07/30/1886
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"I do not see how the same relief as is contained in this bill can be denied to the many thousand widows who in a similar situation are now on the pension rolls under general laws."
"This bill provides for the payment of a pension of $30 a month to the beneficiary named as the widow of Peter H. Allabach."
"He was not enlisted, and was in no manner in the military service of the United States."
"To the Senate of the United States: In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith the enrolled joint resolution (S. R. 116) authorizing the ..."