Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-24
THE NATIONAL HOME.
People are Becoming Enthused Over the
Question and are all Helping to
secure the Institution.

1t does one good to hear the citizens
of Hot Springs talk so enthusiastically
and unanimously upon the question of
Home for disabled volunteer soldiers
at Hot Springs. Reports from Wash
ington are of the most encouraging ma
ture, and we are given every reason for
believing that the appropriation will
be secured in the sundry civil bill.
Everybody who can do anything has
his shoulder to the wheel. The various
committees are working like beavers.
We inquired of Colone! Kellar what he
might have that would be new or inter
esting relative to the work orthe Home
which we seek to have located here.
The colonel said:
"The National Home for disabled
volunteer soldiers of the late war has
it's branches in different sections of our
country that is, one in the New Eng
land states, one in the Pacific States,
three in the Central States. and one in
the west at Leavenworth, Kansas. The
one at Hot Springs, South Dakota, if
one is established here, will be called
the Northern Branch. The present
homes are crowded beyond their ca
pacity. For instance. at Dayton, Ohio,
there are nearly eight thousand in-
mates. and at Leavenworth, Kansas.
nearly three thousand. In all of these
homes there is large number afflicted
with rheumatism, of which they are
rarely cured. The test was made afew
years ago as to the merits Oft the climate
and waters of Hot Springs on The rheu-
matte old soldiers, 3S of whom were
taken from Leavenworth and brought
to the state Soldiers Home in our city.
The results were most extraordinary,
in this. that no one returned without
being benefited. and IL majority cured
of their ills. The claims, therefore,
of Hot Springs for the Northern
Branch of the National Home over
shadow all other competing places
within the northern district of our
country, or for the matter of that. su-
perior to any of the other existing
homes for the disabled soldiers
The colonel is one of the most ell
thusiastic workers in the city over the
National Home and hiss son accuses the
Col. of leaving all the business of the
firm for him to attend to. But the
COLONEL says its Home first with him
a
there are others. Tt is stimulating to
see how many there are who are work
ing writing to those who will urge
their congressman to help in the mat
ter. Every resident of Hot Springs
can do something, and should. Sena-
tor Pettigrew has had the matter in
charge at Washington from the first,
and passed the bill through the senate
no trouble in doing SO again this Win
ter, and with Congressman Cannon
favorable in the house. and at the head
of the appropriation committee. there
is every reason for believing that. with
persistent. unceasing efforts on the
part of all our citizens. this congress
will locate the Home here and that
the coming spring will see active oper
atoms commenced. congressman
Knowles and Kelley are working hard
with Senator Pettigrew to accomplish
this result.
The committees are having IL mum
sber of copies of the report of the sen
ekste committee on military affairs print
ed. and also IL neat little booklet, be-
Isides other valuable literature, to send
where it will do the most good in in
&ducing others to go to work and do
something for the measure There are
- large number of nonresident Hot
ESprings property owners who will
Igladly do all that they can and this
literature will give them clear un-
Ederstanding of the claims of Hot
Springs, SO that ali M ~ work with con
DGasted action. These friends and
property holders of Hot Springs are
|loCated in various states of the union
md will make an irresistible force
EWhen they all get after their congress-
Snen to support the measure to locate
he National Home at this place.
M This, however, is not local matter
though it does benefit the locality
i lit is IL most humanitarian object.
he National Home is needed; the old
kerans are deserving of it; and Hot
II brings has no competitors for the To-
ion.
the very interesting report of the
nmittee ON military affairs appears
j His issue, which we are sure every
interested in Hot Springs will ap-
ciate reading.
SRofUlA In its worst form
3olds to the blood cleansing power