"This claimant was mustered out as paymaster on the last-mentioned date, and in 1872 a certificate was issued that, his accounts having been adjusted, they exhibited no indebtedness on his part to the ..."
"It is quite apparent that the claim is not valid."
"I am utterly unable to discover any relation between this accident and the military service."
"It seems to me that it by no means follows that those intrusted with the people's business and the expenditure of the people's money are justified in so executing the pension laws as that they shall f..."
"I never thought of trying getting a pension until my old comrades urged me to do so."
"I therefore suggest that a second provision to the law accepting her be made giving authority to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the question of title."
"I recommend that legislation in this sense be adopted."
"I transmit herewith a communication, with an accompanying paper, from the Secretary of State, in relation to the distribution of the award of the late Mexican Claims Commission in the case of S. A. Be..."
"justice will be done in the case."
"I am entirely satisfied with the rejection of this claim by the Pension Bureau."
"I herewith return without approval House bill No. 6774, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Bruno Schultz.'"
"In this condition of this case I think this bill should not be approved."
"I am convinced that the Pension Bureau acted upon entirely satisfactory evidence when this claim was rejected upon the ground that the cause of death originated subsequent to the soldier's discharge."
"I return herewith without approval House bill No. 6117, entitled 'An act granting a pension to James D. Cotton.'"
"If such speculations and presumptions as this are to be indulged, we shall find ourselves surrounded and hedged in by the rule that all men entering an army were free from disease or the liability to ..."
"I think upon all the facts presented the Pension Bureau properly rejected this claim, because there was no record of the injury and no satisfactory evidence produced showing that it was incurred in se..."
"I return herewith without approval House bill No. 424, entitled 'An act to pension Giles C. Hawley.'"
"Although the deceased soldier held a high rank, I have no doubt his widow will receive ample justice through the instrumentality organized for the purpose of dispensing the nation's grateful acknowled..."
