Reichherzer 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, Conrad Reichherzer, enlisted in the United States Army October 21, 1897, at Vancouver Barracks, Wash. He was assigned to service beyond the seas and discharged by reason of the expiration of his term of enlistment on October 20, 1900, at Peking, China. II.
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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, Conrad Reichherzer, enlisted in the United States Army October 21, 1897, at Vancouver Barracks, Wash. He was assigned to service beyond the seas and discharged by reason of the expiration of his term of enlistment on October 20, 1900, at Peking, China. II. The claimant was carried on government transports from Taku, Chink, to San Francisco, Cal., and landed at the latter place December 31, 1900. The distance so traveled from Taku, China, to San Francisco, Cal., was 6,875…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
The plaintiff, a private soldier in the army, was discharged at Taku, China, October 20, 1900, that being the date of the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was carried from thence to San Francisco on a government transport, being furnished subsistence en route, and has received travel pay from that place to Vancouver Barracks, Wash., the place of his enlistment. This suit is brought to recover travel pay at the rate of 4 cents a mile from Taku, China, to San Francisco, Cal., less the subsistence furnished as stated.
The statute under which this claim is sought to be sustained is the act…
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