I return without approval House bill No. 9183, entitled 'An act granting a pension to William P. Riddle.'

Whatever may be said of the incurrence of sunstroke in the Army, I find no proof that at the time he fell he was afflicted with vertigo.

I am of the opinion that a case is not presented in any of its aspects justifying a pension.

The allegation or the presumption that it caused his fatal fall, it seems to me, is entirely unwarranted.

While it is the rule under general laws that two pensions shall not be paid to the same person, ... it may result that under the peculiar wording of this bill she would be entitled to both pensions.

This is certainly the correct course to be pursued in this case, in view of the failure to state in the special bill the regiment and company to which the soldier belonged at the time of the incurrence of disability.

I return without approval House bill No. 8574, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Sallie T. Ward, widow of the late W. T. Ward.'

I return without approval House bill No. 2233, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Bernard Carlin.'

If this bill becomes a law, I am unable to see why, in fairness and justice, the widow of any officer of the grade of General Ward should not be allowed $50 a month.

I can find no principle or plausible pretext in this case which would not lead to granting a pension in any case of alleged disability arising from military service followed by suicide.

I return without approval House bill No. 3521, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Manuel Garcia.'

It seems to me it would establish a very bad precedent to allow a pension upon the facts developed in this case.

I return without approval House bill No. 8761, entitled 'An act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Butterfield.'

No claim is made in any quarter that he incurred the least disability during this service.

This evidence ought not to be difficult to obtain.

Her advanced age and the honorable service of her son would make the allowance of a pension in her case, upon any fair and plausible justification, very gratifying.

I return herewith the enrolled bill (S. 3303) amendatory of 'An act relating to postal crimes and amendatory of the statutes therein mentioned.'

The expediency of granting any right to the occupancy of this land is, in my opinion, very doubtful.