That she has employed an ingenious attorney or agent is demonstrated by the fact that the bill now before me seems to be based upon the theory that Mr. Probert might have recovered from his attack of yellow fever if he had been free from…

The doubt in the case appears to relate to the dependence of the father upon his son at the time of his death.

In this condition of this case I think this bill should not be approved.

I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7298, entitled 'An act for the relief of Charles Schuler.'

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 disease before their enlistment.

justice will be done in the case.

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 service and in line of duty, 'all sources…

It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the beneficiary named as the widow of Thomas Connelly.

I return without approval House bill No. 7162, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Martha McIlwain.'

This man was mustered into the service October 26, 1861.

It is also impossible to connect the death with any incident of the soldier's military service.

I return herewith without approval House bill No. 424, entitled 'An act to pension Giles C. Hawley.'

I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2005, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mary J. Nottage.'

I am satisfied there is not a particle of merit in this claim.

I am of the opinion that a correct conclusion was reached when the application for pension in this case was denied by the Pension Bureau.

This claimant's application for pension is now pending in the Pension Bureau, and has been sent to a special examiner for the purpose of taking additional proof.

I suppose that every army ailment does not necessarily result in death or disability.

No facts are presented to me which entitle it to charitable consideration.