EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 23, 1887_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I herewith return without approval House bill No 7327, entitled "An act
granting a pension to Anthony McRobertson."
The beneficiary named in this bill was badly wounded in a battle which
occurred about the 17th day of November, 1863.
He applied for pension in 1874, and the same was granted in November,
1886, to date from the time of his disability, November 17, 1863.
He is now receiving the highest rate allowed under the general law for
cases such as his, and he would be entitled to no more under the special
act.
It could not, therefore, by any possibility be of the least benefit to
him, but, on the other hand, might jeopardize his advantages already
gained.