The foregoing amendments are hereby approved.

Let us give thanks for peace and for social order and contentment within our borders.

Ordered,That noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the following-designated places in the classified departmental service are hereby authorized.

I do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 29th day of November instant, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.

Let us generously remember the poor and needy, so that our tribute of praise and gratitude may be acceptable in the sight of the Lord.

The foregoing amendment is hereby approved.

Noncompetitive examinations to test fitness for the following-designated places in the classified customs service are hereby authorized.

Constant thanksgiving and gratitude are due from the American people to Almighty God for His goodness and mercy.

I fail to discover how any other conclusion can be reached.

Upon the merits as the case now stands, and because of the mistake in describing the relationship of the beneficiary, this bill, I think, should not become a law.

It appears from the record furnished to me that they were rejected on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to connect the death cause or disability with the soldier's military service.

I make no reference to the fact stated in the committee's report suggesting the idea that the courage of the deceased soldier had been questioned.

I return without approval House bill No. 2472, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Lydia A. Eaton.'

I am of the opinion that, considering the cause of death and all the facts and circumstances surrounding this case, the certificate of discharge which the soldier himself procured to be made out should stand as stating the true origin of…

I can not upon the facts of this case arrive at a conclusion different from the Pension Bureau.

There does not, however, seem to be a particle of evidence establishing that cause of death.

it seems quite clear to me that it would be extending the pension theory to an unwarrantable limit to hold the Government responsible for such an accident.

Whatever disability he had at the date of discharge he had when he enlisted.