NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.

BRANCHES AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES.

Central National Military Home, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Northwestern-National Home, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Eastern-National Home, Togus, Maine.

Southern-National Soldiers' Home, Elizabeth City County, Virginia.
Western-National Military Home, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Pacific Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles County, California.
Marion-National Military Home, Grant County, Indiana.
Danville-National Military Home, Vermillion County, Illinois.

MANAGERS.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; THE CHIEF JUSTICE; THE
SECRETARY OF WAR-Ex-Officio, Washington, D. C.
GENERAL WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, President, Hartford, Conn. Term expires
1902.

GENERAL WILLIAM J. SEWELL, 1st Vice President, Camden, N. J. Term expires 1904.

COLONEL JOHN L. MITCHELL, 2d Vice President, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Term expires 1904.

GENERAL THOMAS J. HENDERSON, Secretary, Princeton, Illinois. Term expires 1902.

GENERAL MARTIN T. MCMAHON, Times Building, New York City. pires 1904.

Term ex

GENERAL ALFRED L. PEARSON, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Term expires 1900.
COLONEL GEORGE W. STEELE, Marion, Indiana. Term expires 1902.
MAJOR WILLIAM H. BONSALL, Los Angeles, California. Term expires 1904.
GENERAL CHARLES M. ANDERSON, Greenville, Ohio. Term expires 1900.
COLONEL SIDNEY G. COOKE, Herington, Kas. Term expires 1900.
GENERAL JOHN MARSHALL BROWN, Portland, Maine.

Term expires 1902.

Number of members present date of last annual report, June 30, 1898.
Number present and absent date of last annual report, June 30, 1898.
Number of members present February 1, 1899.

2.283

2.324

2.392

Number of members present and absent February 1, 1899.

2,766

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 an electric railway line. The main building, which affords quarters for 800 disabled volunteers, is an imposing structure, from the lofty tower of which floats the 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, bestowed by the attending surgeons and a corps of skilled female nurses. A theater, in which entertainments are given by professional actors, hired for the purpose, a fine military band and orchestra, billiard, card and reading rooms and a library of about 9,000 volumes provide recreation and amusement for the disabled veterans. The Home grounds contain 385 acres, of which about one-half is cultivated. The remainder is a wooded park, traversed by shaded walks and drives, beautifully undulating, with several charming little lakes upon which pleasure boats are kept.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION.

FIRST-An honorable discharge from the United States service for service in the War of the Rebellion or the Mexican war.

SECOND- DiSanity which prevents the applicant from earning his living by

labor.

THIRD-Applicants for admission will be required to stipulate and agree to abide by all the rules and regulations made by the Board of Managers, or by their order; to perform all duties required of them, and to obey all the lawful orders of the officers of the Home. Attention is called to the fact, that by the law establishing the Home, the members are made subject to the rules and articles of war, and will be governed thereby in the same manner as if they were in the army of the United States.

FOURTH-A soldier or sailor must forward with his application for admission his discharge paper, and when he is a pensioner his pension certificate, and if he has been a member of a State Home, his discharge from that Home, before his application will be considered, which papers will be retained at the branch to which the applicant is admitted, to be kept there for him and returned to him when he is discharged. This rule is adopted to prevent the loss of such papers and certificate, and to hinder fraudulent practices; and no application will be considered unless these papers be sent with it. If the original discharge does not exist, a copy of discharge, certified by the War or Navy Department, or by the Adjutant-General of the state, must accompany the application. On admission he must also transfer his pension certificate to the Home, and the moneys secured thereby, and empower the treasurer of the Home to draw the said moneys, and to hold and dispose of them, subject to 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 for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. MEM.-Soldiers or sailors whose pensions exceed sixteen dollars the month are not eligible to the Home, unless the reasons are peculiar, and are explained to the manager and are satisfactory to him.

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, and soldiers and sailors who have been dishonorably discharged from State Homes can only be admitted by a vote of the Board of Managers.

Admission to the Home may be procured, when vacancies exist, by applying to Colonel Cornelius Wheeler, National Home P. O., the Governor of the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

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