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JAMES MCINTIRE.

[To accompany bill H. R. No. 624.]

JANUARY 5, 1855.

Mr. HENDRICKS, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the

following REPORT.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James McIntire, of the county of Franklin and State of Virginia, report:

That the said petitioner alleges that he served in the 5th regiment United States infantry, from the 4th day of May, 1812, until the 27th of October, 1814, at which time he was honorably discharged on account of severe rupture, which rupture, he says, was caused by the heavy service required of him in the line of his duty; that he was thereby permanently disabled; and that he is now disabled from maintaining himself by labor. The declaration of the petitioner, setting forth these facts, is made under oath. The committee find the service of the petitioner established by the rolls of his company; and that, on the 24th of October, 1814, before the expiration of his term of service, he was honorably discharged "on account of rupture." William Wingfield, who entered the service at the same time and in the same company with the petitioner, and served in the same company until June, 1814, testifies "that the petitioner was an able-bodied man, active and very stout, and willing to do any duty imposed upon him, and if extra duty was to be performed he was generally selected; and that, when he left the army in June, 1814, the petitioner remained, and that the petitioner was not then ruptured; that he served in the same company with petitioner, and frequently bathed with him, and would have known if he were so injured; and that he is certain he was not injured when the deponent left the army." The petitioner having been sound and active in June, and in October, 1814, having been discharged, as the rolls show, "on account of rupture," the committee believe that between those months the petitioner received the injury, whilst in the service. It appears that he was a superior soldier; and the committee do not doubt that the injury was received whilst he was in the line of his duty. Two physicians, of high standing in their profession, testify that the rupture is of long standing and produces total disability. The committee report a bill for the relief of the pe

titioner.

2d Session.

No. 17.

SOLOMON LAFOLLETT.

[To accompany bill H. R. No. 625.]

JANUARY 5, 1855.

Mr. HENDRICKS, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the fol

lowing REPORT.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Solomon Lafollett, have had the same under consideration, and report:

That they find the petitioner is in the monthly receipt of the sum of eight dollars per month, for a wound received at the battle of Buena Vista, in the service of his country. By his petition, filed on the 21st day of March, 1854, and the proof accompanying the same, they are satisfied that the petitioner is now totally blind, in consequence of the wound received as aforesaid; and the committee, therefore, recommend that he be placed on the pension rolls at sixteen dollars per month.

2d Session.

No. 18.

ELIZABETH FOREMAN.

[To accompany bill H. R. No. 626.]

JANUARY 5, 1855.

Mr. HENDRICKS, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made the

following

REPORT.

The Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the application of Elizabeth Foreman, of the State of Maryland, have had the same under consideration, and report:

That said petitioner is the widow of Elijah Foreman, deceased; that said Elijah Foreman was a member of the troop of Maryland chasseurs, and was in the battle of North Point, fought on the 12th day of September, 1814, and in the retreat was thrown from his horse, and was greatly injured by the fall, and from the horses of the troop passing over him; that he remained constantly in a suffering condition until the 19th day of February, 1815, when he died of the injuries received as aforesaid. The committee, therefore, report a bill for the relief of the petitioner.

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