Veto Message
06/17/1888
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But it seems to me the case presented here can not be reached by any theory of pensions which has yet been suggested.
I do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date of this my proclamation shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the ...
I am entirely satisfied that this determination was correct.
it is thus far our settled and avowed policy to grant pensions only to widows whose husbands have died from causes related to military servi...