Beal v. United States

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were firefighters employed by the War Department at the Lexington Signal Depot, a United States Army-installation. They were required to be on-duty under the so-called two-platoon system, 24 hours on and 24 hours off, and to* remain alert within the confines of the depot during each 24 hour tour of duty, except for an 8 hour interval for sleep and: meals, ready at all times to respond to fire ■calls. Their tour of duty totaled 168 hours-every two weeks, or an average of 84-hours per week. After deducting the al lowable time for sleep and meals this…