"I hereby return without approval House bill No. 7167, entitled 'An act for the relief of Mrs. Maria Hunter.'"
"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 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."
"There is absolutely no allegation of any incident of his service which it is claimed is at all related to his sickness and disability."
"The doubt in the case appears to relate to the dependence of the father upon his son at the time of his death."
"I return herewith without approval House bill No. 424, entitled 'An act to pension Giles C. Hawley.'"
"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."
"justice will be done in the case."
"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.'"