Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-18
G. A. R. RESOLUTIONS.
Carleton Post Asks to Have Soldiers Home
Established Here.

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At the last meeting of Carleton Post,
G. A. R., the following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, Many members Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, depart
ment of New Mexico, living at the City
of Santa Fe, in the County Of Santa Fe,
New Mexico, and being soldiers of the
Union army in the civil war, who were
valiant in the service of their country
in it's dark days, and who are now old,
and, to a great extent, feeble and in
ill-health, and who find it hard to pro-
vide themselves and families with the
n~ecessaries of life and pay rent; and,
Whereas, But few of the members of
said Grand Army of the Republic re-
siding at Santa Fe receive pensions, and
those who do receive but small pen
sions; and,
Whereas, Among the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic, in New
Mexico, there are several old soldiers
able and willing to accept the custo-
dianship at said City Of Santa Fe of
said reservation; and,
Whereas, The soldiers homes
throughout the country are overcrowd-
ed and hundreds Of old soldiers through
out the land are knocking at the doors
of such homes for admission, but can
not enter for want of room, and those
residing at Santa Fe who would other
wise enter such homes, have, perforce,
to remain at Santa Fe and endure the
hardships of privation, but should they
be relieved from the payment of rent it
would not be so hard for them; and,
Whereas, Because of the crowded
condition of the soldiers homes and the
consequent lack of accommodations
therein to permit the admission of the
many applicants now desiring to enter
such homes, there exists an urgent ne
cessity for more Of such homes and
there is no better place in the country
homes than on the said reservation, in
the City of Santa Fe, and it is the n
of the members Of the G. A. r. in New
Mexico, as well as of all the residents
thereof that a soldiers home should be
established on said reservation by the
United States; and
Whereas, There is a civil service rule
to the effect that when conditions are
equal the preference should be given to
members of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public; and
Whereas, 1t is the sense of the resi-
dents and property holders of and in
said City of Santa Fe, that the custo-
dianship of said reservation be given to
a member of the Grand Army of the Re
public residing at said city and who
shall live on said reservation Thereby
relieving the present custodian from
the unpleasant duty now imposed upon
him in the premises), and that the resi-
dences and buildings on said reserva-
ton should be occupied and used, rent
free, by members of the Grand Army Of
the Republic living at Santa Fe, or their
widows and families; excepting, how
ever, from such use and occupancy the
present quarters Of said Carleton Post
and the building and grounds occupied
for city school purposes by the board
of education of the City of Santa Fe,
and also the residence and premises oc-
cupied by his excellency, the governor
of New Mexico; therefore, be It
Resolved, That Hon. Pedro Perea,
u delegate to congress, be and he
hereby is petitioned, with all due re-
spect, to use his valuable influence and
power as such delegate to have proper
and immediate measures taken for the
establishment by the United States of
America of a soldiers home upon said
reservation, but to have, nevertheless,
set apart on said reservation a post hall
and lands for said Carleton post (being
the only Grand Army post in said city
and county. Of Santa Fe), and the pres
ent buildings and lands now used and
occupied for city school purposes as
aforesaid; but, in the meantime, and
until the establishment of said soldiers
home, that the custodianship of said
reservation and Of the houses and build
ings thereon erected, be transferred
from the present custodian or of any
one that may be appointed in his place,
to a competent member Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic living at Santa
Fe, who shall reside in a house on said