05/11/1887
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"I am not prepared either to gratuitously set at naught two determinations of the Pension Bureau..."
"I return herewith without approval Senate bill No. 1726, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Augustus Field Stevens.'"
"His claim is not based upon any wound or injury, but he alleges that he contracted chronic diarrhea or dysentery while in the service."
"This bill is not based upon substantial merits."