This claimant was mustered out as paymaster on the last-mentioned date, and in 1872 a certificate was issued that, his accounts having been adjusted, they exhibited no indebtedness on his part to the United States.

There seems to be no such thing as commutation of forage in such cases.

It is quite apparent that the claim is not valid.

I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 365, entitled 'An act for the relief of Martin L. Bundy.'

It seems to me that it by no means follows that those intrusted with the people's business and the expenditure of the people's money are justified in so executing the pension laws as that they shall furnish a means of relief in every case…

I am utterly unable to discover any relation between this accident and the military service.

I never thought of trying getting a pension until my old comrades urged me to do so.

I recommend that legislation in this sense be adopted.

I therefore suggest that a second provision to the law accepting her be made giving authority to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the question of title.

I transmit herewith a communication, with an accompanying paper, from the Secretary of State, in relation to the distribution of the award of the late Mexican Claims Commission in the case of S. A. Belden & Co. against the Republic of…

I am of the opinion that the matter should be determined by the Bureau to which it has properly been presented before special legislation should be invoked.

This man ought not to be pensioned.

He never did a day's service so far as his name appears, and the muster-out roll of his company reports him as having deserted at Camp Cameron, Pa., November 14, 1861.

I am entirely satisfied that all has been done in this case that the most liberal treatment demands.

I base my action upon the opinion, derived from an examination of the circumstances attending the death of the claimant's husband, that his fatal disease did not have its origin in his military service and was entirely disconnected…

I am of the opinion that the investigation there should be fully completed before special legislation is resorted to.

I am convinced that the Pension Bureau acted upon entirely satisfactory evidence when this claim was rejected upon the ground that the cause of death originated subsequent to the soldier's discharge.

Although the deceased soldier held a high rank, I have no doubt his widow will receive ample justice through the instrumentality organized for the purpose of dispensing the nation's grateful acknowledgment of military service in its…