EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 23, 1886_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I herewith return without approval House bill No. 6266, entitled "An act
granting a pension to Philip Arner."
It is conceded in the application for a pension made by this claimant
that he was perfectly well prior to his enlistment, during his service,
and for a year thereafter. He was discharged in July, 1864, and the
proof is that he was taken seriously ill in the fall of 1865, since
which time he has been troubled with lung difficulty.
He filed his application for pension in 1883. This was rejected on the
ground that the sickness which produced his disability having occurred
more than a year after his discharge from the Army, it can not be
accepted as a result of his military service.
There is absolutely no allegation of any incident of his service which
it is claimed is at all related to his sickness and disability.