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- The Perilous Life at the Soldiers' Home
A legislative report reveals that veterans at the Orting home are forced to carry oil lamps through the halls, risking catastrophic fire.
- The Battle Over the Old Soldiers’ Home
Grand Army veterans accuse the home’s board of planting a hired engineer and laundress to force out Commandant S. E. Street—and they want a judge to rule on the ouster.
- Investigation Clears Orting Soldiers' Home
Legislators find that the 25 percent pension deduction at the state home was used to provide for the veterans' own care, not for drink.
- An Old Soldier Turned Away From the Home
A Vashon Island veteran says Orting's Soldiers' Home refused him a bed despite empty rooms. The commandant's friends say he never identified himself as a member.