The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-07-18
Soldiers Home Items.

Soldiers Home Items.
-Comrade Ross and family have been
admitted to the Home.
Mrs. Howe and. her sister ROsey were
discharged from the Home last week.
All calls at the Home will hereafter
he sounded by whistle the same as at the
National homes.
Dir. Hess,nan and sons left here last
week having finished all the moving OF
old buildings they contracted to.
-Comrade Mccormick has taken his
discharge from the Home and has gone
70 live with his daughter at Oklahoma.
The officers haye moved into their
new quarters and the cottages for the
privates and their families will soon be
ready to occupy also.
-Comrade Lon Ritchey is given ont
as being the best drilled man at the
Home, and be thoroughly understands
Upton's tactics and makes Il splendid
drill master.
One curious fact about the Harris
Guards, and that is there are no Cor
porals in the command, they are all SER
xeant's and commissioned officers with
rather scant list OF privates.
Since Chief Engineer Tom Burgess
has put new whistle to his engine there
is some talk of doing away with the old
bell that is an eye sore to most OF the
old boys at the Home as it puts them in
nind of too much poOrhOuses and plan
tation times when they were young.
The general health of the Home is
good. Comrade Kelly is the only one in
the hospital. Andrew Prince is getting
along fine at his cottage under the care
Of his daughter Miss Emma Prince who
il considered the very best of nurses.
The Fourth of July has come and
.Ons, but the "Harris Guards are still
to the front, they are drilling every day:
the object being to capture the big prize
offered at the National Encampment at
Louisville Ky. by the G. A. r.; for. the
best drilled organization to take place at
that time and the old boys expect to get
free transportation for that purpose.
Gus Arnold's store was burglarized
hast week by four of the kids at the Home
and they got away with silk handler
chiefs. knives, rings, candy, tobacco and
cigarettes. When boys go into the
robbing business at the Home, it is time
to make few severe examples, which
has been done.
We hear it noised that the tax payers
Of Dodge and Ford county arc doing some
kicking because few old soldiers who
are crippled with rheumatism and gun
shots, old age. and other infirmties. dare
TO own an old plug of 4 horse to take
little recreation once in awhile, and visit
Dodge City occasionally, as we have no
way of getting there unless we pay every
time we want to 60 TO town. Why they
should kick is surprise to many of us
here, especially in regard to the only
means We have of taking 4 little pleasure
once in while. Wont the tax payers
please kick little more in regard to this
matter: we would like to hear from said
party or parties; we know they don't
own any property whatever. and are only
renters and we claim to have some rights
left to us individually even if we are in
mates of the Soldiers Home. Come
gentleman you must not try to interfere
with any private property an old veteran
NAV wish to own. You might just as
well tell us we have no business to even
carry an old brass watch or wear gutta
percha ring as to tell us we must not own
a horse that neither costs yon or the state
Or the Home one cent.
COAL Box.