I am entirely satisfied with the rejection of this claim by the Pension Bureau.
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 ...
I hereby return without approval House bill 576, entitled 'An act for the relief of Louisa C. Beezeley.'
I concur in the judgment of the Pension Bureau, which rejected the widow's claim for pension on the ground that 'the death of the soldier wa...
There has been much testimony taken in this case, and a great deal of it is exceedingly contradictory.
I base my action upon the opinion, derived from an examination of the circumstances attending the death of the claimant's husband, that his ...
I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7167, entitled 'An act for the relief of Mrs. Maria Hunter.'
I am entirely satisfied that all has been done in this case that the most liberal treatment demands.
I return herewith without approval House bill No. 424, entitled 'An act to pension Giles C. Hawley.'
justice will be done in the case.
The doubt in the case appears to relate to the dependence of the father upon his son at the time of his death.
It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the beneficiary named as the widow of Thomas Connelly.
I am of the opinion that the investigation there should be fully completed before special legislation is resorted to.
I am of the opinion that the matter should be determined by the Bureau to which it has properly been presented before special legislation sh...
I should be sorry to be a party to a scheme permitting him to profit by the death of his patriotic son.
There is absolutely no allegation of any incident of his service which it is claimed is at all related to his sickness and disability.
I return without approval House bill No. 7162, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Martha McIlwain.'
It is also impossible to connect the death with any incident of the soldier's military service.