White v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. ' The case is stated in the opinion. The clause relied on in sec. 13, act of March 3, 1899, is the second clause of the third proviso, to the effect that all officers,. including warrant officers, who have been or may be appointed to the Navy from civil life, be credited for computing their pay, with'five years’ service.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. ' The case is stated in the opinion. The clause relied on in sec. 13, act of March 3, 1899, is the second clause of the third proviso, to the effect that all officers,. including warrant officers, who have been or may be appointed to the Navy from civil life, be credited for computing their pay, with'five years’ service. The natural meaning of the words is that the officer shall be treated as if he had been appointed five years before his actual appointment. For effects produced by length of service in the Navy, see Hawkins v. United States, 19 C. CL 618.’ As…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing the petition of the claimant. Upon hearing, that court made the following findings of fact, 37 C. Clms.. 365:
“ I. The claimant, Ulysses S. G. White, was on the 9th day of January, in the year 1877, appointed a civil engineer in the Navy from civil life. He remained such civil engineer' and was such at the time of the passage- of the Navy Personnel Act of March 3, 1899.
“ II. The claimant, by reason of service in the Army, amounting to six years, seven months and twenty-one. days, previous to his entry into the Navy, reached…
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