Bannister v. the Soldiers' Bonus Board

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari. The petition contains a prayer that the record of the decision of The Soldiers’ Bonus Board disallowing the petitioner’s application for a bonus be quashed.

The essential allegations of the petition are that on the 13th day of March, 1918, the petitioner “was'selected for immediate military service and inducted into the military service of the United States and ordered to report at the State House, Providence, on the 18th day of March, 1918, for military service;” that “in compliance with said order, the said petitioner duly presented himself and…