...longevity pay under the act of March 3, 1883 ( interpreted in the Hendee case), which provided that "all officers of the Navy shall be credited with the...in the Regular or Volunteer Army or Navy or both." The decision of Solicitor-General Taft, in 19 Op. 533, is not in conflict with the conclusion reached...

...this act. hundred thousand dollars. And all officers of the Navy shall be credited Creditofservice. with the actual time they may have served as officers...service had been continuous and in the regular Navy : Provided, That Proviso. nothing in this clause shall be so construed as to authorize any change in...

...of the provision of the naval appropriation act of March 3, 1883, (chapter 97.) which Is as follows: "And all officers of the navy shall be credited with...continuous and in the regular navy in the lowest grade, having graduated pay, held by such officer since last entering the service: provided, that nothing...

...this act. hundred thousand dollars. And all officers of the Navy shall be credited Credit of service, with the actual time they may have served as officers...service had been continuous and in the regular Navy : Provided. That nothing iu this clause shall be so construed as to authorize any change in the dates...

...precise question raised in respect to the item of $206.04. The act of March 3, 1883, provides that "all officers of the navy shall be credited with the...volunteer army or navy, or both, and shall receive all the benefit* of such actual service, in all respects, in the same manner as if all said service had been...

...service, as if it had been continuous service. Otherwise, the statute cannot be carried out. It says that "all officers of the navy shall be credited with the...the regular or volunteer army or navy, or both;" and the benefits of such actual service are to be received where the service has been continuous in the...

...is an action to recover longevity pay under the clause of the act of March 3, 1883, providing that "all officers of the navy shall be credited with the...may have served as officers or enlisted men in the regulärer volunteer army or navy, or both, and shall receive all the benefits of such actual service...

...under the act of March 3d, 1883, c. 97, 22 Stat. 473. which is as follows : • Opinion of the Court. "And all officers of the Navy shall be credited with...continuous, and in the regular Navy, in the lowest grade having graduated pay held by such officer since last entering the service." If entitled to credit in...

...entitled to recover, and his petition must be dismissed." The acts of Congress of 1882 and 1883 read thus: "And all officers of the navy shall be credited with...service had been continuous and in the regular navy : Provided, That nothing in this clause shall be so construed as to authorize any change in the dates...

...legal rules. The Navy Appropriation act of August 5, 1882, (22 Stat., 287) provides that : «» » * All officers of the Navy shall be credited with the...manner as if all said service had been continuous aud in the regular Navy: Provided, That nothing in this clause shall be so construed as to authorize...