The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-10
Veteran Home Association.

A project was some little time ago set on foot
in California for the erection of a suitable home
% for INDECENT and disabled soldiers and sailors
of the Mexican War and the War of the Union. ;"
To carry out this project the Veteran Home
Association was organized, a large number of the
most influential citizen of San Francisco coming
forward at once with liberal subscriptions The
need for such a Home as has been designed is thus
set forth in one of the printed documents issued
by the Executive Committee of the Association
of which General Rosecrans is the Chairman.
1--WE have the names of about seven thousand
veteran soldiers and sailors resident in Cali
fornia who served under our country's flag in
past wars, and we know there are many more
on the Pacific coast. One hundred of these are
in public Aims Houses of California and q much
larger number by reason of old age and infirmi-
ties are being surely drawn to them. Patriotism
humanity, and even public interest demand that
these suffering relics of our country's defenders
should be provided with a home where they may
live in decency and respect, and, dying, escape
burial in paupers' graves The desire of the
promoters of this movement is to purchase an
ample tract of land enough to establish the
Institution on a self-sustaining basis. 1t is es-
timated that $50, 600 will be sufficient to start
with and that with this sum a home may be pro-
vided for the MANNED and helpless, and those
who can work will by the aid of their own labor
have secured for them shelter, food, books,
newspapers and cOmpanionshiP." 4 new i'm
petus has just lately been given to this move
ment. When the news of President Garfeld's
death reached San Francisco, a stir was at once
made to erect q handsome monument TO his
memory. And as the late President had won
laurels not only as a statesman but also as a
soldier it occurred at once to the minds of his
old companions in arms who have the direction
of the affairs of the Veteran Home Association
that there could be no nobler way of thus honor
ing his name than to associate it with the work
they had in hand and make the Home for
Veterans itself q Garfield monument. This ar
had the further advantage of COM
bining for one effort two distinct yet, IN some
measure, kindred movements. Our American fell
low-citiZens here are about to be asked to take a
practical part in this interesting and honorable
effort to commemorate the untimely death of a
great and good man by subscribing to the funds
of Veteran Home Association. Mr.. X. w. Lame
of this city, himself a veteran soldier OF the
armies has received from the Secre-
tary of the Association Col. J. j. Lyon, the
which set forth the objects held IN view,
and has been requested TO organize measures
here TO enable all OF American nationality resi-
dent on these islands to join in the good work.
Lame promptly placed himself IN communl-
with General Comfy, who has taken a
deep interest in the project. The ministers of
the foreign Congregational churches here have
had the subject brought before them and
will from their pulpits tomorrow speak upon ]
the claims of the Association on the sympathy
and the purses of the American members of
heir congregations. Past experience of the
way in which such appeals are responded to