The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-06-29
News From
THE STATE SOLDIERS HOME
4 At Fort Dodge, Kas.

II AT Fort Dodge, kaS.
Willis Utterback, 9th Iowa Cav, 10
III In the hospital.
John W. Courtney, L 10th Ky. Inf, Is
quite i'll vt his home here.
| Thomas Martin, A 71nd Ind. Mounted
lnf., and wife are new arrivals.
Pat Sughlue has gone to Ashland to
spend a few days during the heated
term.
| John W. Courtney, L 10th Ky. Inf,
! died Monday morning and was buried 10
the home cemetery.
Jeremiah h. Sencenich, captain in d
9th Kas Cav. goes tO Beaver county,
Oklahoma to visit a daughter. Mrs.
! Ssncenich went some time ago.
Thomas B. Powell, Co. F LIST Kas. Inf,
died jane 9th in the hospital. He came
from the Leavcnworlh home--not ad-
mitted but took sick and died.
As we have been gone week and
many items have escaped us we take up
a part Of the time and space to make, as
Hon. w. j, Fitzgerald said "a few
sensible remarks."
Some of the old boys have been cited
to appear before some tribunal In the
city to tell what they know about Bud
weiser and Pabst aud Schitz. They
say it was one Of the dryest times they
ever knew in Dodge.
c. F. Wagner, l. End Ill. 1t. Art. has
just returned from an outing about Gar
den City. The wife and baby will re.
turn from Oklahoma this week. We
thought somebody was missing but
could not account for it. Now all Is
plain and Charley has reported.
Joshua Richardson, A 9Th Ind. Inf,
from Coffee county, now in old mems
barracks can not be admitted. He has
not been in the state long enough. He
came to Kansas In 1871 but has been out
Of the state many times and lost his resi-
dence. The old boys have made up sew
eral dollars to last him until he gets to
friends in Guthrie, Okla.
William Thomas, son Of Commandant
and Mrs. Thomas is here for a short
visit He is bridge builder and has
just come from Thebes where another
great bridge has been built across the
Mississippi. Will 10 their second son.
He Is big burly fellow and would be a
dangerous proposition to tackle for a
fight.
Visitors: John 1. Hennsssy, Wichita;
D. j. Malloney, Danville, Kas.; M. J.
O'Farrel, Hutchinson; Austin b. Hull,
KinsleI; Bernard Dobbing, Rome, Italy;
A. II. Walsh, Kingman; M. Mennis,
Dodge City; j. B. Disselkamp, Spear
vile; Neoda McCaffrey, Dodge City;
A. B Krebs and wife, Ellsworth, Kas.
Mis-. Malinda Coonflsld, Klrksville, Mo.
Or. Coonfsld and wife. Dodge City.
It has been brought to our attention
that many persons believe that the APP
preparation of 800 to each soldier In the
state home is In addition to the appro.
prlation by the state. You may say that
the amount given by the government is
reckoned and counted as part of the
state appropriation. The money is
Turned over to the state treasurer and be-
comes part Of the state funds and is
then counted as part Of the appropria-
ton. Now, understand this. II the APP
preparation for the home is $4,000 by
the state, and the amount given by the
government Is $4,000, the amount fur
nishsd by the state 10 only 100000. Last
year The average number Of old soldiers
here was 200, the monthly average. That
would make $4,000 as the governments
portion, but there are few In the home
that do not have any government record,
they cannot draw pensions and the home
does not get any 800 for that particular
class. The Usage battalion, and think
some Of the Missouri State MALTA come
under that head. This year the general
average will be higher and we think the
amount received from the government
will be full $4,000. Now we think that
Is as clear as mud and should greatly re-
lieve the minds Of us tax payers. Kec.
olleot, when we say tax payers. we have
10 mind a certain man who once lived
we believe In Pleasant Valley. He was
bringing an old soldier from town to the
Fort, and when they came In sight of the
home he said spitefully, "hers they are
keeping . lot Of trifling, lazy old soldiers
In there and us old farmers have TO pay
taxes to keep them up" Then he says
to Comrade Cook. who belonged to the
old 18th Indians. "Where have you
been1" C0mrade Cook says, II have
been to the reunion" Then the old
farmer said more spitefully than ever,
''being keptand fed by the state and able
to run around to the reunions!" Gem.
rade Cook said this last sentence fairly
sizzIed through the fellows teeth and be
was 90 mad that he got off the wagon
and never thanked him for the ride.
This man Comrade Cook spoke Of
claimed to be an old soldier too. but we
will warrant that there Is something the
matter with his record. We, ourselves,
have heard Inn make very derOgatory
charges and remarks about the @. A. r.
and the air was blue with unseemlv nro.