I can not believe upon the facts presented that an injury of the character alleged could have been sustained in the service and still permitted the performance of all the duties of wagon master for months thereafter, remaining undeveloped for so many years, and that there should now be such a lack of testimony connecting it with any incident of military service.
Grover Cleveland: “I can not believe upon the facts presented that an injury of the character alleged could have been sustained in the…”
On the recordApril 23, 1888
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