04/29/1886
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"This bill does not give the name of the intended beneficiary."
"I fail to find in it reasonably satisfactory proof that the disabilities upon which he now bases his claim for a pension were incurred in the military service."
"I return without approval Senate bill No. 1762, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Benjamin A. Burtram.'"
"The propriety and expediency of this appropriation should be left to legislative discretion."