MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
By Rev. Stat. § 1566, "An allowance of ten cents" (subsequently reduced to eight cents, act of June 30, 1876, c. 159, 19 Stat. 65) "a mile may be made to officers in the naval service, . . . for travelling expenses when under orders," but by the act of August 5, 1882, c. 391, 22 Stat. 286, "officers of the navy travelling abroad under orders . . . shall receive, in lieu of the mileage...
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