Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-09-06
SOLDIERS HOME NOTES.

SOlIU1tlkS HONI r. NOTES,
The new roads to the Home, made
this summer, are the pride of all the
boys who "go up and down" three or
! four times each day.
There are twenty.one members in
the hospital, and none of them will
ever be better than they are now.
Some are SO near the other shore they
may look over the line.
Uncle Jimmie Starks, we'll known in
town, a long time member of the Home,
is nearing the end Of all things mortal.
1t is not likely he will survive another
week. He is good old man and will
be missed from the family at the
Home.
The oldest man in the home is SO
past, and the youngest of the ex-union
soldiers Sc; average age, 65. All are
old men and decrepitude is written in
each form. All are "has beens," but
helped to make history, the wonderful
history of our country, if not of the
world.
Col. Pattee is busy writing history
of the early days of Dakota and par
ticularly of the military movements
during the civil war, with which he
had much to do and was a prominent
actor. His manuscript is voluminous
and will no doubt be valuable addi-
tion to the history of the early times
in Dakota. He gives all the time to
the work that his strength will permit,
intending to leave it to posterity.
The quartermaster's building is COM
pleted and is now occupied with full
stock of clothing, shoes, hats and gro
ceries. In short it is a great big store
and full of goods. The cottages are
nearing completion, will he ready for
occupancy by the middle of October.
They are neat and cozy and will afford
a home for the old veterans and their
old wives. 1t is understood they will
he assigned to men who had wives dur
ing the war, those women are first to
be cared for. This seems to be the cor
rect thing to do
Thos. III. Black is back from his fur
Tough and at his post in the dairy de-
partment. No man can be found to
fill Toms place; even the howling coy
otes which congregate nightly back of
the barn to plan to attack calf, knew
when Tom got back aud took command
of the barn. The savage brutes moved
their trysting place back and howl
less frightfully since Seen. Thomas
returned. 'Tis we'll. for if they come
too close there will be coyote skins
stretched on the side of the barn.
JoLnie Barnes, the Filipino soldier,
who has been standing on the verge of
death for months, is on the up grade,
and now seems to be certain to get
we'll. Few men are ever called upon
to suffer as much severe pain as this
boy has been, but under the skillful
treatment and excellent care given him
by DIR. Bickmore and the able assist
, ance of Dr. Jennings, with his own
pluck and rugged constitution he will
probably come off conqueror. His
atiliction has baftled the physicians
being something new No doubt it is
! a disease peculiar to the Luzon country
"Yank" Daily, the sergeant, is laying
off for month, while keeping Hon
: John l.. Burke out of a tight place in
his contracts at the quarry. Among
the many things "Yank" is master of
one is the running OF an engine. anc
that is what he is doing while "layine
3 off, One thing is about certain, thu
saws will not get cold while "Yank'
$ manipulates the power that saws out
9 the cubes and squares. During
"Yank's" absence John Y. Kennedy il
sergeant protein. No man in the Hon,
. or state has such an eventful history
one of daring. narrow escapes and sue
t cess as scout as Kennedy. He ha
the documents to show all that i
claimed for him. He was one of Ger
I Sherman's trusted and reliable scout
and spies. Sometime we may write ny
r Kennedy's history, if he will consen
= to relate it. He is modest and rathe
e silent, but all the same has histor
9 as wonderful as ''yellow back" eve
/ contained.
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