Mark Scahill Series - U.S. Navy Retired - Application For Admission #1

This is an extract from Washington State Digital Archives. It is a series of images on Mark Scahill, a retired U.S. Navy sailor.

This image is an Application For Admission, number 631, dated 11 January 1900, and approved on 12 January 1900. It also shows that Mark Scahill was addmitted to the home on 19 February 1900. It also mentions the ship Paul Jones.

This collection contains the files of veterans or their spouses who lived at the Washington State Department of Veterans’ Affairs Soldiers’ Home at Orting between 1891 and 1987. Each file includes an application for admission to the Home, which gives name, Department of Veterans’ Affairs identification number, date of birth, occupation, marital status, number of children, nearest relative, residence, length of residence in Washington, military record, and surgeon’s statement. Files may also include official correspondence and other materials.

The Washington Soldiers’ Home at Orting was created to give veterans long-term health care and housing. It opened in 1891 and continues to operate today. The Department of Veterans' Affairs was created by the Legislature in 1976 to assume the powers, duties, and functions relating to veterans, which were previously held by the Department of Social and Health Services and its predecessors.

There are 9184 records in this database.

These records are open for research.

Original record located at Washington State Archives, Olympia, WA.

All records are in English.

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