Bishop v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found, by the court: I. The claimant, William T. Bishop, was commissioned August 23,1899, as a 1st lieutenant of the volunteers for service in the Philippine Islands authorized by the act of March 2, 1899, and ivas assigned to the 47th Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found, by the court: I. The claimant, William T. Bishop, was commissioned August 23,1899, as a 1st lieutenant of the volunteers for service in the Philippine Islands authorized by the act of March 2, 1899, and ivas assigned to the 47th Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry. After serving honestly and faithfully beyond the limits of the United States in the Philippine Islands, he was discharged as a 1st lieutenant March 31, 1901, at Philadelphia, Pa. “ II. The following is the order for the muster out and…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant seeks to recover for two months’ extra pay as first lieutenant Co. C, 47th Regiment U. S. Volunteers, for service beyond the limits of the United States.
The claimant was commissioned August 23, 1899, under the act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stats. L., 977), being an act “ For increasing the efficiency of the Army of the United States, and for other purposes,” including the raising of volunteers, and he served in the Philippine Islands honestly and faithfully until discharged by the Secretary of War by Special Order No. 64, Headquarters…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Repetti v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
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