Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It is perfectly apparent that this beneficiary was injured while acting as a deputy assistant provost-marshal, arresting deserters for the pay and rewards allowed him, and that his injuries were not a..."

"The Government is in no default and should be put to no expense in refunding the small sum recovered on account of the defalcation of its officer whose good conduct this beneficiary guaranteed."

"There seems to be an entire lack of testimony connecting in any reasonable way his death with any incident of his military service."

"It seems to me that the action of Congress in relieving these sureties was generous in the extreme."