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WOOD v. UNITED STATES

No. 71.

224 U.S. 132 (1912)

32 S.Ct. 461

56 L.Ed. 696

WOOD v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King, with whom Mr. William B. King was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson, with whom Mr. Frederick De C. Faust, Attorney, was on the brief, for the United States.1

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The office of Admiral of the Navy was reestablished by the act of March 2, 1899, 30 Stat. 995, reenacted in identical terms by a portion of the Naval Appropriation Act of March 3, 1899, 30 Stat. 1045, c. 421. By another provision of the same act, 30 Stat. 1024, 1025, the Admiral was given the same pay and allowances "as had been received by the last General of the United States Army.

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