Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-23
THE CONFEDERATE "HoME."

The board Of commissioners or the
Confederate infirmary, which Will open
on the 10th of May, have gotten out
their printed forms for application for
admission to the institution. The pro-
posed inmate, says the Columbia Recr
ord, must first make application to MS
county pension board, and for this he
must pass through careful examina-
ton, and swear to the statements he
makes and follow this with an afida-
Wit signed by one or more witnesses
that "the within named applicant was
duly enlisted and served honorably and
faithfully in the war between the
states" The applicant is then admit
ted after the chairman Of the county
board endorses the paper and gives an
order Of admission.
The applicant must give true an
swers to the following questions:
Where wounded? When? Give name
of engagement. Were you confined TO
any hospital? Which hospital? How
long confined? Cause Of confinement?
Were you confined in prison? Where!
How long? Where were you captured!
This is the concluding statement the
applicant signs:
Applicant states that he served hon
orably and faithfully, during the war
in the Confederate army (or navy.
and was loyal to the government OF
the Confederate states to the end OF
the war; that he Is - years OF age;
that he Is unmarried (or married);
that he is - in height, and Is by oc-
hot ralA-
tive is; whose postoffice address
Is -; that because Of old age, In,
frmity, which arises from -, and
from poverty, he is unable to provide
for and support himself, and has no
relative upon whom he can rely for
such support; that by reason OF his
age and bodily infirmities he is unable
to work. For these reasons he applies
for admission to the Confederate in
frmary And applicant declares that
he is a person Of good character and
habits, and II admitted to the Confed-
crate infirmary as an inmate, he agrees
and faithfully promises, upon pain OF
expulsion, to abide by and obey the
rules and regulations made for the gov
ernance Of. the infirmary; and that he
will perform such duties as may be re-
uuired Of him, and obey all lawful or
ders of the officers of said home. And
he signs this application with full
knowledge that any violation of the
rules will subject him to dismissal, at
the discretion of the board Of commits
sioners.''
Evidently the prospective inmate
will have the institution presented to
him in a little different light than for
merly. When the infirmary scheme
was in its formative stage, some de-
voted Daughters Of the Confederacy
about Columbia went out to look up
old soldiers who, they surmised, ought
to be taken care Of in such an insti-
tuition, desiring also perhaps to have
a number of applications pending, so
as to make an impression on the legis-
lature AS Is we'll known, the infirm-
ary idea was never very popular with
many Of the veterans, and these wo-
men to overcome prejudice along this
line painted the institution in bright
colors to the old vets they spoke to
about applying for admission.
An old veteran living near Columbia
who was listening to stream Of talk
from a Columbia daughter, who had
button -holed him, finally said:
Guess don't want to go out there.
I've got a wife and they might kick