The National tribune., 1883-07-05
SOLDIERS BONES.
Something About Their Organization
Under the National Board.

THE TRIBUNE is in receipt of so many in
Quiries from ex-ofiicers and soldiers as to the
character of these Institutions that we furnish
the following for the information of our readers:
The managers of these Homes are The Presi-
dent of the United States (ex-officio) the Chief
Justice tex-officiol, the Secretary of War tex
of1icio) General VIM. B. FranIin, President,
Hartford, Conn; Colonel Leonard A. Harris,
First Vice President, Cincinnati, Ohio; Gen
eTal John a. Martin, Second Vice-President,
Atchison, Kan; General Martin T. Mcmahon,
Secretary, SO Nassau street, n. Y. City; Major
David c. Fulton, Hudson, Wis; General Geo.
B. Mcclellan, Orange, n. j.. General John NJ.
Palmer, Springfield, H.; General Charles W.
Palmer Bangor, Me-. General James S. Neg
ley, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Homes are located as follows: Central
Branch, near Dayton, Ohio; Eastern Branch,
near Augusta Me; Northwestern Branch, near
Milwaukee, Wis; Southern Branch near Fort
Monroe Va.
The board of managers of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers invite the at
tention of all disabled soldiers of the United
States, whether by the late war, the Mexican
or other wars, to the fact that Homes have
been established at the places above named for
all such as are unable from wounds or injuries
received or disease contracted in the line of
duty) to earn living by labor All the ordi-
nary comforts of a home are provided. Chapels
for religious service halls for concerts lectures
| &c. Hospitals with experienced surgeons aud
nurses. Library and reading rooms, amuse
ment halls, post and telegraph Offices, stores
workshops, etc. Suitable compensation is
given for profitable labor. Good batarior en-
! suTes The killdest treatment
Soldiers are especially informed that the
Home is neither hospital nor an aims house,
but Home, where subsistence, care, religious
! instruction, employment and amusements are
| provided by the Congress of the United States
/ The provision is not charity but is q reward
| to the brave and deserving, and is their right,
| to be forfeited only by bad conduct at the
| Home, or conviction of heinous crimes.
volunteer soldier desiring admission may
apply by letter to either of the managers,
| whereupon blank application will be sent TO
! the applicant and if he be found duly quail
| fed, transportation will be furnished or he
can apply personally, or by letter, at the
Branch nearest his place OF residence. The re-
| requirements are:
/ First. An honorable discharge from the vol
unteer service.
/ Second Disability by wounds or injuries re-
ceived, or sickness contracted in the line OF
duty.
Third Applicants for admission viii be re-
quired to stipulate and agree to abide by all
the rules and regulations made by the board
of managers, or by their order; to perform al
/ duties required of them, and to obey all the
+ lawful 0TueT5 Oh tUB OlllC6IS III tuG AL
tention is called to the fact that, by the act o
Congress establishing the Home, the inmates
are made subject to the Rules and Articles o
War, and will be governed thereby, in the samt
| manner as if they were in the army of The
! United States.
Fourth. A soldier entitled to or havinga pen
sion, must forward, with his application fol
admission, his discharge paper and pension GER
tifeate, (if he has them,) or receipt therefor
before his application is considered; which pa
pers will be retained at the Branch to which
the applicant is admitted, to be kept there TO
him and returned 70 him when he is discharged
This rule is adopted to prevent the loss of suci
papers and certificates, and to hinder fraudu
lent practices. On admission, he must AIS
transfer his pension certificate to the Home
and the moneys secured thereby, and empowe
the treasurer of the Homo to draw the SAT-
moneys and to hold and dispose of the same
| subject 10 the laws of Congress, aud the rules
regulations aud orders which have been o
may hereafter be made by the board of man
ayers of said Home.
Admissions are not regulated by geographi
cal or other boundaries The manager order
ing the admission of disabled soldier, uses hi
discretion as to the Branch to which he sh0ul'
be sent. Generally the applicant is sent to til
nearest Branch, but in eases of peculiar disa
bilities, the soldier is sent TO the Branch who's
climate seems best adapted to his case
Free transportation IS furnished upon mrs
admission, and Incomplete uniform issued upol
arrival. The s. Ier must repay the cost Q
transportation fro his pension, IF a pensioner,
} or by labor, if able to perform it, This, how
ever, is discretionary with the managers.
The Central and Western Branches are some
what crowded. owing to their location aTnias
: the densely populated Northern States, an
nearly all applicants are sent TO the Home, nea
! Fort Monroe, Va, presided over by the popu
/ lar and genial governor, Colonel P. I. Woodfir
: We had the pleasure a few years ago, while SC
t iourning at Fort Monroe, of visiting the Home
and we were much pleased at what we OF
r served The inmates seemed to be happy an
, contented, the officers were courteous an
| kind, and the surroundings of the Home wei
| charming Massive, comfortable building
beautiful grounds, sloping down to the shore {
Hampton Roads, affording a delightful view {
: the Roads, good fishing &c. Hampton an
f Fort Monroe, (both accessible by land or water
| a short distance TO either, and Norfolk an
Newport News, q few miles distant, both easil
e reached by steamer or sail-boat. We also ha
e the pleasure of witnessing a dramatic perform
f ance of the Lady of Lyons" III the coy littl
s theater attached to the Home, nearly all ii
) characters being sustained by the inmates
4 an extremely ereditable manner. They hay
3 also good band of music there.
; The other Homes, we learn, are also admir-:
bly, kept and managed.
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