Wilson v. United States

During that period he received pay and allowances of his rank. He claims he was entitled to the pay of a major, under the provisions of the act of February 28,1873 (sec. 1133, chapter 27, title 10, U.S.C.), being section 1336 of the Revised Statutes.

Chapter 27, title 10, U.S.C., deals exclusively with the organization and administration of the Military Academy, Section 1133 fixes the salaries of professors at the Academy, it being provided that—

*633“ instructors of ordnance and science of gunnery and of practical engineering shall have the pay and allowances of major.”

The Government defends…