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

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

I return without approval House bill No. 19.

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

I return without approval House bill No. 823, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Hannah C. De Wilt.'

I am convinced such action was entirely justified.

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

The second enactment is of course entirely useless, and was evidently passed by mistake.

It is hardly possible that an injury of this kind, producing the consequences which it is alleged followed its infliction, could have been sustained by this soldier and not in the least interrupted the performance of his military service.