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UNITED STATES v. ALGER

No. 885.

151 U.S. 362 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 346

38 L.Ed. 192

UNITED STATES, v. ALGER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 22, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge and Mr. Felix Brannigan for appellants.

Mr. John Paul Jones and Mr. Robert B. Lines for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The theory of longevity pay was well stated by Chief Justice Drake, speaking for the Court of Claims, in an opinion cited by both parties in this case, in which he said: "There was, no doubt, an underlying principle and purpose in the introduction of longevity pay into the Navy. We think it was intended, first, to induce men to enter the Navy and remain in it for life; second, to remove...

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