Clark 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, Harry A. Clark, was enlisted in the military service of the United States as a private in Company L of the Thirtieth Regiment of United States Infantry Volunteers on July 17, 1899, said regiment being organized and mustered into the service for two years, as provided by the act of March 2, 1899. As a member of that organization claimant served honestly and…
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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, Harry A. Clark, was enlisted in the military service of the United States as a private in Company L of the Thirtieth Regiment of United States Infantry Volunteers on July 17, 1899, said regiment being organized and mustered into the service for two years, as provided by the act of March 2, 1899. As a member of that organization claimant served honestly and faithfully beyond the limits of the United States and was honorably discharged from the service October 16, 1900. II.…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
The case of Harry A. Clark, No. 22397, and the case of Edward G. Pierson, No. 22538, which are in many particulars similar, were argued and submitted at the same time and will be considered in one opinion.
In the case of Clark the findings show in substance that he enlisted in the military service of the United States as a private in the Thirtieth Regiment United'States Infantry Volunteers on the 18th day of July, 1899j and served faithfully as such beyond the limits of the United States, to wit, on the Pacific Ocean and in the Philippine Islands, and that ho was honorably discharged from such…
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- Platt v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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