Ross v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of tlie case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant herein, Cecil D. Ross, enlisted April 25, 1900, as an Infantry private in the United States Army; subsequently he was transferred to the Hospital Corps as a private, and was discharged from the service April 24, 1903, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of tlie case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant herein, Cecil D. Ross, enlisted April 25, 1900, as an Infantry private in the United States Army; subsequently he was transferred to the Hospital Corps as a private, and was discharged from the service April 24, 1903, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment. II. The claimant was transferred to the Hospital Corps August 28, 1900, and was stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., from September 8,1900, to October 2,1900. From there he was transferred to Fort…
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, Judge
The claimant, Cecil D. Eoss, enlisted as a private in the Infantry service and was transferred as a private to the Hospital Corps of the Army. He was assigned to the general hospital, at the Presidio, San Francisco, immediately upon his arrival, to the telephone and telegraph office of the hospital, and was on duty there from November 9, 1900, to the date of his discharge, April 24, 1903, when his term of enlistment expired, except as hereinafter stated.
The records of the War Department show that he was reported as “telegraph operator” each month, commencing *62with November, 1900, and…
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