Veto Message
05/18/1888
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His claim to a pension lacks merit.
The second enactment is of course entirely useless, and was evidently passed by mistake.
It must be conceded that upon the claimant's own showing he was not injured as an incident to military service.
I return without approval House bill No. 823, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Hannah C. De Wilt.'