Veto Message
07/15/1888
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an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol
Nothing appears which satisfactorily connects this injury, which was received in November, 1864, with death from consumption in 1876.
This increased disability appears plainly to be the result of the strain or injury to the knee, and in no way connected with the bite for wh...
Another difficulty in the case is found in the fact that when the soldier was injured he was clearly not engaged in any military duty nor wa...