02/02/1887
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"The rejection was clearly right, unless the Government is to be held as an insurer against every fatal casualty incurred by those who have served in the Army, without regard to the manner of its occur..."
"There is no doubt that justice will be done the claimant under the general law."
"He is totally unfit for the Invalid Corps or for any other military duty."
"It is perfectly clear that the only pretexts for giving this claimant a pension are military service, old age, and poverty."