Walton v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts found by the court: I. The claimant, John Walton, Company H, Twentieth Infantry, enlisted December 10,1880, at Eichmond, Ya., and was honorably discharged September 12,1883, at Fort Supply, Ind. T., by reason of disability, a private. Enlisted May 20,1884, in Company6A, Thirteenth Infantry, and honorably discharged May 19,1889, at Fort Sill, Ind. T.? by expiration of service, a first sergeant.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts found by the court: I. The claimant, John Walton, Company H, Twentieth Infantry, enlisted December 10,1880, at Eichmond, Ya., and was honorably discharged September 12,1883, at Fort Supply, Ind. T., by reason of disability, a private. Enlisted May 20,1884, in Company6A, Thirteenth Infantry, and honorably discharged May 19,1889, at Fort Sill, Ind. T.? by expiration of service, a first sergeant. Eeenlisted May 24,1889, in Company H, Tenth Infantry transferred to provost guard, United States Army, July 14’ 1891, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant having served for more than five years in the United States Army, was honorably discharged therefrom October 12, 1891, and within a month thereafter, to wit, November 6,1891, enlisted in the Marine Corps and was placed on the muster-in roll as “reenlisted from general service, provost guard, United States Army.” He'is still serving in the Marine Corps.
He now seeks to recover $2 per month additional pay from the date of his enlistment in the Marine Corps to October 31, 1895, and bases his right thereto on Revised Statutes, sections 1284 and 1612, which read:
“Sec. 1284. Every…
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