PER CURIAM.
The decedent, a federal civil service employee, serving as a bin-tender on a dredge operated by the United States Engineers, was killed in the service of the vessel, leaving a dependent father. The decedent's administrator first filed claim and collected burial benefits under the Compensation Act. He then brought a suit against the United States for wrongful death in which appellee, the present administrator, was substituted.
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