ther requires that such death must be as a result of wounds,
or other injuries, or of a disease, suffered while
in line of duty by reason of a hazard to which he was
subjected as an incident of such military or naval service.
Assuming, therefore, that President Roosevelt did die,
while in active service as a member of the military or
naval forces, it would still be necessary to show that such
death was the result of injuries, or of a disease,
"suffered while in line of duty by reason of a hazard to
which he was subjected as an incident of such military or
naval service".
 
       It is a matter of historical fact that President Roosevelt
died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. The death
certificate issued by the Department of Health of the State
of Georgia, in which the primary cause of President
Roosevelt's death is certified as "cerebral hemorrhage".
Vice Admiral Ross T. Mc Intire in "White House Physician",
Pages 239, 242-243 states that both Dr. James Paullin of
Atlanta, Georgia, and Commander Howard G. Bruenn, who were
in attendance at the time of Mr. Roosevelt's death, were in
agreement that the cause of the death
was a "massive intracerebral hemorrhage". The Trustees
herein sought the opinion of Vice Admiral Mc Intire, as
Surgeon-General of the Navy, and officially assigned as the
Personal Physician to President Roosevelt, if it could be
fairly said that he died as a result of injuries or of a
disease suffered while in line of duty by reason of a
hazard to which he was subjected by reason of such military
or naval service. Under date of May 11, 1950, Dr. Mc Intire
rendered his opinion in a letter to the attorney for the
Trustees
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