Morrison v. United States

FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge.

On September 12, 1922, the claimant who was a petty naval officer with the rating of machinist’s mate, first class, was discharged as undesirable without a court-martial, and merely by the action of his commanding officer taken under the direction of the Bureau of Navigation. At that time there was in effect the Act of July 1,1922 (42 Stat. 800), which provided in part: “That enlisted men who have served for more than twelve but less than sixteen years shall be permitted to reenlist and continue serving, unless sooner discharged by sentence of a court-martial,…