7717, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Mrs. Catharine Reed."
The husband of this beneficiary served in the Army from July 25, 1862,
to October 16, 1862, when he was discharged for disease of the lungs.
He was pensioned for hernia and disease of the lungs.
On the 23d day of November, 1880, while working in a sawmill, a piece of
board was thrown from a buzz saw and struck him in the groin, causing a
wound from which he died two days afterwards.
It is impossible to connect this injury and the resulting death with the
disability for which he was pensioned.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _September 7, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 4855, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Jacob Newhard."
The records show that this beneficiary was mustered into the service
August 20, 1862, as a lieutenant; that on the return for November, 1862,
he is reported as "absent without leave--left hospital at Louisville."
He was treated for hemorrhoids in the hospital at Nashville from
December 12 to December 23, 1862, when, having served a few days more
than four months, he tendered his resignation upon the ground of
disability and procured the following surgeon's certificate, upon which
his resignation was based:
Lieutenant Jacob Newhard having applied for a certificate upon which to
ground a resignation, I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined
this officer and find him suffering from hemorrhoids, * * * and in
consequence thereof is, in my opinion, unfit for duty.
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