This man ought not to be pensioned.

The widow's claim seems to have been properly rejected by the Pension Bureau on the ground that the soldier's death was not due to his military service.

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.

There is no doubt that his disability existed to quite an extent at least before his enlistment.

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

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

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

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.

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…

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.'

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.