Bowie v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of tbe case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On February 20,1889, the claimant enlisted as a private in Company A, Baltimore Light Infantry, Maryland National Guard, and was discharged therefrom February 19, 1892. On June 4, 1894, he enlisted as a private in Company M, Fifth Regiment of Infantry, Maryland National Guard, and served therein as an enlisted man until February 20, 1896, when he was commissioned as second…
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The Reporters' statement of tbe case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On February 20,1889, the claimant enlisted as a private in Company A, Baltimore Light Infantry, Maryland National Guard, and was discharged therefrom February 19, 1892. On June 4, 1894, he enlisted as a private in Company M, Fifth Regiment of Infantry, Maryland National Guard, and served therein as an enlisted man until February 20, 1896, when he was commissioned as second lieutenant of Company L, same regiment. He served continuously in that grade until March 22, 1897, when he was promoted…
1Opinion of the Court
Peedde, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
• The claimant, a captain in the Maryland National Guard, of fifteen years’ service in various grades, claims longevity pay based on said service for the period he served with his organization, at the request of the governor of said State, with a part of the Regular Army “in the encampment, maneuvers, and field instruction” authorized by section 15, act of January 21, 1903 (32 Stat., 775, 778), being “An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes,” which reads:
“ Seo. 15. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized…
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