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Domestic News
September 21, 1898
The Lamar Register
Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado
What is this article about?
Sick soldiers on furlough lack provisions to reach home, resulting in many arriving hungry at city railway stations. A group of emaciated Iowa volunteers passed through Chicago hungry due to lack of notice, prompting arrangements to care for such soldiers.
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It seems that when the government grants a sick soldier a furlough it makes no provision to see that he get home. As a consequence, during the last few weeks, sick and hungry soldiers can be seen lying about the railway stations of many cities. A group of Iowa volunteers, sick and emaciated, passed through Chicago the other day and many of them went their way hungry. That such a thing should happen does not imply that the people are ungenerous, but it so happens because no one knew they were coming. Arrangements are now being made to care for any sick and hungry soldier that passes through the city.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Charity Or Relief
What keywords are associated?
Sick Soldiers
Furlough
Railway Stations
Iowa Volunteers
Chicago
Soldier Aid
What entities or persons were involved?
Iowa Volunteers
Where did it happen?
Chicago
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Chicago
Event Date
Last Few Weeks
Key Persons
Iowa Volunteers
Outcome
sick and hungry soldiers; arrangements made to care for them
Event Details
Government grants furloughs to sick soldiers without provisions for travel home, leading to them lying sick and hungry at railway stations in many cities. A group of sick and emaciated Iowa volunteers passed through Chicago hungry because no one knew they were coming.