Dodge City times., 1890-11-14
Soldiers Homa.
Nrs. Capt. Coulter in Western Veteran.

president, | visited the Kansas State Sol
diers Home on October 30, for the pul
pose of ascertaininS the condition OF til
institution and its ialnates.
The home is situated on the banks O
the Arkansas river, j miles cas-. of Dodg,
City.
Or mY arrival at Dodge City was me
by Comrade Sweeney, who is the com.
mander OF the home, and his wife and a
number OF the sisters of Corps No. 179.
After social meeting at their corps
room. carriages were provided and we
were driven out to the home, arriving
/ there in time to see the home school
dismissed. for they have a good school
! al the home, and ST present it is being
conducted without any expense to the
institution There are 5! children en-
! rolled. They have a pleasant school
room, and through, the good manage
merit Of the commandant, it is fairly we'll
eqnirpcd with all needed appliances.
thE sSiiooi AOoL VIC SiSftCu tuC
rooms and family OF every inmate of the
hone. 1t would be impossible for us to
give detailed account of the condition
and surroundings of each one. Each
family is assigned two or more rooms,
according to their needs. The rooms
are furnished by the state with chairs, a
table, bedsteads and bedding; few dish
es and cooking utensils, and sufficient
amount of wholesome food, is issued
from the commissary department of the
home. Each of the families prepare
their own food IN their own rooms.
The state also provides limited am
cunt of clothing of certain class. Ma
ny articles of clothing for feeble conrad
es, their wives and children, are greatly
needed. The rooms they occupy need
many articles to make them comfortable,
as well as to make their homes pleasant
There are now 81 inmates of the home,
"A Of them old veterans, % wives of vet
Grams and 81 children.
Six of the veterans served in Indiana,
five in Illinois, four in Ohio and two in
Pennsylvania regiments. The oldest
veteran at the home is in his S4th year.
The average age of the men is "a years.
All have seen hard service for their coun
try, and are broken down in health and
wounds. 1t was generous act OF our
state to provide home for these braue
men in their declining years; men who
dared death and risked their all to de-
feni our homes from the assault of trait
Or's hands. And now, my sisters. it is a
privilege we have, and q duty we owe
state, that We assist by all the means in
our power to make their homes comfort
able aad pleasant. The W. r. C. re-un
ion association of Elk and Chautauqua
counties. have already taken charge of
one of the families at the home, and they
propose to supply the two rooms occu-
pied by the family with everything COM
Portable and pleasant; they will also fur
nish the family with what they need for
their comfort.
Several corps of the department have
sIgniied their desire and intention of TAX
ing charge of and furnishing a room at
The home with such things as the state
does not supply. We will have prepar-
ed a descriptive list of the families, the
size OF the rooms they occupy, and what
is most needed. and can furnish corps
the above information on application.
In making your shipments to the home.
wherever it is possible to do SO, you
should prepay all express or freight
charges, and address them to d. L.
Sweeney, Commandant State Soldiers
Home, Dodge City, Kas.
Dodge City IS on the Santa Fe and
Rock Island railroads. We will give in
the near future. a full account of the es-
of the home and descrip-
tion of the building, as well as other
matters of interest connected with the |
home Our department president, in her |
next general order, will have some infor-
nation and instructions to impart re-
garding the home.
We cannot close this article without |
the good sisters of Dodge City |
for courtesies shown us. and also COM
the commandant and his wife |
for the great work they have done, and
are doing in the successful management |
of the institution on the limited appro
priation made by the state. The citizens |
of Dodge City too, have done grandIy. |
and are still doing much for the home.