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Grover Cleveland: The proof of disability, such as it is, is as consistent with its incurrence during desertion as it is with the theory…

On the recordJanuary 15, 1889
The proof of disability, such as it is, is as consistent with its incurrence during desertion as it is with the theory that the beneficiary suffered, therefrom as the result of honorable military service.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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