The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin

Compiled and Published Under the Direction of

J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics

©1907 Democratic Printing Company, State Printer, Madison [WI]

Part V. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

[pp. 826-827]


BRANCHES AND LOCATIONS.

Central Branch--Montgomery County, Ohio
Northwestern Branch--Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Eastern Branch--Togus, Kennebec County, Maine
Southern Branch--Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Western Branch--Leavenworth County, Kansas
Pacific Branch--Los Angeles County, California
Marion Branch--Grant County, Indiana
Danville Branch--Vermillion County, Illinois
Mountain Branch-- Washington County, Tennessee
Battle Mountain Sanitarium--Hot Springs, South Dakota

MANAGERS.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; THE CHIEF JUSTICE; THE SECRETARY OF WAR--Ex-officio, Washington, D.C.
MAJOR JAMES W. WADSWORTH, President, 346 Broadway (New York Life Building), New York, N.Y. Term Expires 1910.
GENERAL THOMAS J. HENDERSON, 1st Vice-President, Princeton, Illinois. Term Expires 1908.
GENERAL J. MARSHALL BROWN, 2nd Vice-President, Portland, Maine. Term expires 1908.
GENERAL CHARLES M. ANDERSON, Secretary, Greenville, O. Term expires 1912.
CAPTAIN HENRY E. PALMER, Omaha, Nebraska. Term expires 1910.
COLONEL WALTER P. BROWNLOW, Jonesboro, Tennessee. Term expires 1908.
JOHN M. HOLLEY, Esq., La Crosse, Wisconsin. Term expires 1910.
MAJOR WILLIAM WARNER, Kansas City, Missouri. Term expires 1912.
COLONEL HENRY H. MARKHAM, Los Angeles, California. Term expires 1910.
COLONEL EDWIN P. HAMMOND, Lafayette, Indiana. Term expires 1910.

NORTHWESTERN BRANCH, MILWAUKEE.
Local Manager,
JOHN M. HOLLEY, Esq., La Crosse, Wis.
Governor,
COLONEL CORNELIUS WHEELER.

Treasurer--MAJOR J. E. ARMITAGE.
Surgeon--MAJOR OSCAR CHRYSLER.
Quartermaster--CAPTAIN W. W. ROWLEY.
Commissary of Subsistence--CAPTAIN CHARLES O. COLLINS.
Adjutant and Inspector--CAPTAIN H. A. VALENTIN.
Chaplain--REV. E. P. WRIGHT, D.D.
Chaplain--REV. M. J. HUSTON.

STATISTICS.

Number of members present date of last annual report, June 30, 1907 ..................................................................... 1,783
Number present and absent at date of last annual report, June 30, 1907 ................................................................... 2,233
Number present February 1, 1907 .......................................................................................................................... 2,047
Number present and absent February 1, 1907 ......................................................................................................... 2,424

SITUATION, SURROUNDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
The Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is beautifully situated about three miles
from the city of Milwaukee, with which it is connected by two lines of electric railway. The main building, which affords quarters for 800 disabled volunteers, is an imposing structure, from the lofty tower of which floats our national banner. Five other substantially-built barracks furnish comfortable quarters for the remaining members. The hospital is a commodious and well-lighted building, in which about 400 sick and decrepit old soldiers receive kind care and attention from the attending surgeons and a corps of trained female nurses. A theater, in which entertainments are given by professional actors engaged for that purpose, a fine military band and orchestra, billiard, car and reading rooms, and a library of 10,832 books, 30 newspapers and 44 magazines, provide recreation and amusement for the disabled veterans. The Home grounds contain 385 acres, about a half of which is under cultivation. The remainder is a wooded park, beautifully undulating, traversed by shady walks and drives, and with several charming little lakes well supplied with pleasure boats.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION.
(Extracts from Acts of Congress, approved March 21, 1866, may 26, 1900, and January 28, 1901.)
FIRST--"The following persons only shall be entitled to the benefits of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers and may be admitted thereto upon the order of a member of the Board of Managers, namely: All honorably discharged officers, soldiers and sailors who served in the regular or volunteer forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been engaged, including the Spanish-American war, and the provisional army, authorized by (act of congress, approved March 2, 1899), who are disabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, are not otherwise provided for by law, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living." SECOND--In making application for original submission (for which purpose a blank form is provided for the Home
with full directions printed thereon), the applicant is required to make oath as follows: The said applicant further swears that he has never been a member of either of the branches of the National Home, nor within six months a member of a State Home for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors. And said applicant further stipulates and agrees that he will abide by and obey all the rules and regulations made by the Board of Managers, or by their order; that he will perform all duties required of him, and obey all lawful orders of the officers of the Home; and he hereby authorizes and empowers the Treasurer of the Home to draw his pension money and hold the same, subject to his order, under the laws of Congress and the rules, regulations and orders which have been or may hereafter be made by the Board of Managers of said National Home in accordance with such laws. THIRD--All members of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are by law subject to the rules and articles
of war. FOURTH--The soldier or sailor making application for admission must forward with his application his discharge, or a
certified copy thereof, and when he is a pensioner his pension certificate, before his application is granted, which papers will be returned to him when he is discharged. This rule is adopted to prevent the loss of such papers and certificates, and to hinder fraudulent practices. MEM.--Soldiers and sailors whose pensions exceed sixteen dollars per month will not be admitted to the Home unless
for special reasons. Those who have been members of State Homes must have been discharged from those Homes at least six months,
before they can be admitted to a branch of the National Home, except by a vote of the Board of Managers. Soldiers or sailors who have been previously members of the Home, and who desire to be readmitted, will make their
application upon the blank form provided for that purpose (No. 18), which will be furnished on application to any branch. Applicants are required to conform strictly to the above requirements. Admission to the Home may be procured, when vacancies exist, by applying to Colonel Cornelius Wheeler, National
Home, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Governor of the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

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