Roberts 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, Thomas G. Eoberts, entered the naval service on the 27th day of May, 1890, and on the 1st of July, 1904, reached the grade of naval constructor of the rank of lieutenant. He was, therefore, during the time covered by this claim, a naval constructor in his first five years of service in that grade and more than ten years’ service in the navy. II.
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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, Thomas G. Eoberts, entered the naval service on the 27th day of May, 1890, and on the 1st of July, 1904, reached the grade of naval constructor of the rank of lieutenant. He was, therefore, during the time covered by this claim, a naval constructor in his first five years of service in that grade and more than ten years’ service in the navy. II. The following are orders and letters issued to the claimant, with the indorsements thereon: 2680-11 LRK JRC DEPARTMENT OE THE NaVY,…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
The question in this case is whether a naval constructor in the navy is entitled to the rate of pay allowed such officers by the statutes which provide pay “ when on duty; ” or “ when on leave or waiting orders.” Otherwise, a*id more fully stated, it is whether a naval constructor shall be paid full duty pay; or on leave or waiting orders pay whilst absent from his station at his own request and charged with no duties or responsibilities.
Section 1556 of the Revised Statutes provides pay for naval constructors as follows: “ Naval constructors, during the first five years after date of…
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