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Identifier: newenglandmagazi1900bost Title: The New England magazine Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Publisher: Boston : [New England Magazine Co.]


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Text Appearing Before Image: song wouldfittingly apply: Now this old soldierhad money in hissocks,So he always hadtobacco in his oldtobacco box! The Home is un-der military organ-ization, and every-where we meet with military terms.The lodging houses of the veteransare known as barracks. These bar-racks are thirty-five in number, twoand three stories high, and aregrouped upon eleven different ave-nues named after as many differentstates. The older buildings are ofwood, the newer ones of brick. Allare thoroughly lighted, heated andventilated. They are all tree embow-ered, and have broad verandas at eachstory. There is ample space betweenthe buildings, with greensward andwalks and beds for the cultivation offlowers and small shrubbery, in whichmany of the members occupy much oftheir time in summer. Each barrackis in charge of a captain, who is ap-pointed by the governor from themembers of the Home, and is respon-sible for the care and conduct of themen under him. Within, everythingis immaculate. Long rows of iron f

Text Appearing After Image: THE LAWN AT TOGUS THE NATIONAL SOLDIERSf HOME. 2QI beds line each side of the long room.Each man must keep his bed and thespace about it neat and clean. Most ofthe barracks contain each several hun-dred men. They retire at nine oclockand rise at five. A pathetic sight is abarrack for the blind. In the Homeare 47 members totally blind and 197partially blind. Four readers for theblind are employed. The coloredmembers have a separate barrack;and there are over 150 of them. Newmembers of the Home, before theyare admitted to any barrack, must gointo quarantine. They are taken toa barrack for that purpose, where they


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