Elmore v. United States

Geah:am, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Vincent M. Elmore, a lieutenant colonel, Inspector General’s Department, with rank as such from July 1, 1920, while on duty at Honolulu, Hawaii, made application July 17, 1922, for retirement from active service. At this time he was under an order of assignment to service outside of the continental limits of the United States, termed “ a tour of foreign service,” which expired on January 23, 1923.

The following are the statutes applying to this case:

Act of June 12,1906 (34 Stat. 246), which provides:

“ That hereafter officers,…