EXECUTIVE MANSION, _July 17, 1888_.
_To the Senate_:
I return without approval Senate bill No. 1613, entitled "An act
granting an increase of pension to John F. Ballier."
This pensioner is now receiving the full amount of pension allowed for
total disability to ex-soldiers of his rank.
Inasmuch as the bill herewith returned limits any increase to the rate
fixed by law for cases of total disability, it appears to accomplish
nothing of benefit to the beneficiary therein named.