MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in the Court of Claims to recover bounty money earned by the plaintiff in error as the commanding officer of the American fleet at the naval battle of Manila on the 1st day of May, 1898.
The statute under which the action was brought is as follows: "Rev. Stat. § 4635. A bounty shall be paid by the United States for each person on board any ship or vessel of war belonging to an enemy...
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