I hereby return without approval House bill 576, entitled 'An act for the relief of Louisa C. Beezeley.'

I should be sorry to be a party to a scheme permitting him to profit by the death of his patriotic son.

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.

In this condition of this case I think this bill should not be approved.

I base my action upon the opinion, derived from an examination of the circumstances attending the death of the claimant's husband, that his fatal disease did not have its origin in his military service and was entirely disconnected…

I am entirely satisfied that all has been done in this case that the most liberal treatment demands.

I am of the opinion that the investigation there should be fully completed before special legislation is resorted to.

I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7931, entitled 'An act increasing the pension of Clark Boon.'

I am of the opinion that the matter should be determined by the Bureau to which it has properly been presented before special legislation should be invoked.

Although the deceased soldier held a high rank, I have no doubt his widow will receive ample justice through the instrumentality organized for the purpose of dispensing the nation's grateful acknowledgment of military service in its…

It is proposed by this bill to grant a pension to the person above named, who was discharged from the military service in December, 1864.

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