| SENATE 50TH
CONGRESS, 2nd Session IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 31, 1889 – Ordered to be printed. Mr Turpie, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following REPORT (To accompany bill H. R. 8406) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the
bill (H. R. 8406) granting a pension to Cara Curtis,
have examined the same and report that they have had the same under
consideration, and from the facts stated in the House report, which is
herewith adopted, they believe the same to be a meritorious measure and
recommend the passage of the bill. HOUSE REPORT The Committee
on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8406) granting
a pension to Cara Curtis, having had the same under consideration
respectfully report: The beneficiary of this bill is the only remaining
daughter of General Samuel R Curtis, a colonel in the Mexican war and
major-general in our Army during the late civil war. By act of Congress approved June 16, 1880, a
pension of $50 per month was granted to Mrs. Belinda Curtis, the widow
of said Major-General Samuel R Curtis, during her life. In the report submitted by Mr Hazelton, of
Wisconsin, in the Forty-sixth Congress, second session (H.R. 510), upon
the bill granting a pension to Mrs. Curtis, it is stated that: Maj. Gen. Samuel R Curtis, United States
Volunteers, was educated at West Point; served for two years as second
lieutenant in the Seventh United States Infantry; entered the Mexican
war and served faithfully during the same; entered the Army at the
beginning of the late war of the rebellion, he being at the time a
Representative in Congress, as the colonel of the First Iowa Regiment;
was subsequently promoted brigadier-general, and then advanced to the
rank he held at the time of his leaving the service, which occurred
September, 1866. On the 26th of December of that year he died, the
death cause being disease contracted during his service by exposure and
hardship attendant thereon. The report also states "that a son of the
petitioner, Maj. H Z Curtis, A. A. G., died during the war from wounds
received in conflict with Quantrell's band in Missouri." Mrs. Belinda Curtis, the widow of General Samuel R
Curtis, died in the city of Washington recently - during the winter of
1888 - and her only surviving daughter, the proposed beneficiary of
House bill 8406, it is believed, would be the proper recipient of the
pension which was granted to the mother. The daughter is in
such dependent circumstances as to commend her case to favorable
consideration. Therefore, considering the meritorious nature of
the case, and the numerous precedents established, the committee
recommend the passage of House bill 8406. S. REP. 1-16 |