Mason v. United States

The claimant’s decedent herein served creditably throughout the Civil War in various capacities in the naval service ■of the United States. Subsequent to the close of said war (date not given in the record) he was appointed an officer in the Bevenue-Cutter Service. On May 3,1895, while holding the rank of first lieutenant in said service, he was retired under the provisions of the act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stats., 920), with one-half of the pay of a first lieutenant on the active list. By the passage of the act of April 12, 1902 (32 Stats., 101), his pay was increased to 75 per centum of the…