Day v. United States

Plaintiff sues to recover the difference in the travel allowance paid to him by the Navy at the rate of five cents per mile as an enlisted man and mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile payable to officers for the travel performed from San Francisco, California, to Norfolk, Virginia, in connection with the termination of his temporary appointment as an officer, his transfer to the Fleet Keserve, and his relief from active duty. During World War II plaintiff, an enlisted man with the permanent rating of Chief Electrician Mate, had received a temporary appointment as an officer in the Navy…