Gantz v. United States

The joint service pay act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 625, adjusting the pay and allowance of commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other services provided that the pay of the fourth period should be $8,000 and that the pay of this period should be paid to “ lieutenant commanders of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who have completed fourteen years’ service, * * * and to lieutenants of the Staff Corps of the Navy, and lieutenants and lieutenants (junior grade) of the line and Engineer Corps of the Coast Guard whose total commissioned…