Wiley v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Walter A. Wiley, was appointed a cadet in the Revenue-Cutter Service November 15, 1895, and has served continuously therein ever since. He was appointed and commissioned a third lieutenant in said Service March 25, 1898, and a second lieutenant March 17, 1902, and is still such second lieutenant. II.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Walter A. Wiley, was appointed a cadet in the Revenue-Cutter Service November 15, 1895, and has served continuously therein ever since. He was appointed and commissioned a third lieutenant in said Service March 25, 1898, and a second lieutenant March 17, 1902, and is still such second lieutenant. II. On the 14th of April, 1902, the claimant was ordered to report for duty on the revenue steamer Perry. By order of the Secretary of the- Treasury said steamer left Port Townsend,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant herein is a second lieutenant in the Revenue-Cutter Service. By section 3 of the act of April 12, 1902 (32: Stat. L., 100), the compensation of officers in the Revenue-Cutter Service is “ the same pay and allowances, except forage, as are iioav or may hereafter be provided by law for officers of corresponding rank in the Army, including longevity pay.”
The pay of officers of the Army is fixed by Revised Statutes, section 1261, and that of a first lieutenant not mounted,, which corresponds to a second lieutenant in the Revenue-Cutter Service, is $1,500 per annum.
The claimant…
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