Hilton v. United States

The plaintiff is a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard. His first appointment in the Coast Guard was on August 20,. 1924, when he was appointed an ensign. Prior thereto, however, he had been an officer in the Navy, having graduated from the United States Naval Academy on June 2, 1916. He resigned from the Navy on August 2,1920, but on August 9,1920, he enrolled as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve Force, which commission he held on June 30, 1922.

In computing his length of service he seeks to include his service in the Naval Academy, which he alleges he is entitled to do…