Thomas v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Chauncey Thomas, is a lieutenant-commander in the United States Navy of more than twenty years’ service, having been appointed a midshipman September 25, 1867, and served continuously through the various grades, obtaining the rank March 3, 1899, as aforesaid.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Chauncey Thomas, is a lieutenant-commander in the United States Navy of more than twenty years’ service, having been appointed a midshipman September 25, 1867, and served continuously through the various grades, obtaining the rank March 3, 1899, as aforesaid. As such lieutenant-commander he has been in receipt of pay at the rate of f3,500 a year while on sea duty. II. July 7, 1899, while the claimant was on duty on the U. S. battle ship Oregon at Manila, P. I., the commander…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant, a lieutenant-commander in the United States Navy, of more than .twenty years’service, was, on July 7,1899, by order of the commander in chief of the naval forces of the Asiatic Station, detached from the U. S. battle ship Oregon and ordered to duty, as executive officer, as such in temporary command of the U. S. S. Monadnock, a vessel of the second rate, then serving in the Philippine waters.
The claimant, in compliance with the order aforesaid, reported for duty and assumed command of the Monadnock, July 11,1899, and continued in command thereof until relieved by Captain…
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