The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-14


amounts while an inmate, and the balance
/ is paid to him when he leaves the Home
In case Of his death any pension money due
him is paid to his heirs. ii demand is made
within three years. Each inmate receives
United States uniform, comfortable under
clothing, good meals and a good bed" witt
twenty-five cents pay per day for such labor
rs he may be willing and able to perform.
In certain eases the commissioners gran
s'out-door relief not to exceed s. pei
month, to those Who do not desire to be
come resident inmates. This is only given
/ to the unpensioned, or to those who receive
/ less pension than IS per month, these
/ latter receive sufficient to increase their in
come to eight dollars.
Apply BY letter to The Commissioners OF lht
! Soldiers Home, War Department, Washing
j ton, d. C..
\ NATIONAL MILITARY HOMES
find homes in these institutions at Togus,
Me. !. Hampton, Va; Dayton, O.; Milwau.
/ kee, Wis, or Lcavenworth, Kan.
Volunteers disabled in any Of the wars OF
| the United States land who never fought
| against its flag. and those incapacitated
from earning livelihood, If honorably dis
charged, are entitled to admission to these
Homes. These institutions are not public
charities; soldiers do not rate themselves
as paupers by accepting the benefits there
| IN offered them.
The comforts given are similar to those
u the Washington Home. Extra work on
:he Home farms or in trade pursuits is paid
1t the rate of from 6 to SIS . month, and
skilled artisans can earn considerably more.
Blank forms for application for admission
10 a Military Home will be furnished by APP
olyng to the Governor of the Home near
st to the residence Of the applicant or to
General Martin I. Mcmahon, Secretary
Board Of Managers. National Military
Homes, No. g3 Nassau street. New York
City.
FoR SAILoRs.-Thc United States Naval
Asylum is IN Philadelphia, Pa. Every per-
son who has served as an enlisted man in
The United States Navy or Marine Corps
for 20 years, and received an honorable dis
charge, and who is disabled, by age or in
trinity. from sea service, is entitled to a
nome in the Naval Asylum. but, in lieu of
his provision he may receive q sum equal
10 one half the pay Of his rating when dis
charged, to be paid him quarterly.
/, Every like person who served 10 years
I may apply for aid from the surplus income
| ofthe Naval Pension fund: board OF Off
cts dHu SuTScOuS Will cAaLlIIlc lulO Ills
condition and recommend a suitable amount
! for his relief. The Hon. Secty. of the
| Navy, Washington, ID. c., must be applied
| TO for these benefits.
| NATIONAL AND STATE HOMES receive dis
abled sailors, not of the above classes. The
regulations given regarding soldiers being
\ the same.
| STATE HoMEs FOR DISABLED tx SOLDIERS
| AND SAILORS Massachusetts. New York,
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Michigan. Iowa,
Illinois, Nebraska. California, Vermont and
Wisconsin all have estate Homes con
Quoted under the same rules as the M
tional Homes. Other States are erecting
institutions Of like character. Applicants
! for admission should address the Adjutant
General Of their State.
| SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOMES. - In very
many of the Northern States these in
! sttuiions are in successful operation,
| and in other States they are projected.
/ Where the surviving parent, relatives Of
friends Of the orphans or half-orphans o
deserving army or navy veterans can no.
properly care for these children, they ar
| received in the orphans homes, we'll fed
wei; clothed, educated and given such prac
tical preparatory training as to fit them fol-
earning their own livelihood. Girls and
boys can be entered therein when quite
! young On reaching the age oil sixtee1
| they arc apprcnticed or placed in suci
trades or occupations as best suit their ii
clination Or natural aptitude.
/ For particulars write to the Adlutant
! General 9f your State, or the State Super
intendcnt OF Education. or the super,ntead
ent of tho nearest orphans home, or Ill
/ quire Of the local post of the Grand Arm,
Of the Republic.
/ A record o! al! surviving soldiers an,
sailors who served in the civil war has jus
been established in the Pension Bureau
| The Commissioner desires to learn the re-
| ord of each, and where he can trace then
sends printed request. But as many Wi
not be found by his circulars, every office
and enlisted man who SO served should sene
the following statement, rs it may in the fut
| ure benefit himself or his heirs. Write plain
4 Is: Your full name, late rank, company, mum
Der of regiment, arm of service, date of Gu
iistnent and discharge and present post
Office address. If you served in more thar
one company or regiment, state the perioe
OF service in each. It you We're az an.
time detailed from your regiment, state tn
branch OF service, or department, in which
you served, also dates Of said service. Di
| ICCV LILO lCttCs WIS
to Commissioner OF Pensions, Washin gton
d. e., and write on upper lett hand corncl
Of the envelope ''.Army aud Nary Sarrirof.
Dirision."
Veterans should attend to this ut once.
FoR VETERANS SoSs VINO MAY DESIRE r,
ENTER ARMY AND NAVY. Admission to Yves
Point Military Academy or tho United
States Naval School at Annapolis is open t
any young man at least seventeen and undel
rwenty-onc years Of age, who is Of perfect,
sound body and mind and who can obtain III
appointment from the member Of Congress
Of the district in which he resides. As
Cadet at West Point or for the Mldshlpmal
class at Annapolis, the candidate for admis
sion must pass satisfactory examinations il
English grammar, geography, United State
history. reading, writing and spelling. Fo
the class OF Cadet Engineers, examination
is made in the above studies and also in tn,
clements of geometry, algebra and til,
theory Of applied mechanics.
Sailor bog apprentices. sound in body ans
. mmd. are enlisted aud placed on . training
ship where they receive small bounty an,
an outfit OF clothing. They are paid regu
larly according to their grades, aud laugh
every art pertaining to the navy.
A "schooi ship" stationed at New Yor
City, receives boys Of good moral characte
only and pays them whiio educating then
upon the same plan as that pursued wit
United States sailor boy apprentices.
The Hon. Secretary of'WGr Gun be apple
to for further information regarding Yves
Point admission; the Hon. Secretary Of til
Navy in respect to the school at Annapoli
and the apprentice system, and the ICON
nander o! Echool-Ship," New York, in II
lRtion thereto.
. VARIOUS NATIONAL AND srAIn GRANTS.
ENLISTED Men, RETIRED. Soldiers of til
regular army who have served for thirt
years (any volunteer service to be .counte
inn are placed upon the "retired list,
and receive rs per cent of the pay Of thci
rank. No service pensions ars granted.
PRISONERS OF WAR.--All men who wer
held as prisoners OF war during the rebe
iarr, retiffaR n Nc Iar