11/01/1896
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"I can see no reason why such a distinction should exist."
"it seems to me it must be conceded that a conclusion that death was in any degree the result of wounds received in military service rests upon the most unsatisfactory conjecture."
"I herewith transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 2d ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents, in relation to the seal fisheries in Bering Sea."
"this Commission has the honor to recommend that the order of the President be amended"