of the Home for any purpose, nor shall any pledge of any of its property or securities for any purpose be valid. (22 Stat. 565.) This section was part of an act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home, cited above. See notes to section 1 of the act, post, § 9236. § 9225. (R. S. § 4821.) What persons are entitled to benefits of Soldiers' Home. The following persons, members of the Soldiers' Home, according to section forty-eight hundred and fourteen, shall be entitled to the rights and benefits herein conferred, and no others: First. Every soldier of the Army of the United States who has served, or may serve, honestly and faithfully twenty years in the same. Second. Every soldier and every discharged soldier, whether regular or volunteer, who has suffered, or may suffer, by reason of disease or wounds incurred in the service and in the line of his duty, rendering him incapable of further military service, if such disability was not occasioned by his own misconduct. Third. The invalid and disabled soldiers, whether regulars or volunteers, of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and of all subsequent wars. Act March 3, 1851, c. 25, § 4, 9 Stat. 596. Act March 3, 1859, c. 83, § 5, 11 Stat. 434. Insane inmates of Soldiers' Home were entitled to, admission to the Government Hospital for the Insane by Act July 7, 1884, c. 332, post, § 9303. § 9226. (R. S. § 4822.) Who are excluded. The benefits of the Soldiers' Home shall not be extended to any soldier in the regular or volunteer service, convicted of felony or other disgraceful or infamous crimes of a civil nature after his admission into the service of the United States; nor shall any one who has been a deserter, mutineer, or habitual drunkard be received, without such evidence of subsequent service, good conduct, and reformation of character, as is satisfactory to the commissioners. Act March 3, 1851, c. 25, § 6, 9 Stat. 596. § 9227. (R. S. § 4820.) Rights of pensioners and surrender of pensions. The fact that one to whom a pension has been granted for wounds or disability received in the military service has not contributed to the funds of the Soldiers' Home shall not preclude him from admission thereto. But all such pensioners shall surrender their pensions to the Soldiers' Home during the time they remain therein and voluntarily receive its benefits. Act March 3, 1851, c. 25, § 5, 9 Stat. 596. Act March 3, 1859, c. 83, § 6, 11 Stat. 434. Subsequent provisions as to rights of inmates having wife, child, or parent living to assign his pension for their benefit, were made by Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 4, post, § 9228. § 9228. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 4.) Allotment of pensions; to whom paid. Any inmate of the Home who is receiving a pension from the government, and who has a child, wife, or parent living, shall be entitled, by filing with the pension agent from whom he receives his money a written direction to that effect, to have his pension, or any part of it, paid to such child, wife, or parent. The pensions of all who now are or shall hereafter become inmates of the Home, except such as shall be assigned as aforesaid, shall be paid to the treasurer of the Home. The money thus derived shall not become a part of the funds of the Home, but shall be held by the treasurer in trust for the pensioner to whom it would otherwise have been paid, and such part of it as shall not sooner have been paid to him shall be paid to him on his discharge from the institution. The board of commissioners may from time to time pay over to any inmate such part of his pension-money as they think best for his interest and consistent with the discipline and good order of the Home, but such pensioner shall not be entitled to demand or have the same so long as he remains an inmate of the Home. In case of the death of any pensioner, any pension money due him and remaining in the hands of the treasurer shall be paid to his legal heirs, if demand is made within three years; otherwise the same shall escheat to the Home. (22 Stat. 564.) This section was part of an act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home, cited above. See notes to section 1 of the act, post, § 9236. Previous provisions as to payment of pensions of inmates to Soldiers' Home were made by R. S. § 4820, ante, § 9227. § 9229. (R. S. § 4823.) Discharge. Any soldier admitted into the Soldiers' Home for disability who recovers his health, so as to become fit again for military service, if under fifty years of age, shall be discharged. Act March 3, 1851, c. 25, § 5, 9 Stat. 596. § 9230. (R. S. § 4824.) Inmates subject to Articles of War. All persons admitted into the Soldiers' Home shall be subject to the Rules and Articles of War in the same manner as soldiers in the Army. Act March 3, 1859, c. 83, § 7, 11 Stat. 434. § 9231. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 5.) Uniform for inmates. A suitable uniform shall be furnished to every inmate of the Home, without cost to him. (22 Stat. 565.) This section and the section next following were part of an act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home, cited above. See notes to section 1 of the act, post, § 9236. § 9232. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 6.) Out-door relief to persons entitled to admission. The board of commissioners are authorized to aid persons who are entitled to admission to the Home, by out-door relief, in such manner and to such an extent as they may deem proper; but such relief shall not exceed the average cost of maintaining an inmate. of the Home. (22 Stat. 565.) See notes to section 1 of this act, post, § 9236. § 9233. (Act Feb. 28, 1891, c. 385.) Licenses for sale of liquors within one mile of Home not to be granted. On and after the passage of this act no license for the sale of intoxicating liquor at any place within one mile of the Soldiers' Home property in the District of Columbia shall be granted. (26 Stat. 797.) This was an act entitled "An act to prohibit the granting of liquor licenses within one mile of the Soldiers' Home." § 9234. