Mark Scahill Series - U.S. Navy Retired - Application To Leave The Washington Soldiers Home #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 To Leave The Washington Soldiers Home, dated 18 March 1901. Reason given is that he is able to support himself. It is Mark Scahill's first request.

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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