Miller v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, William G. Miller, entered the naval service as a naval cadet on October 1, 1881. From July 1, 1899, to March 2, 1900, inclusive, he was a lieutenant of more than fifteen years’ service in the Navy. II.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, William G. Miller, entered the naval service as a naval cadet on October 1, 1881. From July 1, 1899, to March 2, 1900, inclusive, he was a lieutenant of more than fifteen years’ service in the Navy. II. While on duty on the U. S. S. Oneida he received the following order: “ Navy Department, “ Washington, Sept. 16, 1898. “ Sir : When the U. S. S. Oneida is placed out of commission you will regard yourself detached from the command of that vessel, will proceed to San Francisco,…
1Opinion of the Court
IíowRY, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is one of a class of cases ruled adversely to the material contentions of the plaintiff in a similar case by the accounting officers of the Treasury, and deriving its importance from the rule adopted as to the status of a flag lieutenant claiming pay as an aid to a rear-admiral, as well as from the method of computing this pay if his status should be determined to be that of an aid. (Comp. Dec. Mss.)
The claim is based on that clause of section 1261 of Revised Statutes which makes the following provision:
“ The officers of the Army shall be…
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