UNITED STATES v. MILLS

No. 509.

197 U.S. 223 (1905)

UNITED STATES v. MILLS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 13, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt and Mr. Special Attorney John Q. Thompson for the United States.

Mr. George A. King and Mr. William B. King for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question is, upon what principal sum the ten per cent increase of compensation, to which the Government concedes the appellee is entitled, is to be computed. The appellee as major was entitled, by section 1261 of the Revised Statutes, 1 Comp. Stat. 893, to the pay of $2,500 a year. Subsequently as lieutenant-colonel he was entitled...

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