This was a proper disposition of the case unless the Government is held liable for every disability which may afflict those who served in the Union Army.

I can see no reason why such a distinction should exist.

I herewith transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents, in relation to the seal fisheries in Bering Sea.

it seems to me it must be conceded that a conclusion that death was in any degree the result of wounds received in military service rests upon the most unsatisfactory conjecture.

this Commission has the honor to recommend that the order of the President be amended

I transmit herewith a further report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence, relating to Samoa.

I transmit herewith, being of the opinion that it is not incompatible with the public interest to do so, a report from the Secretary of State.

I am convinced that such ratification will be of decided benefit to the Government, and that the agreement is entirely free from any suspicion of unfairness or injustice toward the Indians.

I transmit herewith, for approval and ratification, a provisional agreement lately entered into between the Government of the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians.

The facts of the case as now presented appear to me to lead in the most satisfactory manner to the conclusion that the soldier's death was in no way related to any incident of his military service.

I lose no time in laying them before you.

I shall hereafter communicate to the Congress all information received by me in relation to the Samoan status.

It is also proper to inform you that on Monday, the 28th instant, the occasion of the communication of the note of the Prince Chancellor, the Secretary of State was given to understand by the German minister that a proposition from his…

For the information of Congress I herewith transmit a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence, relating to the execution of an agreement made between the representatives of certain foreign powers and the Korean…

A soldier with such a record should not be pensioned.

It seemed to me at that time that the soldier's death could not be held to be the result of his wound or any other cause chargeable to his military service.

It is proposed by this bill to pension the beneficiary therein named as the widow of Newton E. Drake.

I can not believe that such a departure as is proposed should be made from the just principles upon which pension legislation ought to be predicated.