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On the recordFebruary 22, 1889
I think the adoption of the principle that the Government is an insurer against accidents under any circumstances befalling those enlisted in its military service when visiting at home is an unwarrantable stretch of pension legislation.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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