United States v. Union Pacific Railroad

Citations

• 54 Ct. Cl. 191
• 52 Ct. Cl. 226

Syllabus

<p>The term “ troops of the United States,” as used in land grant acts and in the agreement of the Union Pacific Company, in relation to transportation for the Government, held not to embrace any of the following classes of persons when traveling separately and not as part of a moving body or detachment of soldiers, viz: Discharged soldiers, discharged military prisoners, and rejected applicants for enlistment; applicants for enlistment, previously accepted, but subject to final examination and not sworn in; retired enlisted men; and ful-lougbed soldiers en route back to tbeir stations.</p>