Grover Cleveland

I return without approval House bill No. 6718, entitled 'An act granting a pension to William H. Starr.'

He never did a day's service so far as his name appears, and the muster-out roll of his company reports him as having deserted at Camp Cameron, Pa., November 14, 1861.

I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7298, entitled 'An act for the relief of Charles Schuler.'

I am convinced that the Pension Bureau acted upon entirely satisfactory evidence when this claim was rejected upon the ground that the cause of death originated subsequent to the soldier's discharge.

I return herewith without approval House bill No. 3205, entitled 'An act granting a pension to George W. Guyse.'

That she has employed an ingenious attorney or agent is demonstrated by the fact that the bill now before me seems to be based upon the theory that Mr. Probert might have recovered from his attack of yellow fever if he had been free from…

There is absolutely no allegation of any incident of his service which it is claimed is at all related to his sickness and disability.

I concur in the judgment of the Pension Bureau, which rejected the widow's claim for pension on the ground that 'the death of the soldier was not due to his military service.'

There has been much testimony taken in this case, and a great deal of it is exceedingly contradictory.

The doubt in the case appears to relate to the dependence of the father upon his son at the time of his death.

Justice will be done in the case.

I return herewith without approval House bill No. 424, entitled 'An act to pension Giles C. Hawley.'

It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the beneficiary named as the widow of Thomas Connelly.

I return without approval House bill No. 7162, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Martha McIlwain.'

It is also impossible to connect the death with any incident of the soldier's military service.

I adopt these as the reasons for my action in withholding my approval of this bill.

It is very clear to me that the Pension Bureau properly rejected the widow's claim for pension.

I hereby return without approval Senate bill No. 2005, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mary J. Nottage.'

I can see no pretext for allowing a pension in this case.

This claimant's application for pension is now pending in the Pension Bureau, and has been sent to a special examiner for the purpose of taking additional proof.

I am satisfied there is not a particle of merit in this claim.

I return without approval Senate bill No. 1288, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Robert Holsey.'

I am satisfied that this conclusion of the Pension Bureau was correct.

This I deem sufficient reason why the proposed bill should not now become a law.

I return herewith without approval House bill No. 7979, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Jackson Steward.'