New-York tribune., 1886-05-25
PENSION BILLS VETOED.
FOUR NAMES SENT BACK TO TIE SENATE.
THE PRESIDENT GIVES Ms REAscNs FOR WIFI
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WASHINGTON. May 2i.-Whilc the Senate
vas considering private rension bills this AFTERNOON
fr messages received from tho President 'et"in'
penson bills M sscd last week. one OF the vetoed DIS
granted u pension Louis Mctcber for disability caueel
by alterations OF his legs Tho Pension once rejected
the application for pen ion the ground thaf az tho
time OF tie applicants discharge, after only thfe"
nor,hs service tho surgeon certified that the ulcers
sxist.d hc fore enlistment. The Senate committee sug-
gestcc that the surgeons skill may have been NJ 'ale
when he declared that the ulcers eXetet before on
ustmcni The President thinks that there was evidence
in the case to show beyond doubt that the wounu
existed before enlistment. and that at any rate the
claimants three months servre IA not suhceny long
to have developed aud healed imperiecty ulcers OF
the kind mentioned.
Another vetoed bill granted arensi0n to Dudley H.
Erancb This had also been rejected by the PENSION
Office Tho claimant based his application upon MS
having been inured In falling over fence in June
1862 while In the limo Of duty. His application iOr
pension was ncd thirteen and half years aiterward on
bc cronna that the fall resulted In hernia. The fresl-
dent calls attention 10 the fact that the beneficiary
named In the bill was in two hospitals IN loo3 ana tna'
there is nothing in the history Of the hospital treatment
furnishing any proof OF the injury upon when the cla
Is row based.
4 th,rd vetoed iii granted n pension to James c.
Chandler who enlisted IN August, 1851, ana was ais
charged in June s62 account OF disability arising
from chronic bronchitis. The AZ pcant enlisted u
second time in January. lsGi scventecn months ater
his first discharge OF this disability lie
onpied for pension IN May, 1862 on the ground mat
me was ruI By and injured In the ankle IN
Ann, 1867 That application Was Ieltctsd ny tho
Pension Bureau. Another WAS aiterw'id nlcu clmHlh.
a disability resulting from rheumatism AMI disease OF
fine pack III region OF the kidneys That aplcatl IN
VA. rejected. The President calls attention 10 te
fact that the sI licaut now gets peusoh lr"ui on
gross on the allegation OF disability OF AN en.lrev
Inherent character, aud that alter lie lncurreh the
disability which the pension WAS granted III tho p ne
ras.el an examination and reenlisted ahI serFed
until finally u-tefed ont at the close Oi the War.
The fourth bill vriOrd granite Wn'lon 10 DWARF
Avrrs, who mustered out In December. IStJ. he
al fo pension the ground thdt ne Was lhurrI
In tue p nj the battle oi Days Gan, Aprll 30 lSb5
The application rejected by the Pension bureal
bee ,u-r 10 proved That the claimant was luurrl ny
"A fall Yhen boy ANA that tho iJury spoken OF existed
prior 10 enlistment The President says there not
pnrlclr of proof mat the applicant was over IN the
hospital under medical treatment ami calls httti o
10 the TACT tn" claimant served tw" years ana csht
months afcr tn" alleged injury. . =.
At the umc thr-e Nctoe, were received III the 0cI''
had lust pren Ill clssih which had been rejected ny
the office, and Mr COckcH remarked thdt the chh q,
division Iu that Office. hal REJECTED 40 l.ilh am
well proven "a case. ouSht To br dl>ch ir,ei rom te
service OF the United states. Senators hoar. ha"iey
ant arkrd that brcanse case " - fJro y"
the Pension Furcau 40 indication that Claimant
was not entitled to pension.