EXECUTIVE MANSION,

_July 2, 1862_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I herewith return to your honorable body, in which it originated, an act

entitled "An act to provide for additional medical officers of the

volunteer service," without my approval.

My reason for so doing is that I have approved an act of the same title

passed by Congress after the passage of the one first mentioned for the

express purpose of correcting errors in and superseding the same, as I

am informed.

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