The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-01-22
THE VETERANS MEMORIAL
The Plan for Establishing the Con-
federate Soldiers Home

federate Soldiers Home
The committee OF veterans in charge
Of the Soldiers Home have presented
10 the General Assembly the following
memorial which is of interest to every
old soldier in South Carolina:
| TO the General Assembly of South
Carolina:
The undersigned, committee ap-
pointed last May by The South Caro-
lima division United Confederate vet
Grams, TO memoralize your honorable
body on the subject of providing Il
Confederate home for the care of the
needy and INDECENT Confederate veter-
ans of South Carolina respectfully shows
tnat resolution was unanimously
adopted at the convention of the South
arolina division United Confederate
veterans in May last, asking that such
soldiers home as will properly pro-
vide for needy Confederate veterans in
South Carolina be established.
They show that soldiers homes have
already been established in the States
of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennes.
see, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas, and that the
good Offices of those respective States
are being successfully and gratefully
dispensed.
They further show, judging from re-
| ports from the above mentioned States,
that the number of those who are Gun
questionably victims of the Confcder-
ate SERVICE" and have no place in the
Spnih Tn COLL NIoh la,
exceed three score and ten at the
| present time.
Fhey also call to your attention that
the per capita expense to be incurred
by the State to be expended annually
for the maintenance will not likely be
more than $4,000, or say a total ap.
preparation for maintenance about
1000, and buildings will cost about
$l5, 900.
Without de iring to prescribe or die.
tate the location of such soldiers
home, but rather with view of plnc
ing before your body complete an,
succint suggestion for your considera
uon, we append to this memorial {
proposition emanating from the regents
of the South Carolina hospital for in.
s.he, and ask your attention to tb,
IDEAS expressed therein, as we'll as Il
certain plans of buildings submitted.
1t is due to the regents that in plac
ing before you their suggestions, the,
IN no way expect or wish that the man
agemcnt of the said home should hav
auy sort of connection with the hospila
under their control, but to be entirel
separate and distinct.
They respectfully submit here With
prepared bill for your consideraiio
with the hope that it will meet wit
your approval.
For the proper management Of tn
poposed soldiers home, they r,ques
your honorable body to designate scvr
citizens representing the seven Cor
gressional districts.
They desire that IL should be w,
understood that il is nuI ny any NEAR
their intention o iorestill application
from other towns or cities i'm The SLat
offeri, g their nte or location for u
home.
They wish further to max, IL know
that in the providing of soldier
lone for the very INDECENT and nee,
Confederates, 1t is not inteuded To i
terfeie with or abridge the usual a
nual appropriations by the State f
4 the benefit of the pensioners.
The following is copy of propo'
tion submitted to the G vernon by I
regents of the Stale hospital for 1
il sane:
h 'sIn view the consideration byt
4 General Assembly of the adyi-abil
4 If providing homo for Confederi
Il eterans, the board of regents desire
4 resent 10 your exc ,llency the prac
4 cabiiiLy of using tho tract of la d Q
i / braclng about 80 acres upon the w
Y lacs, purchase known as the BelleN