I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State, with an accompanying paper, in relation to the distribution of the fund appropriat...
It was not possible for this Government to ask his surrender, but the Japanese Government of its own motion caused his delivery as a friendl...
I am not prepared either to gratuitously set at naught two determinations of the Pension Bureau...
I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 1726, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Augustus Field Stevens.'
His claim is not based upon any wound or injury, but he alleges that he contracted chronic diarrhea or dysentery while in the service.
This bill is not based upon substantial merits.
I am convinced that the difficulty alleged by this applicant had its origin in causes existing prior to his enlistment.
It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the claimant for the alleged loss of sight in one eye and the impairment of the vision of ...
The fact that fourteen years elapsed after he claimed to have been injured by a fall from a wagon before he discovered that enlargement of t...
It was so satisfactorily proven that the disease which indirectly caused the death of the claimant's husband was not contracted in the servi...
I hereby return without approval bill No. 1406.
The pension should not have been granted, and it was withdrawn.
I herewith return without approval Senate bill No. 1290, entitled 'An act granting a pension to David W. Hamilton.'
I neither believe it to be a duty nor a kindness to the worthy citizens for whose benefit our scheme of pensions was provided to permit the ...
It seems to me that a stronger case than this should be presented to justify the passage of a special act.
I find nothing in my examination of the facts connected with the case which impeaches the value of the surgeon's certificate upon which the ...
A wound from a shell causing the person injured to be 'disabled ever since' usually results in hospital or medical treatment.
If any money is to be given this man from the public Treasury, it should not be done under the guise of a pension.
