MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.
The question in this case is whether the appellant, an officer on the retired list of the Navy, is entitled to the difference between the retired pay of a lieutenant and that of a lieutenant commander, from the date of the passage of the act of June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 553, 554, c. 3590. At the time of his retirement he held the rank of lieutenant. The act referred to provides that any officer not above the grade...
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