Grover Cleveland actually said...

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...

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...

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol

This, upon all the facts, does not appear to be a proper case for allowing a pension for an injury suffered in the line of military duty.