Horace Gray, Johnson v. Sayre — Opinion of the Court
“ Congress is thus expressly vested with the power to make rules for the government of the whole regular army and navy at all times, and to provide for governing such part only of the militia of the several states as, having been called forth to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections, or to repel invasions, is employed in the service of the United States. ”
Horace Gray, Johnson v. Sayre — Opinion of the Court
“ But service on a receiving ship, even if she is at anchor at a navy yard, and not in a condition to go to sea, is 'sea service,' within the meaning of the statute giving officers 'at sea' a higher rate of pay than when 'on shore duty.' Id. ”
Horace Gray, Johnson v. Sayre — Opinion of the Court
“ The whole purpose of the provision in question is to prevent persons not subject to the military law from being held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime without presentment or indictment by a grand jury. ”