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 3.) Limitation of expenditures; purchase of supplies. No new building shall be erected or new grounds purchased, nor shall any expenditure of more than five thousand dollars be made, until the action of the board thereon shall be approved by the Secretary of War. All supplies that can be purchased upon contract shall be so purchased, after due notice by advertisement, of the lowest responsible bidder. Such bidder shall give bond, with proper security, for the performance of his contract. (22 Stat. 564.) This section was part of an act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home, cited above. See notes to section 1 of this act, post, § 9236. § 9235. (Act June 4, 1897, c. 2, § 1.) Medical supplies. Hereafter, upon proper application therefor, the Medical Department of the Army is authorized to sell medical and hospital supplies at its contract prices to the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia. (30 Stat. 54.) This was a provision following an appropriation for the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year 1898, cited above. Annual report of Board Congress. § 9236. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 1.) of Commissioners; transmission to The board of commissioners of the Soldiers' Home shall every year report in writing to the Secretary of War, giving a full statement of all receipts and disbursements of money, of the manner in which the funds are invested of any changes in the investments, and the reasons therefor, of all admissions and discharges, and generally of all facts that may be necessary to a full understanding of the condition and management of the Home. The Secretary of War shall have power to call for and require any omitted. facts which in his judgment should be stated to be added. This annual report shall be, by the Secretary of War, together with the report of the inspecting officer hereinafter provided for, transmitted to Congress at the first session thereafter, and he shall also cause the same to be published in orders to the Army, a copy thereof to be deposited in each garrison and post library. (22 Stat. 564.) This section and the section next following were part of an act entitled "An act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home located at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes." Sections 3-10 of the act are set forth ante, §§ 9215, 9218, 9222, 9224, 9228, 9231, 9232, 9234. Section 11 of the act, continued in force all laws and parts of laws relating to the Soldiers' Home then in force and not inconsistent with this act, and repealed such as were inconsistent therewith. It is omitted, as temporary merely. Section 12 of the act made an appropriation for the employment of additional clerical force to be used in adjusting the accounts of the funds belonging to the Soldiers' Home. It is omitted as temporary and executed. The president of the Board of Commissioners was required to submit annually to the Secretary of War, for transmission to Congress, a full statement of the financial and other affairs of the Home for the preceding fiscal year, by a provision of Act March 4, 1909, c. 299, § 1, ante, § 9216. § 9237. (Act March 3, 1883, c. 130, § 2.) Inspection; report. The Inspector General of the Army shall, in person, once in each year thoroughly inspect the Home, its records, accounts, management, discipline, and sanitary condition, and shall report thereon in writing, together with such suggestions as he desires to make. (22 Stat. 564.) See notes to section 1 of this act, ante, § 9236. Sec. CHAPTER THREE The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 9238. Organization of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer 9239. Election of citizen managers. 9241. Election of officers of the board of managers. 9242. Expenses of managers. 9243. Expenses of managers; officers who may receive salaries. 9244. Classification and compensation of officers and employés; traveling expenses. 9245. Officers of the National Home; medical officers. 9246. Officers of National Home and officers under board of managers; qualifications. 9247. Bonds of general treasurer and 9248. Security for deposits. 9250. Designation of officer to act in 9252. Condemnation of land for sites. § 9238. (R. S. § 4825.) Organization of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The President, Secretary of War, Chief Justice, and such other persons as have been or from time to time may be associated with them, shall constitute a board of managers of an establishment for the care and relief of the disabled volunteers of the United States Army, to be known by the name and style of "The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," and have perpetual succession, with powers to take, hold, and convey real and personal property, establish a common seal, and to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity; and to make by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for carrying on the business and government of the home, and to affix penalties thereto. Act March 21, 1866, c. 21, § 1, 14 Stat. 10. Act Jan. 23, 1873, c. 51, § 1, 17 Stat. 417. Annual estimates for the support of the Home were required to be made by the managers to the Secretary of War, and such estimates were required to be submitted in the annual Book of Estimates, by Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, ante, 6807. Further provisions as to the contents of such statements were made by Act Aug. 5, 1892, c. 380, § 1, post, § 9273. R. S. §§ 3690, 3691, ante, §§ 6800, 6801, providing for the expenditure of balances of appropriations, were made applicable to appropriations for the support of the Home by Act Oct. 2, 1888, c. 1069, ante, § 6807. Appropriations for new buildings at any of the branch Homes were rendered available until expended, by Act June 6, 1900, c. 785, § 1, post, § 9253, and appropriations were to be immediately available after approval of act by Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, post, § 9254. Jurisdiction over places used for certain branch Homes was ceded to the States in which the Homes were located, by a provision of Act March 3, 1901, c. 853, post, § 9291. All official mail matter of the Home was entitled to be transmitted free through the mails, by Act Aug. 18, 1894, c. 301, § 1, ante, § 7372. |