MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
This claim for longevity pay is based on the provision of the act of July 15, 1870, c. 294, § 24, reënacted in the Revised Statutes, by which "there shall be allowed and paid to each commissioned officer below the rank of brigadier-general, including chaplains and others having assimilated rank or pay, ten per centum of their current yearly pay for each term of five years of service...
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