When with this it is considered that eighteen years elapsed between the date of the alleged injury and the soldier's application for pension...
The evidence thus secured seemed to establish the fact that the claimant's eyes were sore for many years before enlistment.
It must be conceded that upon the claimant's own showing he was not injured as an incident to military service.
I return without approval House bill No. 4633, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Morris T. Mantor.'
It is hardly possible that an injury of this kind, producing the consequences which it is alleged followed its infliction, could have been s...
His claim to a pension lacks merit.
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.
The temptation is very strong to yield assent to the proposition for the relief of a citizen from liability to the Government arising from c...
The negligence made apparent in this case should be overlooked.
I am thoroughly convinced that the interests of the public would be better protected if fewer private bills were passed relieving officials,...
I transmit a report from that officer, together with the correspondence called for by the resolution.
the proposed legislation would, in my opinion, result in a discrimination in favor of this claimant unfair and unjust toward thousands of po...
The claimant certainly was not dependent in the least degree upon the soldier at the time of his death.
But it seems to me the case presented here can not be reached by any theory of pensions which has yet been suggested.
it is thus far our settled and avowed policy to grant pensions only to widows whose husbands have died from causes related to military servi...
I believe that in proper cases a relaxation of rules and a charitable liberality should be shown to parents old and in absolute need through...
I am constrained to disapprove the bill under consideration.
