Court Opinion

ID: 9825977
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:07:42.035078+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:44.692287
License: Public Domain

Cothran, J.
I concur upon the additional ground that the provision in the certificate relating to- “officers and enlisted men” should be interpreted in the common acceptation of those words as referring to commissioned officers and all soldiers below that rank, whether voluntarily enlisted or enlisted (which necessarily occurs) under the Draft Act (U. S. Comp. St. 1918, U. S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919. §§ 2044a-2044k). This interpretation conforms to Articles of War 1, 2 (U. S. Comp. St. § 2308a;) U. S. Army Regulations April, 1917; Draft Act, article or section 1, paragraphs 3, 7, sections 2, 10, 12; Barnes’ Federal Code, § 10221 (U. S. Comp. St. 1918; U. S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 2044a) and has the support of Hillard v. Stewartson, 48 N. H. 280, and Miller v. Illinois Co., 138 Ark. 442, 212 S. W. 310, 7 A. L. R. 378.