Talk:United States v. Redgrave

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Edition:	United States v. Redgrave, the Naval Academy as a cadet engineer, and on June 10, 1881, received a certificate signed by its officers that he had completed the prescribed course of study at the academy, and had successfully passed the required examination before the academic board He was on the same date detached from the academy, and ordered to report for duty on board the United States practice steamer Mayflower On August 30, 1881, he was detached from the Mayflower and ordered to proceed home on waiting orders On October 28, 1881, he was ordered to proceed to the navy-yard at League island for duty on board the United States steamer Essex On April 16, 1883, he reported to the superintendent of the Naval Academy, in pursuance of orders, for examination, which assumed that the act of congress of August 5, 1882, operated upon him as a naval cadet, requiring a six-years course before graduation, and a final examination at its conclusion On June 23, 1883, he was detached from the Naval Academy on waiting orders On June 26, 1883, the secretary of the navy addressed to him a letter, in which it is recited that he had successfully completed his six-years course at the Naval Academy, and had received a certificate of graduation by the academic board, but 'not being required to fill any vacancy in the naval service happening during the year preceding your graduation, you are hereby honorably discharged from the thirtieth of June, 1883, with one year's sea pay, as prescribed by law for cadet midshipmen, in accordance with the provisions of the act of congress approved August 5, 1882' From August 5, 1882, to June 30, 1883, the claimant was paid $76986 for service in the navy during that period If paid during the same period as a graduated cadet engineer he would have been entitled to receive $79671 Since then the claimant has received no pay, and has been held by the navy department and the accounting officers of the treasury to be out of the naval service After leaving the academy the claimant and all his classmates were classified on the official navy register issued in July, 1881, as having 'graduated;' and up to August 5, 1882, they were regularly paid as such at the rates prescribed by section 1556 of the Revised Statutes, viz, $1,000 at sea, $800 on shore duty, and $600 on leave or waiting orders In the same manner the cadet engineers who completed their four-years course in 1878, 1879, and 1880 were all regularly classified in the succeeding navy registers as having graduated in those years, respectively; and prior to August 5, 1882, they were all uniformly paid as such .
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