It is quite plain that the occupancy of this island as a place of pleasure and recreation would be entirely inconsistent with military or defensive uses.

Much interest is manifested in this case, based upon former friendship and intimacy with the deceased and kind feeling and sympathy for his widow.

If we are to adhere to the rule that in order to entitle the widow of a soldier to a pension the death of her husband must be in some way related to his military service, there can be no doubt that upon its merits this case was properly…

Surely no one will seriously propose that a claim for pension should rest upon a conjecture as to what would have caused death if it had not occurred in an entirely different way.

I transmit herewith a report in relation thereto from the Secretary of State.

I retransmit herewith a convention for the surrender of criminals between the United States and the Republic of Guatemala.

As long as there is the least pretense of limiting the bestowal of pensions to disability or death in some way related to the incidents of military and naval service, claims of this description can not consistently be allowed.

I return without approval House bill No. 19.

The temptation to relieve from contracts with the Government upon plausible application is, in my opinion, not sufficiently resisted.

I can see no fairness or justice to the Government in such a proposition.

I return without approval Senate bill No. 838, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mary Sullivan.'

A second law for the same purpose is of course unnecessary.

I return without approval Senate bill No. 465, entitled 'An act granting a pension to William Sackman, sr.'

The application for pension is fraudulent and should not be allowed.

I can not believe upon the facts presented that an injury of the character alleged could have been sustained in the service and still permitted the performance of all the duties of wagon master for months thereafter, remaining undeveloped…

I believe the rejection of this claim was right and just upon its merits.

The entire complexion of this case satisfies me that the claimant contracted no pensionable disability during his one hundred days of service.

It must be conceded that upon the claimant's own showing he was not injured as an incident to military service.