Pay To Patriots

[COBTimiKD.] HE Soldiers' Home at Washington receives: Those who have served faithful. ly twenty years or more (including Bervico in tho volunteer forcea, if any) as cnlisted men in the arm y. Thoso who have become qualifieci from further service by wounds receivcd or diseases contracted in the servce and in the liue of military duty as enisted mon in the Regot.au army. An iumate pensioner can have his pension or part of it paidtohischild, wifeor parent, othervrise .he pension is drawn by the Treasurer of ,he Homo, but the pensionor receives small imounts whileaninmate, and the balance apaidtohira whea ho leaves the Homo. [n case of liis death any pension money due Jim is paid to his beirs, if demand is made within throo years. Each inmate roceives United States uniform, "comfortableunderclothing, good meáis and a good bed," with twonty-fivo cents pay per day for such labor as he may bo willing and able to perform. In certain cases the commissioners grant "out-door relief' not to exceed jü per month, to those who do not desiro to be!omo resident inmates. ïhis is only (fiven flthe unpensioued, or to those who rcceive ess pension than Ï8 per mouth, these latter reeeive sumï-ient to increaso their income to eight dollars. Apply by letter to The Comm saiotienof tM Soldier' Home, War Department, WashinKton, D. O. National Militant Homes.- Volunteers Ind homes in these institutions at Togus, Me. ; Uauipton, Va. ; Dayton, O. ; Milwaulee, Wis., or Leavemvorth, Kan. Voluuioers disabled in any of tho wars of ;ho United Htates (and who nover fDuht igainst its flag), and those incapacitated trom earning a hvelihood, if honorably dishargnd, aro entitled to admission to these Bomes. These institutions aro not public charitios; soliüersdo not raio tlicmselvps as anprs by aoccptiüg the b'-iielits tlu-rem offored Ihen. The comforts given ai-e similar to those Of the Washington Home. Extra work on the Home farms or iu trade pursuits is paid at the rate of from id to il5 a month, and tkillcd artisans can earnconsiderably more. Blank forma for application for adinission to a Military Home wiü be furnished by applyingto the Governnr of the Home nearcst to the residenee of the applicant or to General Martin T. McMahon, Secretary Board of Managers, National Military Homes, No. 93 Nassau stroef, New York City. Fob Bailom.- The United States Naval Asylum is in Fliilaiii'lphia, Pa. Every person who has ser vod as an enlisted man in the United States Navy or Marine Corps for 30 years, and reeeived an honorable discharge, am) nho is disabled, by age or infirmity, from sea service, is entitled to a home in tlie Naval Asylum, but, in lieu of this provisión he may receive a sum equal toone half tho pay of nis rating when discharged, to be paid lüm quarterly. Every like person who erved 10 years may apply for aid from ihn surplus incomo of the Naval Pension fund; a bo ïrd of offlcers and surgeons wiil examine into nis condilion and reeommenil asuinibleamouut for his relief. Tho Hon. Secty. of the Navy, Washington, D. C, must beapplied to for these benefits. National axd State Homes receive dis abled sailors, not of the above classes. The regulations given regarding soldiers being the same. State Homes fob Dísabled Ex soldiehs and Sailoks.- Massachusei.ts, New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Michigan, lowa, Illinois, Nebraska, California, Vermont and Wisconsin all havo "Stale Homes'1 conducted under tlie same rules as the National Homes. Other States are erecting institutions of like character. Applicants for adinission should address the AdjutantGeneral of thair State. Soijjiers' Okpiians' Homes. - In very many of the Northern States these institutions are in successful operation, and in other States they are projected. Where the surviving pareDt, relatives or friends of the orphans or half-orphans of deserving army or navy veterans can not properly care for these chüdren, they are reeeived in the orphans' homes, well fed, well clothed, educated and given such practical preparatory training as to fit them for earning their own livelihood. Girls and boys can be eutered therein when quite young. Un reaching the aije 01 sixteen they aro apprenticed or placed in such trades or oecupations as best suit their inclination or natural aptitude. For particulara write to the AdjutantGeneral of your State, or the State Superintendent of Kducation, or the superintendent of the nearest orphans' home, or