Grover Cleveland actually said...

"A soldier with such a record should not be pensioned."

"To hold that a man engaged on a vessel transporting recruits to a rendezvous should be allowed the same advantages as those actually engaged in military operations is establishing a bad precedent."

"It seemed to me at that time that the soldier's death could not be held to be the result of his wound or any other cause chargeable to his military service."

"The records do not show that he suffered from any disability during his term of service."