United States v. Thornton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The petition in this case set forth that the petitioner enlisted as a private in the marine corps, November 10, 1886, at .Mare Island, California, to serve five years, and was' discharged March 13,1889, at Washington D. C., by order of the Secretary. of the Navy ; that, under the provisions of Rev. Stat. § 1290, he was entitled to receive transportation and subsistence or travel pay and commutation of subsistence from the place of his…
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The petition in this case set forth that the petitioner enlisted as a private in the marine corps, November 10, 1886, at .Mare Island, California, to serve five years, and was' discharged March 13,1889, at Washington D. C., by order of the Secretary. of the Navy ; that, under the provisions of Rev. Stat. § 1290, he was entitled to receive transportation and subsistence or travel pay and commutation of subsistence from the place of his discharge to that of his enlistment; that he made written application for the same to the Treasury Department, and was informed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
By Rev. Stat. § 1290, as amended by the act of February 27, 1877, c. 69, 19 Stat. 240, 244, “when a soldier is discharged from the servicé, except by way of punishment for an offence, he shall be allowed transportation and subsistence from the place of his discharge to the place of his enlistment, enrolment, or original muster into the service. The Government may furnish the same in kind, but in case it shall not do so, he shall be allowed travel pay and commutation of subsistence, for such time as may be sufficient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the place of his enlistment,…
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