Calhoun v. United States

Plaintiff’s decedent, Frank Frazier, was on June 23, 1909, placed on the retired list of the United States Marine Corps *547as a first sergeant, after a service of thirty years, and, except for a short period during the World War, when he was on active duty, he remained on the retired list until the date of his death on November 1, 1927. In 1910 he accepted employment in the service of the United States in connection with the Panama Canal operations and remained in that service, with the exception of the period just mentioned, until the date of his death and received both his retired pay and his…