mquire of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. A record of all surviving soldiers and sailors who served in the civil uar has just been established in the Pension Bureau. The Cotnmissionerdesires to learn the resord of each, and where he can trace them sends a printed request. But as many will not be found hy liis circulars, every offleer and enlisted man whoso served should send thefollowing statement, as itmay in the future benefit himself or his heirs. Wntfi plainly: Your f uil nnnie, late rank. company, number of regiment, arm of service, date of enlistment and discharge and present postoflioe address. Ifyou served in more than one company or regiment, state the period of service in each. If you were at anj time detailed frora your regiment, state the branch of service, or department, in which you served, aiso dates of said service. Direct the letter containing this information to Commisionor of Pensions, Washington, D. C. , and write on upper left hand cornei of theenyelope ' Army and Xnry Survlvor División." Veterans should attend to this at once Fob Veterans' Sons Who may Desirk to Enter Abmt and Navt. - Admission to Wesl Point Military Academy or the United States N.iv.'il School at Annapolis is open to any young man at least sovonteen and under twenty-one years of ajio, who is of perfectly sound body and mind and who can obtain an appointment f rom the member of Congress of the district in which he resides. As a Cadet at West Point or for tho Midshipman c'.ass at Annapolis, the candidato for sion must pass saüsfactory examinations in English grammar, geography, United States history, reading, writing and spelling. For theclassof Cadet Engineers, examination is made in the above studies and also in the elements of geometry, algebra and the theory of applied mechanies. Sailorboy appren tices, sound in body and mmd, aro enlisted and placed on a trainingship where they receive a small bounty and an outfit of clothing. They aro paid regularly according t o their grades, and taught every art pertaining to the navy. A "school ship," stationed at New Yorli City, receives boys of gnod moral characttr onty and puys them while educating them upon the same plan as that pursued witb United States sailor boy apprentices. The Hon. Secretary ofWar can be applied to for further information regarding West Point admission ; the Hon. Secretary of the Navy in respect to the school at Annapolia and the apprentice systnm, and the "Commander of School-Ship, ' New York, in relation thereto. VARIOUS NATIONAL AND STATE 0I1ANT8. Enlisted Mev, Retired.- Soldiers of tha regular ariny who have served forthirty years (anyvolunteer service tobe "counted in") are placed upon tho "retired list," and receive 75 per cent. of the pay of their rank. No service pensions are granted. Prisosers of War.- All men who were held as prisoners of war during the rebellion are entitled to 25 cents per day, as commutation for rations. Address tbe Adjutant-Gcneral U. 8. A., Washington, D. C. The heirs of the soldier can recover on this claitn. [There is a National AssociaUun of Union ex-Prisoners of War that furnishes information, aid and comfort to all suoh. The address of lts president is Gen. W. H Powell, Boston, Mass.J Heatmtomcs fok toe Graves op Veterans.- Regular appropriations are made by Congress to furnish headstoncs for veterans' graves. File the application forsucn with he Quarterrnaster General U. 8 A Washington, O. C. ' Mileage is not allowed to soldiors, but officers of the United States voiunteers during the late war are entitled to commutation of travel, pay and rations from place of discharge to residence, allowing one day's pay and rations for oach twenty miles, provided they rosignod by roason of disabiUty. Soldiers honorably discharged from tho service are given these same allowances. Extra Don Pat at the rate of twentyflve cents por day was allowed until March 8, 1863, when it wasabolishcd but was again (fiven by act of July 13, 1S66. Officer's Pat fou Ri-McaTxq and ArBdrial of Many States and counües appropriate sums, from $35 to t50 under various rcgulations, for the wholo or parüal expense of burial of veterans. The Adjutant-General of oach State or members of the U. A. R, eau give all roquired information. Tns State of Nebraska, by law, exempts from levy and salo upon cxecution orattachnient Y2.000 wortii of property if the same was puivhnscd and improved by tho owuer witii moncy roceived as pension