The argument against the allowance of full pay is based upon the act of March 3d, 1863, which provides "that any officer absent from duty with leave, except from sickness or wounds, shall during his absence, receive half of the pay and allowances prescribed by law, and no more." Captain Williamson, it is said, was, during the period in question, absent from duty with leave...
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