Veto Message
02/23/1887
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No feature of our pension laws is so satisfactory and just as a fair allowance to the widows of our soldiers who have di...
It is ordered,That the officers and employees in or under this office included within the provisions of the civil-servic...
There is a further objection to granting this pension.
A departure from this rule, even in aid of cases of hardship, can not fail to establish precedents inviting the abandonm...