EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 17, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 4102, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Mary A. Carr."
The husband of this beneficiary served in the Army from November 5,
1863, to June 15, 1865. He made a claim for pension for injury to his
left ankle, caused by being thrown from a horse while in the service,
and some time after his death a pension was allowed upon his claim, at
the rate of $4 per month, commencing at the date of his discharge and
ending at the date of his death.
He died on the 16th day of March, 1877, of apoplexy, and his widow filed
a claim for pension on her own behalf in March, 1885, based upon the
allegation that the injury for which her husband was pensioned was the
cause of his death.
I can not upon the facts of this case arrive at a conclusion different
from the Pension Bureau, where it was determined that the death of the
soldier could not be accepted as having been caused by the injury to his
ankle.