Special Message
03/24/1886
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It seems to me that a stronger case than this should be presented to justify the passage of a special act.
A wound from a shell causing the person injured to be 'disabled ever since' usually results in hospital or medical treatment.
I am convinced that the rejection of this claim by the Pension Bureau was correct, and think its action should not be reversed.
To the Senate of the United States: A bill which originated in the Senate, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Edward Ayers,' and numbere...