8-17-1886: President Grover Cleveland Pocket Veto, "What kind of arms this boy 12 years of age armed himself with is not stated, and it is quite evident that his military service could not have amounted to much more than the indulgence of a boyish freak”

President Grover Cleveland Pocket Veto, “a lad 12 years of age, purchased a uniform and armed himself . . . What kind of arms this boy 12 years of age armed himself with is not stated, and it is quite evident that his military service could not have amounted to much more than the indulgence of a boyish freak”, Aug. 17, 1886