| SENATE 38TH
CONGRESS, 1st Session IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 1864 – Ordered to be printed. Mr Foster submitted the following REPORT The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Black Hawk county, Iowa, praying that Captain Frederick S Washburn, of company G, ninth regiment Iowa volunteers, may be allowed the pay and rank of a colonel from the first day of May, 1863, to the 16th day of June, 1863, and his widow the pension of a colonel's widow from the time of his death, beg leave to report: That is appears that Captain Washburn was in command of the said regiment from the first to the 22d of May, 1863, when he was mortally wounded in the charge on the eneby's works at Vicksburg. He was the senior captain of the regiment, and commanded in the absence of the field officers. Very many of the officers of our army discharge the duties of a rank higher than that of their commissions; but the committee are unwilling, in view of the vast burdens and expenses at present imposed upon the country, to recommend any increase of pay to those who temporarily discharge such duties. They therefore recommend that the prayer of the petition be not granted. |