DECISIONS

OF

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

IN

CASES RELATING TO PENSION CLAIMS,

AND THE

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING
AND GOVERNING PENSIONS.

1826/87

VOL. I.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1887.

PREFACE.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., January 31, 1888.

This volume of Decisions, based upon pension claims that have come before the Secretary of the Interior on appeal from the adverse action of the Commissioner of Pensions, is prepared with a view to establish. ing a line of consistent precedents in departmental rulings appertaining to the several classifications of pension claims, and, also, to defining, by careful application, the various statutory provisions relating to such claims. It is believed that the volume will possess a perpetual value alike to claimants, to attorneys, and to the Department for future refer ence and guidance.

In conjunction with the Decisions, the pension laws now in force are presented in this volume, accompanied by a suitable index, for the convenience of all persons who may be interested in the investigation or in the consideration of the enactments of Congress that are applicable now to pension claims.

DAVID L. HAWKINS,

Assistant Secretary.

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