The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-06
SOUTH DAKOTA
CARES FOR OWN
244 Ex-Seryice Men Need H0spitali-
ZatiOn i'm Their Home State

Tubercular World War Veterans
of South Dakota are calling for hos
pitalization. The American Legion
Auxiliary, with the aid of the South
Dakota public, is ready to provide II.
The campaign to put it over is now on.
These energetic and faithful Aux
Hilary workers for our disabled vet
have gone into action. All the
Auxiliary posts throughout the state
have been aroused to the great need
of the veterans of South Dakota SUIT
ering from tuberculosis for a sanator-
ium in their own state. All tubercular
veterans should have disqualification
fer a time at least, SO that they may
get the necessary knowledge of how
to fight their treacherous enemy-the
white plague. So many have lessened
their chances for recovery because or
the necessity for going to- long dis
tances and outside of the state for
disqualification. Many have families
dependent on them; it is a great hard
ship for these men to be separated by
hundreds or thousands of miles from
wife and kiddies.
The American Legion Auxiliary is
determined that South Dakota's World
Wal veterans shall have the best pos
sible chance for recovery and return
TO gainful occupations so that this
citizen material that has been purged
of its drOss in the World Conflagra-
ton shall not be lost to South Dakota.
The women have already raised
about $4,000 and now propose to raise
the balance of $40, 900 needed for COM
pletion of a t~ubercular ward at the
State Sanatarium at Custer for ex-
service men ony. In this way every
cent that the ONE raise will return
greater value than Is offered by any
other plan. Mrs. Mabel Noodle, chair
man Of the committee on construction,
recently met the state board of chart
ties at the sanatarium and completed
all arrangements for the construction
and operation of the Soldiers Ward.
The ward will be IT'S feet long, OF
concrete, and will contain "a bed
rooms with sleeping porches for each,
as we'll as barber shop, two living
rooms, six bathrooms and showers.
4 The living rooms will contain fire
places and will be as comfortable and
: honey as possible. The ward will
J house As men.
The construction will be in the
efficient charge of r. II. McCullagh,
who is now in charge of the construc-
ton of two new wards for the state.
This arrangement is evidence that the
women's committee is overlooking no
bets in making every dollar raised
give full value to- the veterans of the
state. The Soldiers Ward will be an
exact duplicate of the present ward
at SanatOr and the e~X-service men
now here are mighty happy that such
is the case. In most hospitals the
ward plan obtains-30 or more men TO
a room, no privacy-while here at
Sanator there are only two men to a
room. Only a person who is sick
knows what a difference in comfort
and morale such privacy means. And
you may be sure the Auxiliary COM
) mittee will see that every facility is
Z given the ex-service men to enable
) them to fight their battle under the
most favorable circumstances.
{ The opportunity for a great and
constructive service is open to the
state; and South Dakota's ex-service
men of the World Wal feel sure that
the public will justify the AuXiliary's
slogan: South Dakota cares for her
own.