Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-01-28
INTEREST NOTLAGGING

INTEREST NOTLAGGING
For the National Home. but People From
Many states are Taking Hold
and Helping it Along.
Nearly every day there is some en-
couraging word received relative tn the
National Home, and people living in
various states who have interests here
have taken hold of the matter and are
pulling every possible string to ac-
complish something in behalf of the
enterprise. Not only this but the q.
A. r. organizations all over the coun-
try are making pull for the location
tof the home here. urging it upon the
ground that Il home sanitar ium has
become an absolute necessity. This
point and other strong ones are nicely
pointed out in "a circular letter, under
the title of IAN appeal. sent out by
Department Commander c. b. Clark
to each department commander in the
Nation. The appeal is as follows:
Headquarters Department of South Dakota.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Huron. S. d.. Jan. IL. 1898.
DEAR CoMRApE-The enclosed report
of Senate Committee on the location
of the Northern Branch of the Nation
al Soldiers Home is self-eXplanatory.
Permit me, however, to solicit in be-
half of suffering comrades, careful
reading of the report, especially pages
4 and 8.
Having recently visited the South
Dakota Soldiers Home at Hot Springs,
in my official capacity, was delighted
with the magnificence of it's surround
ing scenery, the healthfulness of its
climate, and especially with the mar
velous curative properties of the wat
ers found there. One needs but to
enquire of the veterans now living at
the Home who are cured or are being
cured of rheumatism, kidney
troubles and kindred diseases
which are theo bane of soldiers
declining days, to be fully convinced
of the curative value of these waters.
Those of us who are familiar with the
history of Soldiers Homes are pain
fully cognizant of the .incurable char
acter of the above named maladies by
any or all remedies known to medical
science. And these are the diseases
from which our comrades suffer most,
and which hurry thousands of them to
premature graves. Because of this,
our Soldiers Homes, both state and
national. are crowded with these hope
less. incurable cases. At the Hot
Springs is natures great sanitarium
for these diseases, as evidenced by the
cures constantly being effected. Could
the government be induced to make an
appropriation for the purpose of erect
ing a National Sanitarium at this point
it would relieve at once the crowded
condition of our Soldiers Homes and
place hundreds of our comrades on
the way to recovery.
So profoundly impressed was l with
the feasibility of this scheme; and if it
could be accomplished, of its immense
value to our suffering comrades, that
at once, and voluntarily, resolved to
cooperate with our comrades and the
citizens at Hot Springs to bring about
SO desirable result. This is no
scheme for the distribution of govern
ment funds, but magnificent benevo-
lence whose benefits to our suffering
comrades are beyond computation
Hot Springs is easily accessible by
railroad lines from all points of the
compass. and the erection there of the
Northern Branch of the National Home
meets the approval OF all who give the
subject serious thought.
Comrade, we ask your cooperation
Will you give this worthy object pub
licity in your local press? Talk it up
as you mingle with the comrades: call
attention to it in your next general
order: write to your representatives in
congress. and secure their favorable
influence and vote. Get other intltl
ential men. both comrades and citizens
to use their influence by correspond
ence and otherwise \ bill passed the
senate last session. but failing to get
before the house. went by default. 1t
will be brought forward during the
present session ut an early date.
Believing you will read the enclosed
/, report Senate Committee Report care.
fully. and that you will chccrfully and
in the spirit of true comradeship, do
your best to help forward this move
ment by the methods already indica-
ted, l remain, together with the follow
~ s.,s. abnrS of MY SfnfH