Jordan v. United States

On January 7,1948, plaintiff enrolled as a Transportation Corps civilian marine employee of the War Department (Department of the Army) for service at any designated post of duty in the world for a period of one year, by an Agreement of Enrollment supplemental to his appointment as an employee of the government under Civil Service Eules, Schedule A-IV-3, 5 C. F. E., 1947 Supp., § 6.4 (iii). This Schedule reads as follows:

Sec. 6.4. Lists of 'positions excepted from the competitive service — (a) Schedule A. — The following positions are those excepted from the competitive service to which…