04/05/1886
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"When with this it is considered that eighteen years elapsed between the date of the alleged injury and the soldier's application for pension, I am satisfied that no injustice will be done if the dispo..."
"The evidence thus secured seemed to establish the fact that the claimant's eyes were sore for many years before enlistment."
"It is hardly possible that an injury of this kind, producing the consequences which it is alleged followed its infliction, could have been sustained by this soldier and not in the least interrupted th..."
"I return without approval House bill No. 4633, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Morris T. Mantor.'"