Unless the Government is to be held as an insurer against injuries suffered by anyone in the military service, no matter how incurred, and also as guarantor of the good and peaceable behavior toward each other of the soldiers at all times and under all circumstances, this is not a proper case for the allowance of a pension.
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all extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol
A departure from this rule, even in aid of cases of hardship, can not fail to establish precedents inviting the abandonment of reasonable and justifiable pension theories.
I indorse the recommendation of the Secretary of State that Congress authorize the printing of a special edition of 10,000 copies.
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