I am utterly unable to discover any relation between this accident and the military service.

It seems to me that it by no means follows that those intrusted with the people's business and the expenditure of the people's money are justified in so executing the pension laws as that they shall furnish a means of relief in every case…

I never thought of trying getting a pension until my old comrades urged me to do so.

I therefore suggest that a second provision to the law accepting her be made giving authority to the Court of Claims to hear and determine the question of title.

I recommend that legislation in this sense be adopted.

I transmit herewith a communication, with an accompanying paper, from the Secretary of State, in relation to the distribution of the award of the late Mexican Claims Commission in the case of S. A. Belden & Co. against the Republic of…

If such speculations and presumptions as this are to be indulged, we shall find ourselves surrounded and hedged in by the rule that all men entering an army were free from disease or the liability to disease before their enlistment.

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

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

This man was mustered into the service October 26, 1861.

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

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