Carden v. United States

Peelle, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant, a first lieutenant in the Ee venue-Cutter Service (with the pay and corresponding- rank of captain in the Army, sections 2 and 3, 32 Stat. L., 100), sues to re: cover under the act of March 2, 1901 (31 Stat. L., 903), the 10 per cent increase allowed by that act to officers of the Army on their pay proper for service- beyond the continental limits of the United States and the Territories contiguous thereto from the date of departure therefrom to the date of return thereto.

On May 21, 1902, the Acting Secretary of the Treasury…