Stevens 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 entered the naval service as an assistant paymaster, with the rank of ensign, July 5, 1899. He was appointed an assistant paymaster with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, July 1, 1902. He was promoted to paymaster with the rank of lieutenant March 3-, 1903, and was continuously in the naval service in that office and -rank until after September 30, 1903.…
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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 entered the naval service as an assistant paymaster, with the rank of ensign, July 5, 1899. He was appointed an assistant paymaster with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, July 1, 1902. He was promoted to paymaster with the rank of lieutenant March 3-, 1903, and was continuously in the naval service in that office and -rank until after September 30, 1903. II. During the entire period from July 30, 1899, to July 30, 1903, the claimant was paid the unmounted pay of an…
1Opinion of the CourtAthinson, J.
The petition before us is based upon section 1261, Devised Statutes, which fixes the pay of officers of the Army, mounted and not mounted; section 1466, which fixes the relative rank between officers of the Army and the Navy; section 21 of the act of February 2, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 754), which designates what officers shall constitute the Pay Department of the Army, in which the lowest rank in that deportment is fixed as captain, mounted; and the act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. L., 1007).
The claimant, in the several grades held by him in the United States Navy, as set forth in finding i, has…
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