Nothing appears which satisfactorily connects this injury, which was
received in November, 1864, with death from consumption in 1876.
Another difficulty in the case is found in the fact that when the
soldier was injured he was clearly not engaged in any military duty nor
was his injury in any degree attributable to military service.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 26, 1889_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill 11466, entitled "An act granting a
pension to Mary A. Selbach."
This bill does not give the name of any soldier to whom the beneficiary
was related or in what capacity the pension provided for is to be paid
to her, but it appears from the report of the committee accompanying the
bill that she is the widow of Gustavus Selbach, a volunteer in the Ninth
Regiment of Ohio Volunteers.
This soldier drew a pension from January, 1882, to January 16, 1886,
when he died. He claimed disability for disease of the ears and a
resulting deafness of his left ear. There appears to be no evidence in
his record of any disability or medical treatment while in the service,
and the medical examination upon his application for pension shows no
rating for any disability other than that alleged by him and for which
he was pensioned--disease of the ears and resulting deafness.
It is conceded that the soldier died January 16, 1886, of pneumonia.
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