Shacklette v. United States

For his heroic conduct in the disaster which overtook the U. S. S. Bennington on July 21, 1905, plaintiff was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and cited for bravery in General Orders No. 13 of January 13, 1906. His health was so seriously impaired by these injuries that he was found physically unqualified for reenlistment upon the expiration of his term of enlistment on October 23, 1906, and on that date he was honorably discharged from the Navy as a hospital steward.

April 3, 1908, the President approved a special act of Congress, 35 Stat. 58, placing plaintiff upon the retired list…