tent To obtain livelihood by labor in the
ordinary walks of life and to provide them
with a home, where they Will be fed and
clothed and enjoy the advantages of secular
and religious instruction, the ofa Ii
brary, and other social privileges.
\ school will be established, where those
desiring can be fitted for clerkships or other
remunerative employment
All the inmates will be required to do such
work as they are fitted for and such compen-
sation will be allowed as may be fixed by the
Board of Managers, one half of which will
be paid To the soldier and the remainder in
vested at the government rate of interest,
and the amount paid to him when he shall
! leave the Asylum.
The inmates may be required to assign their
pension allowance for the and benefit of
the Asylum, during the term of their resi-
dence therein, except in cases where they
have families dependent on them for support.
at the discretion Of the Managers.
The discipline of the Asylum Will be strictly
military under the Rules and Articles of War
Strict sobriety and correct department will
at all times be rigidly enforced.
EDWIN W links.
Governor and Military Commandant-