Campagna v. United States

The claimant, from 1880 to 1885, was a member of the third class of musicians in the Marine Band, serving in the first term of his enlistment. He was paid at tbe rate of $17 a month, and he seeks to recover at the rate of $23.

*317The Acts 22d July, 1861, and 29th July, 1861 (12 Stat. L., 270, § 7; 280, § 4), and the Revised Statutes (§ 1280), fix the nay of musicians of the third class at $17 a month. But the Naval Appropriation Act May 3, 1880 (21 Stat. L., 82, 89), contains, under the head of Marine Corps, the following clause:

“Thirty musicians, seven at forty dollars, eight at twenty-six…