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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1888

Page

11

Pension vetoes reveal limits of civil war veterans relief

A long government review details vetoed pension bills from 1886 to 1887. It recounts veterans denied relief due to lack of service connection or fraud, noting cases of unproven injuries, desertion, and disputed deaths, with President Cleveland emphasizing adherence to general laws and cautions against special legislative gratuities.

Joseph Romiser Frank Mason Cumberland House Senate James Carroll Third North Carolina Mounted Volunteers George H. Perkins Carroll Perkins Carrell Lewis W. Scanland Illinois Volunteers Board of Maria Cunningham Mary Karstettar Pension Bureau Fannie E. Evans Congress George Evans Sallie Ann Bradley Catherine McCarty McCarty William H. Weaver Mary J. Hageman Jeanette Dow Duncan Forbes Ann Kinney Abraham Points George W. Cutler Pension Office Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers Susan Hawes Jeremiah Hawes Buffalo Ohio Aurelia C. Richardson Robert K. Bennett Abraham P. Griges Culbert Stone Committee of the House War Department Julius Sattler United States City of New York North River West Thirteenth Street John Reed John D. Fincher Board of Surgeons Lorin Burritt Burritt Thomas Hamilton Sarah Hamilton Thomas Shannon Rio Grande Texas Theresa Herbst John Herbst Foraker Herbst Gettysburg Stoneman Bridget Foley P. A. Leatherbury Secretary of the Treasury Lucy Roberts Leatherbury Thomas Eliza Smith Union City Ind Stephen A. Seavey Maine Sarah A. Carson Committee House of Representatives George W. Pitner Rachael Barnes Barnes Cpee

Early Vetoes Of This Year And Pension Debates

President vetoes numerous veteran pension bills from 1888, citing lack of service connection. Cases include deaths by self harm, chronic diarrhea, dropsy, epilepsy, and other ailments. Multiple claimants and widows are denied despite long post service gaps, with detailed reviews of medical evidence and prewar conditions.

Charles H. Wright Hannah R. Langdon Pension Bureau Betsey Mansfield Franklin J. Mansfield Wisconsin Morris T. Mantor William P. Witt Congress William H. Brimmer Brimmer Philip Quiggle Chloe Quiggle Chattanooga William Sackman Fredericktown Commissioner of Pensions Sackman Oscir B. Mills Emily G. Mills Georgia A. Stricklett William Jennings Nancy F. Jennings Theorasa M. Pratt Benjamin M. Pratt Sarah E. McCaleb Antipas Taber Cuba Sally A. Randall Royal J. Hiar Hiar Ellen Shea Meshes Shea Michael Colorado Chicago I Su Ose Woodstock Col Cyrenius G. Struyker Washington William H. Heslir House Anna Mertz Charles A. Mertz Elisha Griswold Senate Committee On Pensions San Antonio Tex Johanna Loessinger Stephen Schiedel Dollie Blazer David M. Smith Virtue Smith Auditor’s Office Treasury Department Virtue Pbjeciag Elizabeth Burr William Burr Mary F. Harkins Ellen Sexton

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