MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.
The question in this case is, whether the appellee, who, on the fifteenth day of December, 1870, was retired from the army of the United States with the rank of captain, on account of wounds received in battle, is entitled to the benefit of the statute which increases the pay of officers by ten per cent for every period of five years' service.
The law for this increased compensation is thus expressed in...
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