MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.
The present case is one of a class of which several are now pending in this court, and many more, it is understood, are before the Court of Claims.
The claimant was a captain of infantry in the United States army, and on the seventh day of January, 1870, by special order from the Adjutant-General's office, at his own request, was ordered home to await orders. This was done by virtue of the Consolidating...
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