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.

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.

This man ought not to be pensioned.

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

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

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

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

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

To depart from all rules regulating the granting of pensions by such an enactment as is proposed would establish a precedent which could not fail to cause embarrassment and perplexity.

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

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 suppose that every army ailment does not necessarily result in death or disability.