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Grover Cleveland: Although there are cases in which it seems not improper that pensions should be granted for injuries sustained during…

On the recordAugust 31, 1888
Although there are cases in which it seems not improper that pensions should be granted for injuries sustained during furlough and before actual return to duty, this does not appear to me to be one of them.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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