United States ex rel. Deming v. Hanchett

The relator in this casa, by his petition to this court, alleges that he is a minor, under the age of 21 years, and has parents living who are entitled to his custody and control; that on the fourth day of August, 1883, at a recruiting station of the United States army in the city of Chicago, he assumed to enlist as a soldier in the United States army, and was mustered by the officer in charge of such recruiting station into the military service of the United States; that such enlistment and muster were wholly without the consent of relator’s parents, who are entitled to his services; that…