Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-24
In the Senate OF the United States.
MAY &c. 1so6-Ordered to b printed.
EXTRACTS FROM REPORT

FROM REPORT
The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill
srn Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at
f Hs splnnsT Tss state tee G hs South TIL Dakota, having had the same under con
As is expressed p IS in its title, this measure provides for the erection
the city of Hot Springs, State of South Dakota. 1t is a location pos.
sessing advantages that can not elsewhere be acquired-advantage
plicated in only few instances the world over. From the surround.
Peed in the great labrators Of sabtsrranean' earth, endowed n ,s%a
% nfm's hi gf 1Ts sapn ro 4na1 ss;i in N 5sla tnsrJ proportions lions. so exact that man,
to improve upon, and at last can only initiate: 1t is the product of
in preparing the earth for mi h hal Ia sasaa ' made 1 pro n5sG59' , Mh'' h.
combat the ills to which man has fallen heir.
In presenting a favorable report upon the measure your committee
% That another Branch Home is needed in ful6llment of the in
OF the Government toward its veterans. existing Homes being
crowded, while the demand for accommodations is increasing.
Dakota, will accommodate the veterans of a region for Which, existing IMiag
accessible SSH Th Branch mel Homes Homes possess assess in ina dec facilities.
; su'as'H Ssy agent aoo ailments most fhs st e on non t among :. ex,soldisrs, exper-
have watched the effect in a stated number of cases there subjected to
The bill which is made the subject of this report was referee by
your COMMITTEES to the War Department and by the War Department to
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. u In na respense 0 to tine
War Department reference, General Franklin reports as follows:
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PFsasn' Board Of Managers National Home fr Disabled volunteer Soldiers.
Secretary Of war. Washington. d c.
On the 18th of April last, the chairman of the Senate Committee
on Indian Ian Affairs shnn (r Pcttiigrew2 addressed a letter to General Frank
General Franklin replied in the following terms:
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s'' a SIMILAR i'1S@i s fGn &' * sss. At ss sPsPs s.s 8 ps had been referred t.. me- s.m me-
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Respectfully, yours. We .FKAskr,,.
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Chairman ' unasd s sa ase ssna ah3 Washington. d c.
Gen. ": W; Ayersn, assistant Inspector general of the National
grew of South Dakota, under date of February l3th, last, says:
pss31 Mo? Hs.s ss $s' @ 's s %ss5s9' ss ; &! y 'ss s s' S ss,s S5 ;' for 4' a s,! ss: s sss fs ;s
laundry. etc which are o trained to heir full capacity hTAN ' '''"s' AE'"s'
General Franklin doubtless had these conditions in view when he
said, in his report to the Secretary of War, April AZ, 1896:
pia T ess 'Gf st sfss s lfs sb SRd as sii a sa stsi ts Gas sd with vi h. the abs sEE s,, P . . a hos
and form the nucleus ofa larger branch, should one be required.
The demand upon the facilities of these homes of refuge is grow
ing one, and will increase rapidly for a number of years. The de-
Tenders Of the nation have reached an age when many of them must
succumb to physical disability and disease, and those whose declining
years are attended by too frequent poverty must place themselves un,
der the bounty of the nation. Theimportance, therefore, of a Branch
Home that can be readily expanded to adapt itself to augmented num-
bers is apparent.
Regarding the curative properties of the medicinal waters of the
Hot Springs your committee desires to speak at length. These
springs were the resort of the Indians long before the white man
country, and were considered by the aborigine . panacea for all dis.
eases. Their fame had penetrated the confines of civilization long be-
fore the advancing wave of white settlement had swept back the line
Of opposition and driven the Indians from their last ranying point.
As soon as the Anglo.saxon had possessed himself of this long con,
springs. They were made available to the public, their properties as
certained, and their curative qualities proclaimed. An extensive no
tel was erected, baths constructed and conveniences for the sick pro-
vided. In 1SSgthe State of South Dakota located and erected a Sol
diers' Home at Hot Springs, and it is now a large institution, filled
with veterans of the late war who reside in South Dakota. The
waterso of the springs have been thoroughly tested and in every instance
have been found eficacious.
Official evidence Of important facts in connection with these
springs comes to your committee in the form of a report from Assist
ant Inspector-G General Averel, who says:
BATH, N. Y, February T. 1894.
Dean SIR: 1 have been requested to present to yu my views regarding he ad
visibility of and necssnyf for the establishment of saniarum at Hot Sprnes S OAK
Your committee. l presume. has m reports of thee WMs o the State Home for Dis