McGowan v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter^ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, an officer of the United States Navy, received the pay of a commander on sea duty, at $3,500 per annum, from December 15, 1896, to June 30,1897, less difference between sea and shore duty from December 23 to 31,1896 (nine days), while absent from his ship under orders of December 15, 1896. From July 1, 1897, to March 2, 1899, ho received the pay of a commander…
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The Reporter^ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, an officer of the United States Navy, received the pay of a commander on sea duty, at $3,500 per annum, from December 15, 1896, to June 30,1897, less difference between sea and shore duty from December 23 to 31,1896 (nine days), while absent from his ship under orders of December 15, 1896. From July 1, 1897, to March 2, 1899, ho received the pay of a commander on shore duty at the rate of $3,000, and from March 3, 1899, when ho became a captain, to June 29, 1899, he received…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
Tbe claimant, on the 4th of December, 1896, was a commander in the United States Navy, and on or about that date he received from the Secretary of the Navy the communication following, to wit:
“Navy Department,
“ Washington, December 1896.
“ Sir: On the 14th instant you will regard yourself detached from duty in the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.; will proceed to Newport, B,. I., and report to the commandant of the naval station at that place on December 15 for the command of the U. S. T. S. Constellation and the training station, as the relief of Commander Francis W.…
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