I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 1726, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Augustus Field Stevens.'
I am not prepared either to gratuitously set at naught two determinations of the Pension Bureau...
His claim is not based upon any wound or injury, but he alleges that he contracted chronic diarrhea or dysentery while i...
This bill is not based upon substantial merits.
I hereby return without approval bill No. 1406.
It was so satisfactorily proven that the disease which indirectly caused the death of the claimant's husband was not con...
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 impairme...
The pension should not have been granted, and it was withdrawn.
The fact that fourteen years elapsed after he claimed to have been injured by a fall from a wagon before he discovered t...
I neither believe it to be a duty nor a kindness to the worthy citizens for whose benefit our scheme of pensions was pro...
It seems to me that a stronger case than this should be presented to justify the passage of a special act.
I herewith return without approval Senate bill No. 1290, entitled 'An act granting a pension to David W. Hamilton.'
There is not a particle of proof or a fact stated either in the committee's report or the records in the Pension Bureau,...
I find nothing in my examination of the facts connected with the case which impeaches the value of the surgeon's certifi...
I am convinced that the rejection of this claim by the Pension Bureau was correct, and think its action should not be re...
To the Senate of the United States: A bill which originated in the Senate, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Edward...
A wound from a shell causing the person injured to be 'disabled ever since' usually results in hospital or medical treat...
