Taussig v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter^ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found, by the court: I. The claimant, Edward D. Taussig, now a commander in the United States NaAy, Avas, on August 31, 1897, hydro-graphic inspector of the Coast Survey.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter^ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found, by the court: I. The claimant, Edward D. Taussig, now a commander in the United States NaAy, Avas, on August 31, 1897, hydro-graphic inspector of the Coast Survey. On that day the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey issued the following order: “Please proceed to Annapolis, Md., and take temporary command of Coast and Geodetic Survey schooner Matchless on September 1, proximo, as the relief of Lieut. E. II. Tillman, U. S. NaAy.” In compliance with said order, the claimant then, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
On August 31, 1897, the claimant, then and during the service herein claimed for, a lieutenant-commander in the United States Navy, was on shore duty as hydrographic inspector of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and on that date the Superintendent of said Survey issued an order directing him to “proceed to Annapolis, Md., and assume temporary command of the Coast and Geodetic Survey schooner Matchless on September 1 proximo, as the relief of Lieut. E. H. Tillman, U. S. Navy.”
In compliance with said order the claimant took command of the vessel and so continued in command until March 31, 1898, a…
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