Thomas v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The It&porters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the •court: 1. The claimant, Chauncey Thomas, a lieutenant-commander in the United States Navy, while on duty on the flagship Baltimore, then lying off Cavite, Philippine Islands, received an order, which, with the indorsements showing the action thereon, is as follows: “U. S. Naval FoRCes on Asiatic StatioN, “Flagship Baltimore, off Omite, P. I, Dec., 13, 1889. “Sir:…
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On the Proofs. The It&porters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the •court: 1. The claimant, Chauncey Thomas, a lieutenant-commander in the United States Navy, while on duty on the flagship Baltimore, then lying off Cavite, Philippine Islands, received an order, which, with the indorsements showing the action thereon, is as follows: “U. S. Naval FoRCes on Asiatic StatioN, “Flagship Baltimore, off Omite, P. I, Dec., 13, 1889. “Sir: You are hereby detached from theflagship Baltimore, and dutjT on my staff, and will proceed to Shanghai, China, by mail…
1Opinion of the CourtHowey, J.
The first item of the claim is for mileage from Manila by way of Honolulu to Shanghai, thence to Yokohama and Honolulu to San Francisco. The travel was performed after the passage of the Navy personnel act, but before the act of March 3, 1901 (2 Supp. R. S., 1533), which provides that “Actual expenses only shall be paid for travel under orders outside the limits of the United States in North America.”
Under the thirteenth section of the Navy personnel act (30 Stat. L., 1Ó07), it was provided that after June 30,1899, commissioned officers of the line of the Navy and of the medical and pay corps…
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