Congressional edition Volume . 2812

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ... granting a pension to Freeman Bnell, having examined and considered the same, report the same back to the House, with a recommendation that it do pass. This claim was rejected by the Pension department on the ground of no record of alleged injury in service and of claimant's inability to prove that the same was incurred in the service in line of duty. We have made a very thorough examination of the evidence, facts, and circumstances of the case, and it is somewhat complicated and not entirely free from doubt; but we believe that a fair consideration of the evidence shows that the claimant was injured as claimed in service and in the line of duty, and that he has been a permanent sufferer ever since. The claim is that the soldier was injured at Little Rock, Ark., in lifting a feed-trough, and that it affected his back and kidneys in such a way that the trouble has increased, and so that it has permanently disabled him and to such an extent that he is and has been practically, or very largely, unfit for manual labor since. His own testimony, in his declaration and in his affidavit tiled since, and in his testimony taken before the special examiner, are full and complete, not only as to the injury, but as to its effect ever since, and this is supported by the testimony of Phillip H. Francis, who is shown by the special examiner to be an entirely trustworthy and reliable witness, who states that while at Little Rock in 1864 a detail was ordered out, for which Buell was one, but that Buell was injured in the back while preparing his horse, and so badly that he had to be relieved, and that he, Francis, was detailed to go in his place. He says the matter is clear in his mind, and that he recollects the circumstances well. As a starting-point, and as showing the o...