Case ID: us-ct-cl_48/html/0504-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Mr. Chief Justice White", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

WILLIAM G. HANNUM v. THE UNITED STATES.
    [43 C. Cls. R., 320; 226 U. S. R., 436.]
    
      On the claimant'’s appeal.
    
    An officer is retired from active service on one-half the pay to which' he would be entitled if on leave of absence on the active list. This enforced retirement is upon the decision of a retiring board, in conformity with the provisions of the Revised Statutes (§ 1454).
    
      The court below decides:
    I. The Navy Personnel Act 3d March, 1899 {30 Stat. L., p. 1007, § 13), provides that officers of the Navy shall receive the same pay and allowances which are provided by law for officers of corresponding rank in the Army. But this refers to officers of the Navy on the active list and does not extend to officers who were retired because of their own misconduct.
    II. The pay of naval officers on the retired list is regulated by the Revised Statutes (§ 1593, etc.).
    The decision of the court below is affirmed on the same grounds.
    January 6, 1913.
   Mr. Chief Justice White

delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court