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On the recordJanuary 15, 1889
I can not avoid the conviction upon the facts presented that whatever disability has existed since the discharge of the beneficiary arose from causes which were present before enlistment, and that the same is not chargeable to his military service.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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