MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee, Philbrick, having served as a carpenter in the navy from July 8, 1861, to March 14, 1866, and again continuously after November 12, 1869, filed with the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury his claim for the benefits of the act of Congress of March 3, 1883, providing, among other things, that "all officers of the navy shall be credited with the actual time they may have served as officers or enlisted men...
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