| SENATE 49TH
CONGRESS, 1st Session IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 1886 – Ordered to be printed. Mr Sawyer, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following REPORT (To accompany bill S. 2113) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2113) granting a pension to Mrs Sarah Young, have examined the same, and report: This bill is for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Young, of Iowa, who rendered valuable service during the civil war as Army nurse. Its passage is asked in numerously signed petitions, representing the Grand Army organizations, and in a petition signed by hundreds of citizens of the State; and the legislature of Iowa passed a joint resolution appealing to Congress for aid in her behalf. It appears that the devotion of this woman was such as to rank her with the women who have distinguished themselves by extraordinary sacrifices to relieve suffering in the hospitals and on the field of battle. This lady was furnished by the Secretary of War with passes to all points, so that she had unrestricted freedom to visit the sick and wounded, wherever they might be, and it is related of her that she constantly carried with her stores of supplies for their relief and comfort. In view of the fact that there are precedents for extending benefits of this kind, and that she is aged and indigent, the bill is reported favorably, with a recommendation that it do pass. |