Hawkins v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: This action the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of" his petition. The following are the-facts as found by the court: I. June 26,1861, the claimant was appointed a master’s mate in the volunteer Navy of the United States, and served in that capacity until May 25, 1862, when he was appointed an acting master, in which capacity he served until November 29, 1865, when he was honorably discharged.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: This action the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of" his petition. The following are the-facts as found by the court: I. June 26,1861, the claimant was appointed a master’s mate in the volunteer Navy of the United States, and served in that capacity until May 25, 1862, when he was appointed an acting master, in which capacity he served until November 29, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. February 11, 1871, he was warranted a boatswain in the regular Navy, and has ever since held that position. II. Since he was warranted a boatswain the…
1Opinion of the Court
Dr.ake, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
In the naval appropriation act of August 5. 1882, (22 Stat. L., 284, 287, ch. 391,) is found the following clause:
“And all officers of the Navy shall be credited with the actual time they may have served as officers or enlisted men in the regular or volunteer Army or Navy, or both, and shall receive all the benefits of such actual service in all respects in the same manner as if all said service had been continuous and in the regular Navy: Provided, That nothing in this clause shall be so construed as to authorize any change in the dates of…
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