Brooks v. United States

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

This action is brought by plaintiff, an enlisted man in the United States Navy, to recover the sum of $350 for reenlistment allowances under the basic pay act known as the Joint Service Pay Act of June 10, 1922, 37 U.S.C. § 16, 37 U.S.C.A. § 16. The pertinent part of Section 16 reads as follows: “ * * * an enlistment allowance equal to $50 multiplied by the number-*69of years served in the enlistment period from which he has last been discharged, but not to exceed $200, shall be paid to every honorably discharged enlisted man of the first three grades who reenlists…