EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 22, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 8174, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Ellen Sexton."
The husband of the beneficiary served in the Union Volunteer Army from
October, 1862, to June, 1864, having been during the last seven months
of his service in the Veteran Reserve Corps. He was discharged for a
disability which, to say the least of it, certainly had no relation to
his military service, unless the Government is to be held responsible
for injury arising from vicious indulgence.
He died in the city of Cork, Ireland, May 29, 1875, of consumption,
certified by the health authorities there to have been of seven years'
duration.