Brown v. United States

The question here presented involves the right of an officer in the Medical Corps of the Army, with the rank of captain, to increase of pay on account of special detail to flying or aircraft duty as a flight surgeon. The applicable *738statutes are the acts of June 3, 1916,1 39 Stat. 175, and June 4, 1920,2 41 Stat. 769.

On October 16, 1919, the plaintiff received special orders as follows:

“ Under the provisions of par. 1269%, A. R., the following named officer is hereby announced as being on duty requiring him to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights from the date as set opposite…