Thurber v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Clinton D. Thurber, was on the 1st clay of January, 1904, appointed and commissioned an assistant civil engineer in the Navy under the act of March 3,1903 (32 Stat. L., 1197), and accepted the appointment and took the oath of office January 20, 1904. Assistant Civil Engineer Thurber was on waiting orders up to and including January 26,1904. On January…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Clinton D. Thurber, was on the 1st clay of January, 1904, appointed and commissioned an assistant civil engineer in the Navy under the act of March 3,1903 (32 Stat. L., 1197), and accepted the appointment and took the oath of office January 20, 1904. Assistant Civil Engineer Thurber was on waiting orders up to and including January 26,1904. On January 27,1904, he reported for duty at the navy-yard, Norfolk, Va., and has been on duty at that yard since that date. II. The Navy…
1Per curiam
The claimant, Clinton B. Thurber, was, on January 1, 1904, appointed and commissioned from civil life as assistant engineer in the Navy. The oath of office was administered January 20, 1904, and he entered upon active duty January 20, 1904, with the rank of junior lieutenant. His appointment was made under the Act March 3, 1903 ( 32 Stat. L., 1197) :
“ The grades of the active list of the Navy hereinafter designated shall be so increased that there shall be * * * one additional civil engineer, in all twenty-eight; and twelve assistant civil engineers, of whom six shall have the rank of…
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