{"value"=>"<p>Form K records consist of completed forms (returns) and abstracts (tabulated summaries) which were used to support the USSC’s planning and advisement on the creation of \"sanitaria\" and other services addressing the needs of discharged soldiers. Form K is entitled \"Returns concerning the Means of Support of Disabled Soldiers - Discharged.\" The forms, bound in volumes in chronological order, contain brief responses to thirteen questions with remarks, recorded by lodge or rest home staff during interviews with individual soldiers. The bulk were completed at USSC Lodge Number 4. Questions with responses for each individual are in columnar form, allowing for ten individuals per form. Responses identify the soldier's name, regiment, age, family and dependents, home and property, means of supporting themselves before serving in the Army and their plans for such afterwards, the nature and degree of disability, and whether or not a pension had been applied for. Forms in volumes for 1863 contain consecutive numbering for individuals, 1-2000; forms in volumes for 1864-1865 are numbered by page.</p> <p>Form K abstracts are tabulated summaries of the information culled from approximately 6000 returns, with breakdowns by age and other categories identified in the returns.</p>"}