I am of the opinion that the evidence against the pension was quite satisfactory, and that it should not be restored, as...
The results of these examinations should, I think, control as against the statements of neighbors and comrades.
This pension should not be allowed.
he surely was not in the service nor in the performance of any military duty at the time of the injury
The fact that the claim of the beneficiary has never been presented to the pension Bureau influences in some degree my a...
The beneficiary named is the widow of Rowley S. McKay.
His disability from army service should be conceded and his death at some time and in some manner may well be presumed; ...
The question is whether we are prepared to adopt this principle and establish this precedent.
It is evident that he obtained a large sum as pension to which he must have known he was not entitled.
There does not appear to be any medical testimony to support the claim thus made by the widow.
It does not seem to me that the facts in this case, so far as they have been developed, justify the passage of this act.
It seems that this claim was not definitely passed upon.
I herewith return without approval House bill No. 1059, entitled 'An act to grant a pension to Joseph Romiser.'
It certainly appears from the report of the committee that the beneficiary named in this bill was not in the service of ...
There seems to be no such thing as commutation of forage in such cases.
I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 365, entitled 'An act for the relief of Martin L. Bundy.'
This claimant was mustered out as paymaster on the last-mentioned date, and in 1872 a certificate was issued that, his a...
It is hereby ordered that the several Executive Departments, the Department of Agriculture, and the Government Printing ...