Campbell v. United States

This suit is based on the act of December 17,1919, 41 Stat. 367, title 10, ch. 25 U. S. Code, sec. 903, the material part of which is as follows:

“Hereafter, immediately upon official notification of the death from wounds or disease, not the result of his own misconduct, of any officer or enlisted man on the active list of the Regular Army or on the retired list when on active duty, the chief of finance of the Army shall cause to be paid to the widow, and if there be no widow to the child or children, and if there be no widow or child to any other dependent relative of such officer or enlisted…