Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-29
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Items of Interest Pertaining to the state
Institution and tho lBcys
In Blue.

In Blue.
Edwin Tinney, of the 29th U. S. col
ored troops arrived from Rapid City
this week to become a member of the
Home. He is q mulstto and is the SEQ.
ond member of color in the Home. He
is in poor health.
Capt. G. g. Seger, of Clark county,
came in and joined the happy family a
few days ago. Capt. Seger commanded
Co. E 73rd Indiana INIT. during the
var. Tho Roma &c glad to welcome
such men Into it's ranks.
Past Dept. Commander G. B. Clark
visited the Home last week, shook
hands with many of the boys, said
words of cheer and ENCOURAGEMENT to
them Comrade Clark is a royal good
preacher as we'll as a true specimen of
the old soldier.
Preparations for Thanksgiving are
being made. We learn that the wives
of all members of the Home will be in.
vited to dine with us. Those families
having children will be provided with
a turkey to be served at home, so all
may be thankful.
w. j. Allison received notice of his
wife's serious illness with appendicitis
and that an operation would be neces
sary to save her life. He left on first
train for his home at Lead. At this
writing no tidings have been received
as to the fate of. Mrs. Allison.
Amos Potter, of Clear Lake, Deuel.
county, arrived here last week and is
O enrolled as a member. He was a
member of Go. Y Oath New York, dur.
ing toe war. MIR. Potter is IA prom,i.
pent Odd Fellow, so we learn, and "a
man of influence where he is known
Geo. r. Lanning, of Moody county,
visited the Home On Sunday for sever
al h""-s In 1892 he srcot a'out tw.
months here n regained his health
SO he has been we'll ever since, He
was "a member of the Sind Iowa Init.
Is now the representative of the Sioux
City Journal.
Josiah Gray, of Yankton, arrived last
week for a winters campaign among
The potatoes, cabbage and other eat
ables at the Home. He was a member
If the First South Dakota Cavalry
during the war. There we're only two
companies of Dakota troops in the ser
vice during the Civil war. There are
three members of Co. A now members
Ut the Home.
Owen N. Collins, of PIankington, is a
new conner, and his church, as given, is
puzzle to the curious. It is given in
his papers, so we are informed, as a
"Christadelphian." Several trips Ito
headquarters have been made to exam
inc the dictionary as to the meaning of
the name. No matter what the name
of his church may mean, Collins is a
good, reliable comrade.
Jas. II. Smith, whose home was at
Rapid City, who has been a memher Of
the home for a long time took his dis.
charge this week and started for Alber-
ia, in the British dominions, to make
his homo in the future. Wonder how
Jim will like being under the Kings
flag. Won't look as handsome as our
stars and stripes. Come back jim.
come back.
Jerome B. Potter. from Memo, Law
renee county, landed bag and baggage
a few days ago. He is q years old and
as spry as Il boy. He says, sthe Home
is the finest place on earth, except sthe
climate down this way is too mild for a
man who has lived in the Hills about
Memo as long as l have" The colonel
met Jerome down town a few days ago
without his coat and said jerome you
must wear your coat when you come
down town. ''All right" replied Pot
ter, "but it is mighty hot for so much
style" He WAS q member of tho 10th
Wisconsin Inft.
A tramp soldier showed up here a
few days ago and sought to be admit.
ted to a warm cor.1er. By the time he
finished his answers to the catechism
of the Home he was willing to "move
on" The public will be surprised to
know there are a large number of
tramp old soldiers who go from state
to state, secure admission to the Home,
stay until fully rested, get every favor
possible, then migrate to another state
or national home. Many of them have
been in every home in the United
States. The fellow referred to here
came from Utah to Wyoming, thence
here. But he could not work his rack.
ct and passed to Nebraska, probably
Very wisely a complete system of re-
ports now exist, SO all such chaps are
reported and thus they are headed off
AS a proof of the kindly feeling oil